C． African elephants are popular animals

　　　D． the number of African elephants has increased over the years

　　　13．What is the biggest difficulty in protecting African elephants now?

　　　A． They are still being killed.

　　　B． Their habitats are being destroyed.

　　　C． They don't have enough food.

　　　D． They can't live in peace with farmers.

　　　14．To protect elephants, the AWF does all the following EXCEPT _____.

　　　A． keeping elephants

　　　B． protecting elephants' habitats

　　　C． doing research on elephants

　　　D． helping farmers improve their life

　　　15．What is the best title for the text?

　　　A． African elephants conservation

　　　B． Living with African elephants

　　　C． African elephants' situation

　　　D． African elephants being endangered

二、七选五

　　　Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule

　　　From my experience，there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often：ability，money，and time．16． Money is a topic I'll discuss another day．So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen．Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule：

　　　1．Think ahead．The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there's nothing ready to eat．So think ahead of the coming week．When will you have time to cook？Do you have the right materials already？17．

　　　2．Make your time worth it．When you do find time to cook a meal，make the most of it and save yourself time later on．Are you making one loaf of bread？18． It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something．So save yourself the effort for a future meal．

　　　3．19． This may surprise you，but one of the best tools for making cooking is to try new things．It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule．The more you learn and the more you try，the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule．

　　　Hopefully that gives you a good start．20． And don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

　　　A．Try new things．

　　　B．Ability is easily improved．

　　　C．Make three or four instead．

　　　D．Understand your food better．

　　　E．Cooking is a burden for many people．

　　　F．Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden．

　　　G．A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on．

三、完形填空

　　　A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's __21_, she said she would go. This __22__be the first time that his classmates and teacher _23__ his mother and he felt __24__ of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（疤痕）that __25__ nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to _26__ why or how she got the scar.

　　　At the meeting, the people were __27__ by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother __28__the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed（尴尬）and __29__himself from everyone. He, however, __30__ a conversation between his mother and his teacher.

　　　The teacher asked _31__ ,"How did you get the scar on your face?"

　　　The mother replied,"__32__ my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was _33___ afraid to go in because the fire was _34___ ，so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked __35__ but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She_36__ the burned side of her face. "This scar will be_37__ ,but to this day, I have never __38__ what I did."

　　　At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great ___39_ of the sacrifice（牺牲）that his mother had made for him. He held her hand __40__ for the rest of the day.

　　　21．A． enjoyment B． disappointment C． surprise D． excitement

　　　22．A． would B． could C． should D． must

23．A． noticed B． greeted C． accepted D． met