【正文】 to catch wild elephants. Parbati hasn39。t always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old life. Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase, she says. But Parbati doesn39。t catch elephants just for fun. My work, she says, is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man. And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called to guide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill. The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never fet them. They are also more loyal than humans, she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed! 25. For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to . A. get longlasting excitement B. make the angry elephants tame C. send them back to the jungle D. keep both man and elephants safe 26. Before Parbati studied in a boarding school, . A. she spent her time hunting with her father B. she learned how to sing love songs C. she had already been called an elephant princess D. she was taught how to hunt tigers 27. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge(恢復(fù) ) because . A. they are caught and sent for heavy work B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them C. they are attacked and their land gets limited D. dogs often bark at them and chase them 28. The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India . A. people easily fall victims(受害者 )to elephants attacks B. dogs are as powerful as elephants C. elephant tamers are in short supply D. the manelephant relationship is getting worse C How many men do housework? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people39。s ideas and reactions to the women39。s movement. As part of their survey (調(diào)查 ), they asked many men and women the question, Who does the housework? The men answered very differently from the women! The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework, many of them said they never helped at all! But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most trustful husbands。 their answers were the same as their wives39。 answers. Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think. 29. The survey was carried out in . A. Britain B. Europe C. Denmark D. Italy 30. The subject for the survey is . A. how many boys do the housework B. who are more diligent (勤勞 ), wives or husbands C. how many women do the housework D. who does the housework at home 31. From the passage we can see that . A. there were more husbands who did the housework than wives B. husbands did half of the housework all the time C. there were more wives who did the housework than husbands D. wives did all the housework at home 32. More husbands help in the house than husbands. A. British。 Danish B. Italian。 Danish C. Danish。 British D. Italian。 British D Want to stay away from colds? Put on a happy face. Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds, according to a new study. It39。s possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses, say the researchers from New York University. It seems that positive(積極的 ) feelings may reduce (減少 ) the danger of illness, said the study39。s chief researcher Sheldon Cohen. In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often. People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill. In this study, Cohen39。s interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. During the interviews, the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day. After the two weeks, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days. The result showed that everyone in the study was equally(相等地 ) likely to get ill. But for people who said they felt happy during the research period, their illness was less serious and lasted for a shorter time. Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings, their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease. So if you are worried about your health, look on the bright side more often. 33. Which of the following was NOT a part of the study? A. People talked about their feelings every day. B. People were kept alone for six days. C. People were given colds by doctors. D. People were made to feel unhappy. 34. What did the study find? A. People who felt happy never got ill. B. People39。s feelings di