Passage1TheArtoftheElephantsIfyourcatwalkedacrosssomethingyouwerepaintingandleftfootprintsbehind,wouldyouconsideryourcatanartist?Whatifyourbirdheldacoloredpencilinitsbeak（喙）andpaintedonapieceofpaper?Mostpeoplemaythinkofanimalartasajoke,butsomepeoplehavebeentakingitveryseriously.ElephantswereusedforhundredsofyearsinThailand’sloggingindustry(伐木业).Theymovedwoodfromforestsinareaswheretherewerenoroads.Atthebeginningofthiscentury,whentheforestsofThailandbegantoquicklydisappear,thegovernmentputastoptologging.Allofasudden,manyelephantsinThailandnolongerhadawaytomakealiving.Someelephantsweretreatedbadly.Othershadtotrytoliveontheirownandcouldn’tfindenoughfoodtoeat.TherewereoncetensofthousandsofelephantsinThailand.Today,therearelessthanfivethousand.WhentwoRussianAmericanartists,VitalyKomarandAlexMelamid,firstheardaboutthetroubledelephantsinThailand,theyknewthatsomethinghadtobedonetoforeverchangethewaypeopletreatedThaielephants.Then,theycameupwithanideatohelptheseelephants.KomarandMelamidvisitedelephantcampsinThailandandbegantoshowtheelephanttrainershowtoteachtheelephantstopaint.Atfirst,thetrainershadtoguidetheelephants’trunks.Theelephantsbecamemorecomfortabledoingthiswithpractice—andlotsofsweetsnacks—andfinallystartedtopaintontheirown.ThestrangeideathatKomarandMelamidhadtosavetheelephantsactuallybegantowork.TheyevenhelpedfoundseveralelephantartschoolsinThailandandinotherAsiancountries.Theelephantsandtheirtrainersgotheretolearnaboutpaintingandgetsuppliestheyneed.Today,peoplebegintobuyelephantartworksfromgalleries(画廊)allaroundtheworld.Someareevenwillingtopaymorethan＄2,000fortheworksoftheelephantartists!Somepeoplecomparethecheerful,brightly-coloredartworkstotheworksofsomegreatabstract(抽象地)painters.Somepeoplearejusthappytobuythesespecialandoriginal(原创地)artworks.Othersthinktheyarehelpingthetroubledelephantsinthisway.Thenexttimeyouseeapieceofcolorfulabstractart,findoutwhotheartistis.Youjustmaybesurprisedatwhatyoulearn!1.Whatmaymostpeoplethinkofanimalart?___________________________________________________________2.WhatdidelephantsdoinThailand’sloggingindustry?___________________________________________________________3.HowmanyelephantsarethereinThailandtoday?___________________________________________________________4.WhatwasKomarandMelamid’sideatohelptheelephantsinThailand?___________________________________________________________5.Pleaselistonereasonwhypeoplebuyelephantartworks.___________________________________________________________【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文，介绍的是大象艺术品。大象作画是两名俄罗斯籍的美国画家为帮助大象而想出的一个主意，即让训象师教大象作画，画作出售后，训象师和大象可以得到报酬和需要的东西。很多人喜欢大象的画作，也有人是为支持这些受苦的大象而购买这些画作的。1.Mostpeoplemaythinkofanimalartasajoke.【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：大多数人对于动物艺术的看法是什么？根据第一段最后一句“Mostpeoplemaythinkofanimalartasajoke...”可知，大多数人觉得动物艺术是笑话。2.Theymovedmoodfromforestswheretherewerenoroads.【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：大象在泰国的伐木业中从事什么工作？根据第二段第二句“Theymovedmoodfromforestswheretherewerenoroads”可知，人们用大象在没有公路的森林中运输木头。3.Therearelessthanfivethousand.【解析】细节理解题。题干意为：现如今，在泰国有多少只大象？根据第三段第四句“Today，therearelessthanfivethousand.”可知今天的大象数量不足5千只。...
