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A grown-up African elephant’s trunk is about seven feet （two meters） long！ It’s actually a long and thin nose and upper lip. Like most noses， trunks are for smelling.
When an elephant drinks， it sucks as much as 2 gallons （7.5 liters） of water into its trunk at a time. Then it curls its trunk ， sticks the tip of its trunk into its mouth， and blows. 1. Out comes the water， right down the elephant’s throat.
Since African elephants live where the sun is usually blazing hot， they use their trunks to help them keep cool. First they squirt a trunkful of cool water over their bodies. Then they often follow that with a little dust to create a protective layer of dirt on their skin. Elephants pick up and spray dust the same way they do water —— with their trunks.
Elephants also use their trunks as snorkels 2. 当他们在深水中走动时。An elephant’s trunk is controlled by many muscles. Two fingerlike parts on the tip of the trunk allow the elephant to perform delicate maneuvers such as picking a berry from the ground or plucking a single leaf off a tree. 3. Elephants can also use its trunk to take a firm hold of a whole tree branch and pull it down to its mouth and push the greenery into their mouths.
Elephants are social creatures. 4. They sometimes hug by covering their trunks together in displays of greeting and affection. Elephants also use their trunks to help lift an elephant calf over an obstacle， to rescue a fellow elephant stuck in mud， or to gently raise a newborn elephant to its feet. And just as a human baby sucks its thumb， an elephant calf often sucks its trunk for comfort. One elephant can eat 300 pounds （136 kilograms） of food in one day.
People catch elephants mainly for their ivory tusks （象牙枝）. Grown-up females and young travel in groups， while 5. 成年雄象一般单独走 or in groups of their own.
Ⅰ.Match the following （词义匹配）：
1. squirt v. a. a skillful or careful movement
2. snorkel n. b. of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies
3. maneuver n. c. to force liquid in a thin fast stream through a narrow opening
4. female n. d. a tube that you can breathe air through
Ⅱ. Translating the sentences in bold.
阅读短文，将加粗部分译成英文或中文。
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When an elephant drinks， it sucks as much as 2 gallons （7.5 liters） of water into its trunk at a time. Then it curls its trunk ， sticks the tip of its trunk into its mouth， and blows. 1. Out comes the water， right down the elephant’s throat.
Since African elephants live where the sun is usually blazing hot， they use their trunks to help them keep cool. First they squirt a trunkful of cool water over their bodies. Then they often follow that with a little dust to create a protective layer of dirt on their skin. Elephants pick up and spray dust the same way they do water —— with their trunks.
Elephants also use their trunks as snorkels 2. 当他们在深水中走动时。An elephant’s trunk is controlled by many muscles. Two fingerlike parts on the tip of the trunk allow the elephant to perform delicate maneuvers such as picking a berry from the ground or plucking a single leaf off a tree. 3. Elephants can also use its trunk to take a firm hold of a whole tree branch and pull it down to its mouth and push the greenery into their mouths.
Elephants are social creatures. 4. They sometimes hug by covering their trunks together in displays of greeting and affection. Elephants also use their trunks to help lift an elephant calf over an obstacle， to rescue a fellow elephant stuck in mud， or to gently raise a newborn elephant to its feet. And just as a human baby sucks its thumb， an elephant calf often sucks its trunk for comfort. One elephant can eat 300 pounds （136 kilograms） of food in one day.
People catch elephants mainly for their ivory tusks （象牙枝）. Grown-up females and young travel in groups， while 5. 成年雄象一般单独走 or in groups of their own.
Ⅰ.Match the following （词义匹配）：
1. squirt v. a. a skillful or careful movement
2. snorkel n. b. of the sex that can lay eggs or give birth to babies
3. maneuver n. c. to force liquid in a thin fast stream through a narrow opening
4. female n. d. a tube that you can breathe air through
Ⅱ. Translating the sentences in bold.
阅读短文，将加粗部分译成英文或中文。
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2.__________________________________
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3.__________________________________
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4.__________________________________
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5.__________________________________
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