An anxious mother watched as rescuers freed her baby
from a muddy well. After being pulled from the well，the baby joyfully ran to its mom as the rescuers took
a break.
It was a difficult and potentially dangerous rescue:
the baby was an 8-month-old elephant, and at first its mother thought the
humans were trying to harm it. The baby elephant fell into the five-foot-deep
well near Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Local people had dug the well for
water.
It took 30 minutes to remove the trapped elephant.
While Vicki Fishlock of the Amboseli Trust for Elephants made a loud shout to
frighten the mother away, two men struggled to get a rope around the baby
elephant. Once the rope was in place, Fishlock used her jeep to pull the baby
out.
Fishlock recognized Zombe, the mother of the trapped
baby elephant，from a mark on her ear. She believes that
in the end Zombe realized the humans were trying to help.
“Rescues where the elephant’s family members are
around are always stressful, and I'm always happy when everyone is safe,”
Fishlock said.“The reunions (团聚) always bring tears to
my eyes. The depth of their love for each other is one of the things that make
elephants so unusual.”
The very next day, another baby elephant fell into the
same well. The 3-month-old's family had been driven away from the area by local
people. Once it had been rescued, the Amboseli Trust had to send it to an
elephant orphanage (孤儿院) in Nairobi, Kenya's capital city.
The rescues showed the plight of elephants
across Africa. Elephants are fighting to survive, as conflicts between the
animals and humans are increasing. Thousands of elephants are also being killed
for their tusks. The tusks are sold in Asia, where ivory trinkets are in high
demand.
The Amboseli Trust has been studying elephants and
trying to help them since 1972. Fishlock said, “We hope this rescue persuades
people that elephants are special and deserve to be protected and treasured.”
1.We can learn from the text that _____.
A．Fishlock had
seen the baby elephant before
B．The mother
elephant was a great help to rescuers
C．the well was
dug by local people to trap elephants
D．the mother
elephant was unfriendly at first to the rescuers
2.What causes Fishlock to think that elephants are
special?
A．Their trust
in humans. B．The deep love
between them.
C．Their great
ability to survive. D．The good
communication between them.
3.What did the two baby elephants have in common?
A．They were
both 8 months old. B．They were
both rescued by local people.
C．They were
both trapped in the same well. D．They were both reunited with their mothers.
4.The underlined word "plight" in Paragraph
7 probably means“______”.
A．a strong
personality B．A dangerous
situation
C．an annoying
habit D．a close
relationship
5.What would be the best title for the text?
A．An elephant
rescue B．The elephant,
an unusual animal
C．An elephant
rescue organization D．Conflicts between
humans and elephants