[中学联盟]江西省横峰中学2016-2017学年高二下学期第8周周练英语试题

横峰中学2016-17学年度下学期周练(第8周) 高二年级英语试卷 命题人:黄刘小草 考试日期:3月28日 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分35分) 第一节(共8小题;每小题2.5分,满分20分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 A The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't stop the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess. Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round up——how to catch wild elephants. Parbati hasn'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 th