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    What does an elephant never do? An elephant never eats meat. An elephant always eats ①p and it eats a lot. It eats for about sixteen hours a day usually at night. When it’s very hot around midday it gets together with other elephants and sleeps for a few hours. It usually sleeps on its feet. After sunset it starts to walk to look for water.

   An elephant sometimes walks for fifty miles to find water and goes without water for three days.

   An elephant shows feelings.②It is happy to see a friend. It takes care of a sick elephant. When an elephant dies all the other elephants are sad.

They bury (埋藏) the elephant in the ground with their tusks （獠牙) .They usually don't leave that place for three days. When elephants travel they always stop when they come to the place where a friend is under the ground. Ele?phants have great memories!

1.请根据首字母提示补全①处单词

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2.请结合上下文选出能填人②处的句子。

A. It eats and it sleeps.

B. It laughs and it cries.

C. It travels and it stops.

3. How many hours does an elephant eat for a clay? (three words )

4. How does an elephant sleep? (three words)

5. How do the elephants bury a dead elephant? (two words)

Answer 1

1. plants   2. B 3. About sixteen hours. 4. On its feet.

5. With tusks.