二、完形填空（10分）
Mishak can't fully open his eyes when he prepares warm milk. Like other people looking after babies, he is
tired
. It is 5:30 a.m., and he doesn't have much sleep. Mishak is a keeper from an elephant rescue（救援）centre. People love elephants. They are useful and cute.
However
, many elephants meet problems, so they need rescuing. For one thing, hunters kill elephants for their ivory（象牙）. For another, people build homes and plant fields where elephants used to live. Hungry elephants walk into the villages to look for
food
. They often cause serious damage（损失）, so farmers kill them.
As a result
, adult elephants often leave their babies behind.
When a baby elephant
loses
its mother, it's in great danger. This is because it depends on its mother.
Without
its mother's milk, the baby may die. Research also shows that if the mother elephant dies, the baby elephant often becomes sad and ill.
The centre's job is to raise these baby elephants and send them back to the
wild
step by step. Keepers take turns to look after the baby elephants, so an elephant won't depend on one of them too much. Then keepers take the elephants into the forest. This is a(n)
important
part of the process（过程）because the elephants can learn how to
survive
on its own. When an elephant is four and doesn't need milk any more, keepers move it to the forest. This makes elephants become brave. It often takes them eight to ten years
before
they get used to（适应）the forests.
(
C
) 1. A. nervous B. down C. tired D. shy
(
A
) 2. A. However B. Finally C. Luckily D. Moreover
(
D
) 3. A. life B. time C. water D. food
(
B
) 4. A. In this way B. As a result C. By the way D. At first
(
A
) 5. A. loses B. helps C. saves D. follows
(
C
) 6. A. By B. For C. Without D. As
(
D
) 7. A. zoo B. space C. quiet D. wild
(
C
) 8. A. easy B. fast C. important D. strange
(
B
) 9. A. move B. survive C. relax D. sleep
(
D
)10. A. while B. after C. when D. before
