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1. 1.

   What do you think can the old elephant teach the five-year-old elephant?

2. 2.

   Why are there only a few African elephants left today?

3. 3.

   How do elephants help human beings?

4. 4.

   Say true or false.

   1. The new student is eager to be in school.
   2. Elephants are mostly trained to know words.
   3. Elephants are always treated well by their trainers.
   4. It is easier to train captive elephants rather than wild ones.
5. 5.

   Choose the correct options.

   1. The young boys who learn to be elephant riders or mahouts learn
      1. how to make the elephants understand what they want the elephants to do.
      2. how to ride them properly.
   2. Elephants learn quickly if they are handled with gentleness and kindness because
      1. that is the best way to help someone learn.
      2. they almost always have bad tempers.
   3. Elephants have no enemies except for human because
      1. humans dislike elephants as they are huge and destroy their crops.
      2. they are too big for other animals and only humans can capture elephants
   4. ____________ have been tamed and used for work by humans as long ago as 4000 years ago.
      1. African elephants
      2. Asian elephants
   5. Elephants are trained in zoos
      1. to entertain the visitors and give them rides.
      2. to help the zookeepers ensure their health.
6. 6.

   Initially, the noisy young wild elephant struggles to get out of the stall!

   1. Where is the young elephant put?
   2. Why does it want to get out?
   3. What happens next and why?