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    The passage discusses how trainers teach elephants. It explains that the best trainers are gentle and try to understand things from the elephant's perspective. They encourage positive behavior with treats rather than forcing the animals. While force may sometimes be needed, trainers should use it as gently as possible. The main topic is the methods trainers use to teach elephants complex behaviors and performances.

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    The passage discusses how trainers teach elephants. It explains that the best trainers are gentle and try to understand things from the elephant's perspective. They encourage positive behavior with treats rather than forcing the animals. While force may sometimes be needed, trainers should use it as gently as possible. The main topic is the methods trainers use to teach elephants complex behaviors and performances.

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    The passage discusses how trainers teach elephants. It explains that the best trainers are gentle and try to understand things from the elephant's perspective. They encourage positive behavior with treats rather than forcing the animals. While force may sometimes be needed, trainers should use it as gently as possible. The main topic is the methods trainers use to teach elephants complex behaviors and performances.

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    The passage discusses how trainers teach elephants. It explains that the best trainers are gentle and try to understand things from the elephant's perspective. They encourage positive behavior with treats rather than forcing the animals. While force may sometimes be needed, trainers should use it as gently as possible. The main topic is the methods trainers use to teach elephants complex behaviors and performances.

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    READING COMPREHENSION

    Multiple Choice
    Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

    How Do You Train an Elephant?

    Perhaps you have heard about elephants that can paint pictures or play musical instruments. They seem able
    to learn how to do everything except speak. Have you ever thought about what methods trainers use to get
    these huge animals to perform this way? Although elephants are very intelligent, they are still wild animals,
    after all.

    First of all, an elephant knows the difference between a kind person and a mean one. The best trainers are able
    to imagine themselves in the elephant's place. They realize that the better they understand the animal, the
    better teachers they will be. They are always gentle with the animals and prefer to encourage them to do
    things instead of forcing them.

    Some trainers use a system that involves giving the animal a treat, such as an apple, whenever it does what it
    is asked to do. One advantage of this strategy is that it helps the elephant feel comfortable with its trainer.
    When an elephant does something wrong, a good trainer thinks, "How would elephants treat each other in this
    situation?" Sometimes the answer is to use force, but to use it properly and as gently as possible.

    ____ 1. What is the main topic of the passage?


    a The advantages of training elephants
    .
    b A very intelligent elephant
    .
    c Why training elephants is dangerous
    .
    d How trainers teach elephants
    .
    ____ 2. A good elephant trainer should ____.
    a know how to paint
    .
    b force the animal to do its job
    .
    c be able to think like an elephant
    .
    d use music as part of the training
    .
    ____ 3. The writer says that an elephant can't be taught to ____.
    a paint
    .
    b speak
    .
    c follow directions
    .
    d play a musical instrument
    .
    ____ 4. In paragraph 2, sentence 1, what does the word kind mean?
    a young
    .
    b friendly
    .
    c poor
    .
    d slow
    .
    ____ 5. Read the third sentence of paragraph 2. What does it mean?
    a Elephants should try to understand their trainers.
    .
    b Most trainers do not understand elephants well.
    .
    c Trainers can only understand the best elephants.
    .
    d Trainers do a better job when they understand the elephants.
    .
    ____ 6. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
    a Friendliness is a better way of training than using force.
    .
    b Trainers should use force whenever they have problems.
    .
    c Elephants have many problems understanding trainers.
    .
    d Giving treats to elephants doesn't always work.
    .
    ____ 7. In paragraph 3, sentence 2, its refers to ____.
    a the trainer's
    .
    b the elephant's
    .
    c an apple's
    .
    d a system's
    .

    True/False
    Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

    Refer to "How Do You Train an Elephant?" to answer the questions.

    __F__ 8. The writer says that elephants can tell if a trainer is mean.

    __T__ 9. Some trainers use treats to help train elephants.


    __F__ 10. In paragraph 3, sentence 3, the phrase treat each other means give each other treats.
    READING COMPREHENSION
    Answer Section

    MULTIPLE CHOICE

    1. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Reading for Gist


    2. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Reading for Detail
    3. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Reading for Detail
    4. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Vocabulary in Context
    5. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Paraphrasing
    6. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Understanding Main Ideas
    7. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Understanding References

    TRUE/FALSE

    8. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Reading for Detail


    9. ANS: T PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Reading for Detail
    10. ANS: F PTS: 1 REF: p. 11 | p. 15 OBJ: Vocabulary in Context

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