Asian elephants used to live in the forests from Iraq to Southern China. Since these forests were cut down to make room for farms and villages, the elephants had to live in small, hilly regions. These small areas cannot supply enough food for them. An adult elephant eats about 331 pounds of grasses, leaves and other plants each day. When forests were larger, Asian elephants migrated with the seasons. In this way, they found new food supplies. The plants and trees could also grow again after elephants left.
Today, there is nowhere for the elephants to go. Experts say that the Asian elephant population is about 55,000 living on a habitat of about 19,000 square miles (30,400 square kilometres). In contrast to this, the African elephant population is about 10 times this size and live on almost 3 million square miles (4.8 million square kilometers) of available habitat.
1. How much does an adult elephant eat a day?
A. About 150 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. B. About 331 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
C. About 19,000 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. D. About 30,400 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
2. How can Asian elephants find new food supplies?
A. They made forests larger. B. They found other plants.
C. They migrated with the seasons. D. They could grow plants and trees.
3. How many African elephants are there today?
A. 19,000. B. 30,400. C. 55,000. D. 550,000.
4. Which of these sentences is true to the text?
A. Asian elephants’ habitat is bigger than Africans’. B. Asian elephants’ habitat is as big as Africans’.
C. Africans’ habitat is bigger than Asian’. D. Africans’ habitat isn’t so big as Asian’.
5. According to the text, Asian elephants can be extinct because of
A. hunting. B. loss of habitat. C. change of climate. D. polluted environment.
1. How much does an adult elephant eat a day?
A. About 150 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. B. About 331 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
C. About 19,000 kg of grasses leaves and other plants. D. About 30,400 kg of grasses leaves and other plants.
2. How can Asian elephants find new food supplies?
A. They made forests larger. B. They found other plants.
C. They migrated with the seasons. D. They could grow plants and trees.
3. How many African elephants are there today?
A. 19,000. B. 30,400. C. 55,000. D. 550,000.
4. Which of these sentences is true to the text?
A. Asian elephants’ habitat is bigger than Africans’. B. Asian elephants’ habitat is as big as Africans’.
C. Africans’ habitat is bigger than Asian’. D. Africans’ habitat isn’t so big as Asian’.
5. According to the text, Asian elephants can be extinct because of
A. hunting. B. loss of habitat. C. change of climate. D. polluted environment.
