Palanichamy Sarathkumar has been focused on the messages of support since news of the rescue in Tamil Nadu State appeared.Many wanted to know how he carried the animal，which weighs more than he does.
Mr. Sarathkumar is a member of a forest guard team stationed near Mettupalayam.“Many people called to congratulate me.Everyone in my village is now asking me the same question‘How did you lift an elephant？’I was scared of losing my balance.But my friends controlled the calf(小象) a bit and helped me to carry the animal.”
The rescue happened when Mr. Sarathkumar took a call as he was heading home after a night shift.“The caller informed me that a female elephant was blocking the road.”He and his colleagues managed to drive the elephant back into the jungle.The team then searched the area for other elephants.“We saw this calf stuck inside a small ditch(沟)，” he said.They realized the calf was the reason for the female’s distress and started trying to reunite them，but the calf was too weak to walk.“Firstly four of us carried the calf.We wanted to take it to the other side of the road to reunite it with its mother.But there was a danger of being attacked as she was still nearby.So，instead of all four of us being put at risk，I decided to carry the calf by myself.”After carrying the baby elephant for about 50 meters，he put it down near a water hole，hoping the mother would find it.
“The next day when I went there，the calf wasn’t there.But I could see the steps of a big elephant on the forest floor.It seems they were reunited before dawn and slipped away into the forest.” Elephants are highly evolved social animals which live in large groups.Forest officials say the calf would have died if they had not made it.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。Sarathkumar因成功营救了一只小象而成了新闻焦点人物。
1．What did many people ask Sarathkumar?
A．How he could keep balance.
B．Where he found the elephant.
C．Whether he rescued the calf alone.
D．How he could move the elephant.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段的Many wanted to know how he carried the animal...以及第二段的...asking me the same question “How did you lift an elephant？”可知很多人都问Sarathkumar是如何移动小象的。
2．What does the underlined word “distress” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Sadness. B．Reunion.
C．Desire. D．Anger.
A 解析：词义猜测题。小象被卡住了，母亲应该是感到非常悲伤和难过。
3．Why did Sarathkumar carry the calf himself at last?
A．He was strong enough.
B．He wanted to be praised.
C．He believed that he could do it alone.
D．He wanted to protect his colleagues.
D 解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段But there was a danger of being attacked...I decided to carry the calf by myself.可知Sarathkumar想要自己一个人冒这个风险来保护自己的同事。
4．What’s the passage mainly about?
A．How a forest guard saved a calf.
B．How a calf got stuck inside a ditch.
C．What a forest guard’s main job is.
D．Why a female elephant blocked the road.
A 解析：主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了一位森林防护队员成功营救一头小象的故事。
