The elephant is the only animal in the world with a trunk (the very long nose of an elephant), It uses its trunk【21】many ways. I

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问题     The elephant is the only animal in the world with a trunk (the very long nose of an elephant), It uses its trunk【21】many ways. It【22】leaves off trees with its trunk and then puts them into its【23】. It can even uses its trunk to pull up trees when it wants to make a path through a jungle (热带丛林). It also uses its trunk to get【24】. The trunk can hold a lot of it,【25】an elephant needs to drink more than three hundred pints(品脱) of water every day. It has been easy for men to train elephants. All the elephants are considered useful in India【26】for white elephants. They are used to carry things for long distance in Indian forests. Many people say that some ancient Indian kings used to give white elephants to people they did not like. These white elephants were regarded as【27】animals. They could not be gave【28】to work. A person who owned a white elephant had to【29】a lot of money to keep it properly. After a certain time, he usually became very【30】. Nowadays people in England call a useless thing "a white elephant".

选项 A、give
B、spend
C、receive
D、beg

答案B

解析 本句的意思是:一位拥有白象的人不得不花费大量的钱财来养活它。从前面两句知道,不能让白象干活,又不能杀死和赠送给别人。从后面的句子知道,这个养白象的人变得很穷困了。所以养活白象是需要花费大量钱财的。故B项spend是正确答案。
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