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、instead
B、and
C、except
D、besides

答案C

解析 本句的意思是:在印度所有的大象都被认为是有用的,除了白象之外。except和for是一固定搭配,意思为“除……之外”(not including a particular person or thing),如:The has was empty except for only old lady.公共汽车上空荡荡的,只坐了一位老大太。其他三项和for没有搭配关系。
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