44．A．others                    B another                     C．the other                D．the others

43．A．at                          B．on                         C．up                         D．into

42．A．small                     B．short                      C．long                             D．little

41．A．noticed                  B．doubted                 C．forgot                    D．remembered

40．A．looked                   B．taken                     C．stood                     D．dried

39．A．nobody                   B．everybody               C．somebody              D．none

38．A．though                   B．however                 C．because                  D．unless

37．A．face                       B．back                       C．feet                       D．legs

36．A．sleepy                    B．clean                      C．dirty                      D．pure

35．Mike would rather ________ at home than ________ table tennis．

A．stays；play             B．stay；playing          C．to stay；to play      D．stay；play

Once upon a time，there was a sad elephant．He was  36  and full of unpleasant，because  he could not teach to wash his  37  ．All the other animals didn’t play with him  38  he was smelly．

The elephant sat under a tree，where  39  could see him．He started to cry．His head was  hanging down．crying big tears，he sat and cried for days．One day，when his tears had  40  up，he touched his head with his nose and he felt a bump（撞击）on his back．，Then he  41  his nose had stretched because it had got wet with all the tears and it was now a  42  trunk which had hit him on his back．

He went to the river and put his trunk  43   the water and sucked（吮吸）the water up．Then he washed his back with water．

All  44  animals came over to him and said，“you are so clean and smell so  45  ．Do you want to play with us?”

The elephant was so happy and said，“Yes．”