Elephant’s Trunk
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The elephant is the only animal with a trunk. It uses its trunk. It uses its trunk in many ways. It pulls leaves of trees with its trunk and then puts them into its mouth. It can even use its trunk to get water. The trunk can hold a lot of water as an elephant needs to drink more than three pints of water every day.
When an elephant is angry, its trunk can be dangerous. The tusks of an elephant are really its front teeth. People pay a lot of money on ivory of an elephant’s tusks. In Africa, men have hunted elephants for their tusks. The ivory from tusks is made into many beautiful things. It has been easy for men to train elephants in Asia. They use elephants to carry heavy things for long distances.
1. An elephant uses its trunk—
(A) for attacking its enemy.
(B) for pulling leaves of trees with its trunk and then put them into its mouth, and to get water.
(C) only for pulling leaves.
(D) only for carrying heavy things.
2. How much water does an elephant need to drink in a day?
(A) 10 litres of water.
(B) Three pints of water.
(C) 100 litres of water.
(D) 1000 litres of water.
3. Why are elephants hunted in Africa?
(A) To make them aspects.
(B) Forgetting done heavy works.
(C) For making them train for the army to fight against the enemy.
(D) For tusks.
4. The tusks of an elephant are—
(A) its forearms
(B) its horns
(C) its hind arms
(D) its front teeth
ANSWERS
1.(B)
2. (B)
3. (D)
4. (D)
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