B1.2-Reading-Test 24

Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

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MUSICAL ELEPHANTS

In the town of Lampang in northern Thailand, there is an unusuall group of musicians. They play many different kinds of music - everything from traditional Thai songs to music by Beethoven. Both children and adults love this group. What makes them so popular? Is it their music? Their looks? Yes, it's both of these things, but it's also something else: they're elephants.

These musical elephants started at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) in Lampang. The TECC protects elephants. It teaches people to understand and care for these huge, but gentle animals. And, like many zoos around the worId, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.

Richard Lair works with the TECC. He knows a lot about elephants. He says some of the animals' paintings are very good. But, in fact, elephants hear better than they see. And so he had an idea: if elephants are intelligent and they have good hearing, maybe they can play music. To test his idea, Lair and a friend started the Thai Elephant Orchestra. During a performance, the elephants play a variety of instruments, including the drums and the xylophone. The animals also use their voices and trunks to make sounds.

But can elephants really can make music properly? Yes, says Lair. They are very creative. Hummans encorage the animals to play, but the elephants make their own songs. They don't just copy their trainers or other people. There are now CDs of the group's music, which earn money for the TECC. And the music these artists create is pretty amazing.

1. Another title for this reading could be _____.

1. Teaching Elephants to paint
2. Elephants in Danger
3. TECC Trainers
4. An Unusual Orchestra

2. The elephants at the TECC _____.

1. see better than they hear
2. are able to paint
3. copy humans to play music
4. make their own instruments

3. Why did Richard Lair start the Thai Elephant Orchestra?

1. He had heard the elephants playing music.
2. He needed to make money for the TECC.
3. He believed elephants could play music.
4. He wanted to be on TV in Thailand.

4. In paragraph 3, what does the word variety mean?

1. the same kind
2. many different kinds
3. two types
4. too many types

5. The last sentence in the paragraph 4 means _____.

1. the elephants play great music
2. human artists now play with the elephants
3. the elephants are very beautiful
4. human musicians want to copy the elephants' songs

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