Are you interested in festivals of Thailand after watching the funny films from Xuzheng? Let's take a look at one of them. There is a __1_  festival in Thailand that people and animals celebrate together. It's the festival _2_ Thailand's elephants the Surin Elephant Round-upand Elephant Show(素林大象节), which  3  in the third week of November.

   People in Surin are good at _4   elephants. The festival aims to show the importance of elephants to Thailand and people's relationships with them. Many tourists go to Thailand to _5_   it.

    First of all, there are the elephant parades. More than 300 elephants will parade. People _6_   in traditional Thai clothes. They decorate their elephants colorfully. After the parade, the elephants gather at a place to enjoy breakfast. The elephants will eat all the fruit up very quickly.

    There are quite _7  activities at the festival. For example,soccer matches, and dancing are all held between elephants to _8   their strength and skills.

    Elephants have played an _9   role in Thailand's history and culture.People used to use them in wars and they are now important for the logging industry and tourism. An elephant can _10  500 kg of logs. They are environmentally friendly compared to machines.

1.-

A bright

B clear

C especial

D special

解析：选D。结合上下文语境可知此处指在泰国有一个特殊的节日。

2.-

A for

B to

C in

D by

解析：选A。festival for…表示……的节日。

3.-

A takes out

B takes place

C takes away

D happens

解析：选B。根据语境可知此处指举办节日。take out 拿出去；take away 拿走；take place 与happen 均表示发生。take place 指有计划的发生，happen 指偶然意外地发生，此处表示举办节日很明显是有计划的发生，故选B。

4.-

A feeding

B showing

C training

D following

解析：选C。根据句意：素林地区的人擅长于训练大象，故可知答案。

5.-

A see

B watch

C look at

D join

解析：选B。根据句意：许多人去素林观看大象节。see 强调看的结果；watch 强调看能动的人或物；look at 强调看的动作；join 指加入某些组织或团体。

6.-

A wear

B put on

C dress up

D have

解析：选C。此处指人们盛装打扮，故用dress up。wear 指穿的状态；put on 指穿的动词；have 指拥有。

7.-

A a bit

B a little

C a few

D a lot

解析：选C。根据句意： 在节日上有很多活动。a bit of 相当于 a little 用于修饰不可数名词；a few 用于修饰可数名词；a lot表示程度，如果修饰名词，必须加上介词 of。

8.-

A see

B show

C happen

D invite

解析：选B。根据句意：大象通过一些活动来展示自己的力气和技巧。

9.-

A safe

B fast

C important

D enough

解析：选C。结合上下文语境可知大象对泰国来说很重要。

10.-

A take

B carry

C bring

D get

解析：选B。结合上下文语境，可知此处指大象能够携带500公斤的圆木。take 带走；bring拿来；carry 指携带没有方向性；get 指达到。