One day an elephant walked into a forest in search of friends. 

He saw a monkey on a tree. “Will you be my friend?” asked the elephant. The monkey replied, “You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me.” Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friend. But the rabbit said, “You are too big to play in my burrow (洞穴)!” Then the elephant met a frog. “Will you be my friend?” He asked. “How can I?” asked the frog. “You are too big to leap about like me.” The elephant was upset. He met a fox next. “Will you be my friend?” He asked the fox. The fox said, “Sorry, sir, you are too big.”

The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives. The elephant asked them what the matter was. The bear replied, “There is a tiger in the forest. He’s trying to gobble us all up!” The animals all ran away to hide.

The elephant wondered what he could do to save everyone in the forest. Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find. The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, “Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals.” “Mind your own business!” shouted the tiger. The elephant has no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick (一记重拳). The scared tiger ran for his life.

The elephant went back into the forest to tell the good news to everyone. All the animals thanked the elephant. They said, “You are just the right size to be our friend.”

1.The rabbit doesn’t want to be a friend of the elephant because ________.

A the rabbit is too big

B the elephant is too big

C the rabbit has too many friends

D the elephant is too heavy

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段兔子说的话“You are too big to play in my burrow (洞穴)!”可知兔子不想成为大象的朋友是因为大象太大了，进不了它的洞穴。故选B。

2.How many animals does the elephant meet?

A Four.

B Five.

C Six.

D Seven.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二、三段可知，大象遇到了猴子、兔子、青蛙、狐狸、熊和老虎。一共六个动物。故选C。

3.What does the underlined word “gobble” mean?

A Eat.

B Meet.

C Protect.

D Save.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据划线部分后一段的“the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find”可知，老虎遇到什么动物就吃掉什么动物。故选A。

4.How does the tiger feel about the elephant in the end?

A Excited.

B Afraid.

C Worried.

D Surprised.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“The scared tiger ran for his life.”可知最后老虎害怕大象，逃跑了。故选B。

5.What’s the end of the story?

A The elephant ran away.

B The elephant got no friends.

C The elephant got many friends.

D The elephant thanked the animals.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句动物们说的话“You are just the right size to be our friend.”可知最后动物们都接受了大象成为他们的朋友。即大象有了很多朋友。故选C。