Prince William kept the best for last. After two days of travelling in China, his third and final day of engagements in China included delivering a basket of carrots to a 13-year-old Asian elephant called Ran Ran.

The prince does a lot of charity work to highlight elephant killing and the trade in ivory. In southwest Yunnan province, he heard about the dangers to China's remaining 250 wild elephants.

Ran Ran herself was found in 2005 with her leg hurt. But as Prince William heard from local conservationists and forestry police, the greatest threat to China's wild elephants is no longer poaching but habitat destruction.

It's the same story I heard when I spent three days with Chang Zongbo of the forestry police, a man who has spent his life trying to protect what remains of Yunnan's rainforest and its wildlife.

"It's war." Chang Zongbo turns round in the driver's seat to make his point. He does that a lot. And when he does, he's not looking at the road ahead. Our police jeep slows to elephant walking pace.

In all his 27 years with China's forestry police, Chang Zongbo has climbed every one of these mountains, tracking poachers and loggers.

"A bag of rice, a lighter, salt and a knife. That's all I need to set off with," he says. "We eat fruit and berries. Or we catch fish. We go for days, following the poachers and then waiting till they're asleep at night. That's the safest time to arrest them."

Ironically, China is probably one of the safest place to be for an elephant these days.

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1.How many elephants are remaining in China?

A 200

B 250

C 350

D 400

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句“In southwest Yunnan province, he heard about the dangers to China's remaining 250 wild elephants.”可知。

2.What does Chang Zongbo do?

A A worker

B A researcher

C A policeman

D A farmer

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句“It's the same story I heard when I spent three days with Chang Zongbo of the forestry police”可知。

3.What does the underlined word poachers mean in Chinese?

A 搬运工

B 偷猎者

C 侵入者

D 酒吧

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据文章第六段 “following the poachers and then waiting till they're asleep at night. That's the safest time to arrest them.”可知，他们是偷猎者。

4.From the sixth paragraph, we can know Chang Zongbo’s life is_______.

A colourful

B rich

C simple

D interesting

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第六段“A bag of rice, a lighter, salt and a knife. That's all I need to set off with," he says. We eat fruit and berries. Or we catch fish. We go for days, following the poachers”可知。他们的生活单一。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A Ran Ran is 13 years old now.

B Prince William has stayed in China for 4 days.

C Chang Zongbo works very hard to protect the elephant.

D China is one of the safest place for elephants to live now.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。从第一段第一、二句“Prince William kept the best for last. After two days of travelling in China, his third and final day of engagements”可知，他呆了三天。