七、阅读短文,根据短文内容,从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。(共10分,每小题2分)
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Ben and Sally lived in California with their two daughters.Ben liked travelling. 56 ,but Sally stayed home with the girls.
Ben and his friends owned a company.People at the company liked to play jokes on each other.One day,Ben' s friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally. 57 .The letter said,
On the same day,Sally also got a phone call.The caller told her that a delivery was coming.At one o' clock,a truck stopped in front of Sally' s house.The truck driver gave Sally a rope.An animal was tied to the rope.It was a baby elephant! 58 ,and it began eating grass.
Then the driver drove away.Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant.She asked herself,“What can I feed an elephant with?Bananas?”
59 .He said,“It' s illegal(非法的)to have a wild animal here.”Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.
Ben' s friends were hiding in the backyard and laughing.They had planned everything perfectly.They had rented(租借)the elephant from a zoo and asked the policeman to write the ticket!Ben' s friends also made a film of everything. 60 .
When Sally learned about the truth,she couldn' t help laughing.
A.So they sent a letter to Sally
B.After a while,a policeman came
C.The elephant ran into Sally' s yard
D.They wanted Ben to watch the video
E.One summer,he went to Africa on a trip
答案解析：
56. 根据前文“Ben liked travelling.”以及后文“but Sally stayed home with the girls.”可知，这里是在讲述Ben的一次旅行，E选项“One summer, he went to Africa on a trip”符合语境，说明Ben去非洲旅行了，而Sally在家陪孩子，所以选E。
57. 根据前文“One day, Ben's friends wanted to play a joke on Ben and Sally.”可知，Ben的朋友想恶作剧，A选项“So they sent a letter to Sally”表示他们给Sally寄了一封信，符合恶作剧的情节发展，所以选A。
58. 根据前文“It was a baby elephant!”以及后文“and it began eating grass.”可知，这里描述小象进入Sally的院子并开始吃草，C选项“The elephant ran into Sally's yard”符合文意，所以选C。
59. 根据后文“He said, ‘It's illegal(非法的)to have a wild animal here.’ Then the policeman gave Sally a ticket.”可知，这里出现了一个警察，B选项“After a while, a policeman came”符合语境，所以选B。
60. 根据前文“Ben's friends also made a film of everything.”可知，Ben的朋友把一切都拍成了电影，D选项“They wanted Ben to watch the video”表示他们想让Ben看这个视频，符合情节，所以选D。
