Reading Explorer 1 Unit 1B

Another title for this reading could be ___.

• Teaching Elephants to Pain

• Elephants in Danger

• TECC Trainers

• An Unusual Orchestra

The elephants at the TECC ___

• see better than they hear

• are encouraged to paint

• cannot create their own music

• make their own instruments

In line 4, them refers to ___

• childrean

• adults

• songs

• musicians

Why did Richard Lair start the Thai Elephant Orchestra?

• He had heard the elephants plying music.

• He needed to make money for the TECC.

• He believed elephants could play music.

• He wanted to be on TV in Thailand.

In line 17, what does a variety of mean?

• the same kind of

• many different

• two types of

• too many

Which sentence about the Thai Elephant Orchestra is NOT true?

• The elephants dance while playing music.

• The elephants use their trunks to make sounds.

• The elephants use their voices to make sounds.

• The orchestra's CD sales earn money for the TECC.

Read the last sentence in the passage again. What does it mean?

• The elephants play great music.

• Human artists now play with the elephants.

• The elephants are very beautiful.

• Human musicians want to copy the elephants' songs.