3．We can conclude that Notre Dame is ．

　　A．on the left bank B．on the right bank

　　C．on neither bank D．in Louvre

　　C　[推理判断题。由末段倒数第二句可知Notre Dame建在塞纳河中心的一个小岛上。]

　　4．Paris is famous for the following EXCEPT ．

　　A．fashion B．the Sorbonne

　　C．some bridges D．the Eiffel Tower

　　C　[细节理解题。文中未曾提到巴黎有什么有名的桥。]

　　B

　　The mind of an elephant should not be underestimated．They are intelligent animals born with both excellent memory and artistic talent.Elephants eat about 495 pounds of vegetarian food a day.They spend about 16 hours a day eating，but must walk about 4 miles a day in search of food.The average(通常的)elephant lives about 70 years，and its sharp memory allows it to remember places where it has found food as long as 30 years earlier，even as a baby.

　　In an elephant's travels，it comes across other elephants also looking for food.Some elephants are friendly，and some are not so nice.Elephants remember every elephant they have ever met.They can even recognize an elephant they perhaps haven't seen for 30 years.They immediately remember whether this elephant is an enemy or a friend.

When elephants are not searching for food，they sometimes produce art in the sand with their trunks(象鼻)．They seem to enjoy just relaxing and painting in the sand.One day，an elephant zoo­keeper noticed this and gave an elephant a paint brush filled with red paint to see if the elephant would paint on a canvas(画布)．Sure enough，it did，and since then elephants in most zoos have been given paint brushes，paints，and