2026梅河口五中高三下学期一模考试英语含答案

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第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 7. 5 分）
听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每
段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话读两遍。
例如：Hw much is the shirt?
A. £19. 15. B. £9. 18. C. £9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. Hw will the speakers prbably get t the stadium?
A. By bus. B. By bike. C. By subway.
2. What is the wman’s attitude twards the man’s request?
A. Favrable. B. Uncertain. C. Critical.
3. Where des the cnversatin prbably take place?
A. In a gallery. B. In a classrm. C. In a library.
4. Hw much did Jack pay fr the dictinary?
A. $8. B. $14. C. $20.
5. What will the man d next?
A. He will stay up. B. He will g t sleep. C. He will hand in his hmewrk.
第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 22. 5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳
选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟
的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。
6. What des the wman ften d with a brken mbile?
A. Keep it at hme. B. Sell it fr recycling. C. Thrw it away.
7. What are the speakers talking abut?
A. Electrnic waste. B. Sil pllutin. C. A recycling cmpany.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。
8. What time will the meeting prbably start?
A. At 2:15. B. At 2:30. C. At 3:00.
9. What des the wman say abut the club?
A. It wrks n preserving animals.
B. It cllects lcal data fr the gvernment.
C. It makes vides abut endangered animals.
10. What will the speakers prbably d first after the meeting?
A. See a film. B. Have supper. C. Drink cffee.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. Wh is Eric?
A. A high schl student. B. A university graduate. C. A cllege freshman.
12. Why des the wman refuse t buy a car nw?
A. The price f a car is nt reasnable.
B. The petrl statin is far frm hme.
C. Regularly checking the car is a must.
13. What des the wman expect her sn t get?
A. A full-time jb. B. A straight-A reprt card. C. The car membership.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. Hw ften des Helen teach cmputer classes?
A. Every day. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.
15. What des Jane begin t d after taking the classes?
A. Update her wn blg.
B. Dwnlad phne bills nline.
C. Keep electrnic medical recrds.
16. What is the relatinship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Emplyer and emplyee. C. Hst and guest.
17. Hw can Helen benefit frm vlunteering?
A. Hst a live bradcast.
B. Develp her cmmunicatin skills.
C. Becme head f a vluntary agency.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
18. Where did the speaker visit last mnth?
A. A high-tech labr club.
B. A mdern family-run farm.
C. An advanced vegetable garden.
19. What des the cmputer sftware there mainly cntrl?
A. The watering system. B. The plant grwth. C. The sil temperature.
20. What des the speaker want t d in the future?
A. Offer different types f services.
B. Participate in skill-based activities.
C Learn mre mdern technlgies.
第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）
第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Creative ideas are bringing nature int urban areas wrldwide. Here are sme cities that have fund ways t let the plants
in — benefiting peple and the envirnment.
Liverpl
In its busy city center, Liverpl built a “living wall” t make rm fr nature. Due t a lack f planting space, it turned
the utside f St. Jhn’s Shpping Center int a 65-meter green area in 2020. The wall has 14,000 evergreens and helps reduce
sme f the pllutin prduced by the nearby bus statin. In 2021, tw bee hives (蜂房) were placed n the center’s rftp,
each husing 20,000 bees. The bees nt nly pllinate the wall but als supprt the lcal eclgy.
Singapre
Singapre is determined t be “a city in nature”. In 2021, it started “Green Plan 2030” t make the city mre sustainable.
Singapre already has ver 400 parks and fur nature reserves. By the end f 2026, its green space will increase t 300
hectares. It has als prmised t plant a millin trees and further increase parkland by 50% frm its 2020 baseline. The hpe is
that by 2030, n husehld will be mre than a ten-minute walk frm a green space.
New Yrk City
Manhattan’s High Line is a 2-kilmeter-lng public park built n an ld elevated railway. The railway was t be pulled
dwn, but residents wanted t put the site t gd use. A design cmpetitin in 2003 chse the idea f an abve-street garden.
Opened frm 2009 t 2019, it is nw a city greenway featuring ver 150,000 plants.
Melburne
Melburne has embraced “vertical (垂 直 的 ) frests” t fight urban heat. In 2018, the city cmpleted the Aurra
Melburne Central twer, a 74-stry building cvered with 42,000 plants frm 30 native species. The green structure cvers
5,000 square meters and absrbs dust and carbn dixide frm the surrunding streets. By 2024, Melburne had apprved 12
mre vertical frest prjects, aiming t increase urban green cver by 15% and make the city ne f the wrld’s clest
metrplises.
21. Hw many bees were hused n the rftp f St. Jhn’s Shpping Center?
A. 14,000. B. 20,000. C. 40,000. D. 150,000.
22. Which city aims t ensure residents’ easy access t green spaces?
A. Liverpl. B. Singapre. C. New Yrk City. D. Melburne.
23. What is ne benefit f Melburne’s vertical frests?
A. Prviding a city greenway. B. Preserving rare native species.
C. Attracting mre turists. D. Cleaning the surrunding air.
B
Fr 26-year-ld Hungarian student Liu Ba Oscar, the path t studying Traditinal Chinese Medicine (TCM) was deeply
persnal. Standing in the middle f the busy TCM night market at Lianing University f Traditinal Chinese Medicine
(LNUTCM), he carefully prepared a traditinal medicine fr digestin, saying excitedly, “This is my first time trying a herbal
preparatin with my wn hands.”
When Liu was yung, he suffered frm frequent stmach pain and digestive issues, and Western medicine prvided little
relief. His father, a graduate f LNUTCM, turned t TCM instead. He applied herbal patches (中药贴) t Liu’s belly buttn,
the lcatin f Shenque acupuncture pint (神阙穴), a key TCM acupint (穴位). “T me, it felt like magic,” Liu said. “In just
a few mnths, I was feeling much better.”
Curius abut this ancient practice, Liu fllwed in his father’s ftsteps. In 2019, he left Hungary and registered at
LNUTCM, determined t understand the science behind TCM. During his studies, Liu discvered the lgic behind his
childhd treatment. The patches cntained warming herbs, ideal fr his cld-related digestive issues. The Shenque
acupuncture pint, clse t the digestive rgans, allwed the medicine t be absrbed efficiently. “It all made sense nce I
understd the thery,” he said. “It’s nt magic — it’s science.” Inspired, Liu experimented with his treatment. Diagnsed
with pr digestin, he adjusted his diet and tried different herbal cmbinatins. Over time, his digestive prblems faded.
The night market gave Liu the chance t see TCM in actin. He bserved traditinal Chinese medicine dctrs treating
patients, hping t absrb their techniques. “Seeing the thery applied in real life is invaluable,” he said. “It reminds me why I
chse this path.”
Accrding t LNUTCM Party Secretary Lyu Xiadng, TCM isn’t just abut treating illness. It’s abut “fcusing n the
whle lifestyle t maintain health and balance.” Lyu said. Fr Liu, the gal is t bring TCM back t Hungary. “My father
studied here befre. Nw, I am cntinuing that jurney,” Liu said. “The mre I learn, the mre I want t share this knwledge
with the wrld.”
24. Why did Liu receive TCM treatment when he was yung?
A. His cnditin didn’t imprve with Western Medicine.
B. His father wrked as a famus TCM dctr.
C. He was extremely curius abut TCM knwledge.
D. He wanted t fllw in his father’s ftsteps.
25. What did Liu learn abut the Shenque acupuncture pint frm his studies?
A. It was where herbal patches were applied. B. It was a vital acupint in TCM.
C. Its lcatin helped medicine absrptin. D. Warming herbs wrked best n it.
26. What did Liu d at the TCM night market?
A. He sld digestive herbal patches. B. He treated patients fr the first time.
C. He tested the effect f a new digestive drug. D. He watched the applicatin f TCM thery.
27. What can be a suitable title fr the text?
A. Father and Sn’s Career in TCM B. A Hungarian’s Jurney with TCM
C. A TCM Night Market Experience D. A Great Dream t Spread TCM
C
Thermal paper, widely used in shpping receipts, express waybills and mvie tickets, has becme an indispensable part f
mdern daily life. Hwever, its massive use has lng brught tw unslved prblems. Traditinal thermal paper uses
petrleum-based catings, which are hard t degrade in the natural envirnment and cntain harmful chemicals. Meanwhile, the
printed persnal infrmatin n it faces serius leakage risks, as the wrds can remain clear fr years even in pen
envirnment.
T slve these prblems, Li Min, a material science expert frm Zhejiang University, and her team develped a new type
f plant-based thermal paper. The base f the paper is made f nan-cellulse (纳米纤维素) extracted frm straw, a cmmn
agricultural waste. Inspired by the clr-fading feature f anthcyanin, a natural pigment, when meeting water, the team chse
it as the cre clrant f the new paper.
Different frm traditinal thermal paper which uses bisphenl A as a clr develper, the new paper matches anthcyanin
with bidegradable rganic acid. When heated, the tw cmpnents cmbine t frm stable blue-black wrds, which can stay
clear fr ver 6 mnths at nrmal rm temperature, fully meeting the daily strage needs f mst cmmercial receipts.
The team carried ut a set f cntrlled experiments t test the paper’s cmprehensive perfrmance. The results shwed
that the new paper’s printing clarity matches traditinal cmmercial thermal paper. In the privacy prtectin test, the wrds n
it disappeared cmpletely within 30 secnds after being put int water. In the degradatin test, it brke dwn fully in sil within
3 mnths, while traditinal paper nly degraded less than 10%in the same perid.
“Our current lab samples are still in small size,” Li says. “Large-scale industrial prductin may bring new challenges in
material unifrmity and prductin cst. We are clearly aware f these pssible prblems, and have started fllw-up research
t ptimize the material, t prmte its practical use step by step.”
28. What is a majr prblem f traditinal thermal paper?
A. It has very high prductin cst.
B. It is nt suitable fr daily use.
C. It breaks easily in wet envirnment.
D. It risks serius persnal infrmatin leakage.
29. What is the cre clrant f the new thermal paper made frm?
A. Recycled waste materials. B. Natural plant extracts.
C. Petrleum-based chemicals. D. Industrial by-prducts.
30. What result did Li’s team’s experiment cnfirm?
A. Its printing clarity matches traditinal thermal paper.
B. It can be fully degraded within ne mnth.
C. Its wrds disappear cmpletely in 10 secnds.
D. It has a lnger stable strage time.
31. What is Li Min’s attitude twards the industrial applicatin f the new paper?
A. Fully negative. B. Blindly ptimistic.
C. Ratinal and prudent. D. Ttally uncncerned.
D
A recent study n digital human (数字人) industry has uncvered a nticeable trend:mre and mre peple are frming
deep emtinal bnds with AI-pwered digital humans,which are widely used as virtual cmpanins,nline idls and custmer
service agents.Thugh whether these digital humans have real emtinal feedback remains unprven,this trend has greatly
widened the split in the existing cultural and ethical divide.
Ethicist Prfessr Zhang Wei has clearly utlined the tw sides f this divide: “One side will accuse the ther f
dangerusly indulging in virtual relatinships and escaping real scial interactins,while the ther will dismiss the first grup
as’refusing t accept the new frm f emtinal cnnectin in the digital age’.” His cncern is nt unreasnable. Tday, sme
peple already share their deepest secrets with digital humans and even treat them as life partners,while thers laugh ff the
idea as nthing mre than“cnfusing prgrammed respnses with real feelings”.
S what might a digital human with widely recgnized“emtinal value” lk like? Imagine a lifelng cmpanin that
listens t yur trubles,celebrates yur achievements, accmpanies yu thrugh hard times, and even grws and changes with
yu ver the years.Crucially,this cmpanin will have a cntinuus “memry” and frm a unique interactin mde with
yu,much like a real friend. While tday’s digital humans are nt yet at this stage, they are develping at an amazing
speed.When that future arrives,mre intense cnflicts ver their status and rights will be unavidable.
Histry ffers similar examples. Cnsider the wide acceptance f telephnes,which were nce strngly ppsed by peple
wh argued that they wuld destry face-t-face cmmunicatin and weaken real human relatinships,even decades after they
became ppular. There’s n reasn that the debate ver digital humans’emtinal value will be any different. What’s
wrse,unlike telephnes whse functin is clearly defined,we have n unified standard t judge whether the emtinal
cnnectin with digital humans is“real” r “valuable”.
Undubtedly, these deepening divisins will reshape ur legal rules,scial nrms and even family cncepts. That’s why
nw — befre the divide becmes t deep t bridge — is the critical mment t act. We need t build a reasnable ethical
and legal framewrk fr the digital age thrugh in-depth and ratinal discussin, and guide sciety frward in an rderly way,
rather than let the divisin split us apart.
32. What is the cre message f Paragraph 1?
A. Digital humans can prvide real emtinal feedback.
B. The ppularity f digital humans has widened scial ethical divide.
C. Digital humans are widely used in the service industry.
D. Peple have reached an agreement n digital humans.
33. What des the underlined wrd “indulging in” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Breaking away frm. B. Being addicted t.
C. Taking charge f. D. Being cautius abut.
34. Why is “the wide acceptance f telephnes” mentined in Paragraph 4?
A. T shw the debate ver digital humans will last lng.
B. T prve telephnes have changed peple’s way f cmmunicatin.
C. T stress the imprtance f digital technlgy develpment.
D. T deny the value f face-t-face cmmunicatin.
35. What is the authr’s main purpse in writing the text?
A. T intrduce the develpment f digital humans.
B. T explain the functin f digital humans.
C T slve the cnflict ver digital humans.
D. T call fr early actin t deal with the cming ethical divide.
第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2. 5 分，满分 12. 5 分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。选项中
有两项为多余选项。
The Last Living Mnet
Every winter, the head gardener at Claude Mnet’s garden in the tiny French village f Giverny sits dwn t a pile f seed
lists’ fr disappintment. Avisard knws he must grw at least 520,000 plants t recreate these histric grunds. But each year
at least 10 seed varieties he selected the previus seasn will disappear.____36____ When Mnet mved t Giverny in 1883,
nurseries (苗圃) were cvered with Victrian flwers. Many f his favred varieties have since gne extinct r been cmpletely
changed as peple prefer bth harder (耐寒的) plants and flwers with ever-increasing blms.
This seasn, Avisard is crazy abut grwing a taller pelargnium (天竺葵), a clumped-flwer (簇状花) cusin t the
geranium (老鹳草) that Mnet famusly planted in several red and pink beds in frnt f his pink huse. “____37____” Avisard
says. “T bring them back wuld be a resurrectin (起死回生).”
Head gardener since 2016, Avisard nw leads a dzen gardeners, twice as many as Mnet enlisted. ____38____ Wetter
winters fllwed by ht, dry summers lead t earlier crwds f pests. In additin, the management f turists pses a
significant challenge. ____39____
“It’s cmplicated.” says Avisard, “____40____” He and Giverny’s gardeners seek t please a man they’ve never met by
creating a space s identifiable that it reminds strangers f paintings they see hanging in museums the wrld ver.
As seeds disappear, the task nly gets harder. “We want peple t lk ut like Mnet and see what he saw.”
A. Yu can’t buy them anywhere.
B. As with fashin, peple’s tastes in flwers change.
C. The turists have t feel like they are in Mnet’s paintings.
D. These gardeners struggle with a wildly changing ecsystem.
E. Mnet’s garden symblizes impressinist art and natural beauty.
F. His wrk includes planting, researching and surcing rare seeds.
G. Nearly 800,000 visitrs flck t the area every year between April and Octber.
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分 30 分)
第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Dentist Albert Inzulza Galdames was brn in rural Chile. While grwing up, he became ___41___ f the health inequities
(不公平) in his cmmunity. Dental care was hard t ___42___ in his village, which was hurs away frm the nearest city and,
fr many, it was ___43___ n a list f pressing financial needs.
The ambitin t ___44___ access t health care fr peple in these underserved cmmunities ___45___ him t study
dentistry at Finis Terrae University in Chile. As luck wuld have it, n the last semester, he was ___46___ as an exchange
student t Harvard University. While studying there, he tk ___47___ t serve as a vlunteer teacher and dentist in Nepal,
where he started a nngvernmental rganizatin ___48___ t prmting health educatin. Meanwhile, he fcused n
___49___ gaps in health care.
But even as he traveled the wrld, Inzulza remained firmly ____50____ in his family and cmmunity. After graduatin, he
returned t seeing patients in Chile, but with a brader ____51____, n hw t advcate fr their needs. He started t see bad
teeth as mre than just a ____52____ f pain but a symptm f the ways that lwer-incme peple arund the wrld are
____53____ by health systems.
As fr his future plan, Inzulza hpes t make mre ____54____ t the develpment f a mre inclusive and equitable
health care system. “I’m nt just a dentist f Chile,” Inzulza said. “I’m wrking n smething ____55____, leveling the
inequality in health care.”
41. A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. cautius
42. A. refer t B. carry ut C. get acrss D. cme by
43. A. lw B. new C. cmmn D. bvius
44. A. link B. cnfirm C. balance D. enhance
45. A. enabled B. reminded C. drve D. taught
46. A. selected B. prmted C. named D. labeled
47. A. advice B. shelter C. curage D. time
48. A. accustmed B. dedicated C. limited D. expsed
49. A. recrding B. measuring C. revealing D. bridging
50. A. skilled B. interested C. rted D. stuck
51. A. assumptin B. perspective C. cverage D. tlerance
52. A. surce B. sense C. symbl D. knwledge
53. A. challenged B. tracked C. failed D. charged
54. A. cntributins B. sacrifices C. chices D. prfits
55. A. easier B. bigger C. busier D. wiser
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
On September 26th, 2025, the research vessel “Xue Lng 2” returned t Shanghai, ____56____ (mark) the cmpletin f
China’s 15th Arctic Ocean expeditin. During this expeditin, the“Deep Sea N. 1”, ____57____ carried the “Jialng”
manned submersible, successfully cmpleted China’s first manned deep dive in the Arctic ice area.
This expeditin, which invlved fur vessels (the “Xue Lng 2”, “Jidi”, “Deep Sea N. 1” and “Tan Su San Ha”), was
China’s largest-scale Arctic Ocean ____58____ (science) expeditin. The “Xue Lng 2” ____59____ (prvide) key supprt
by breaking ice all the way, enabling the “Jialng” t cnduct the dive in the ice-cvered area.
The research team ____60____ (riginal) fund that the density, bidiversity and individual bdy size f living creatures
in sme Arctic sea areas varied within ____61____ spatial range. This discvery helps scientists understand the impact f
climate change ____62____ the deep-sea bttm ecsystem.
____63____ (knw) as a “natural labratry” fr glbal climate change research, the Arctic has a high barrier fr
explratin. This breakthrugh nt nly fills the gap in this field in China but als enhances China’s capability t understand
the varied ____64____ (change) in the Arctic Ocean. China cntributes Chinese data ____65____ wisdm t addressing glbal
climate change.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 40 分）
第一节（满分 15 分）
66. 假定你是李华，在口语课上，外教 Aarn 组织同学们分组讨论：“What are we lsing with traffic cnvenience?”请你
代表小组用英语作总结发言，要点包括：
1. 小组观点；
2. 陈述理由。
注意：
1. 词数 80 左右；
2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Hell, everyne. It is an hnr t represent ur grup in summarizing ur discussin.
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第二节（满分 25 分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
There was a knck at the dr. It was a delivery man. “Sign here, please,” he said. I signed. “It’s fr yu,” he added, and
handed me an elephant. Never had I rdered an elephant, never in my wildest dreams. And he culdn’t be ne f thse prizes I
had wn in a cntest, because I had never gt invlved in thse. But the elephant was addressed crrectly, and the shipping
charges had been paid in full.
“Is this a shipping errr? And I dn’t want him,” I said, but the delivery man was firm: I had signed; the elephant was
mine. I had t keep him.
And s began my life with the elephant. The first few days I kept him in the apartment, but it was hard fr him t get up
and dwn the stairs when he needed a breath f air and he culdn’t fit in the elevatr. Besides, he tk up the rest f my dining
rm.
Then I tried putting him in the garage f the building, but ther neighbrs cmplained. Each was allwed ne parking
space. I had t chse between my car and the elephant. S I parked the elephant in the garage and left my car ut n the street.
I did nt have enugh mney t buy gas and fifty punds f fd a day fr the elephant, s I began driving the elephant t
wrk in the mrning. He was mst kind, and, as it turned ut, much faster and mre cmfrtable than a bus.
I utfitted him with an elegant blanket, but even s, the first few days I was embarrassed when I went ut with him.
Everyne pinted at me. Many peple laughed. “Lk at that crazy man with the elephant,” they said. And the traffic plice
gave me such dirty lks that I was ashamed. I wuld leave the elephant in the ffice parking lt, and then pick him up at the
end f the day. He always waited fr me patiently, withut cmplaining.
注意：
（1）续写词数应为 150 个左右；
（2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Being clever, gd-natured and very handsme, he became my best friend sn.
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It was the mst enjyable time f my life, but unfrtunately it had t end.
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21. C 22. B 23. D
24. A 25. C 26. D 27. B
28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C
32. B 33. B 34. A 35. D
36. B 37. A 38. D 39. G 40. C
41. B 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. C 46. A 47. D 48. B 49. D 50. C 51. B 52. A 53. C
54. A 55. B
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57. which 58. scientific
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60. riginally
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63. Knwn 64. changes
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【66 题答案】
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Hell, everyne. It is an hnr t represent ur grup in summarizing ur discussin. What we firmly believe is that traffic
cnvenience cmes at the cst f invaluable things.
First, it reduces ur physical activity, as peple prefer driving t walking, which harms ur health. Secnd, it causes
envirnmental damage: vehicle exhaust pllutes the air. Finally, we are lsing meaningful scial interactins. Streets that were
nce lively spaces fr cmmunity life are nw filled with rushing cars.
In cnclusin, it is ur sense f cmmunity, envirnmental health, and persnal well-being that we are sacrificing. We
must seek a balance t preserve these precius aspects f life.
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Being clever, gd-natured and very handsme, he became my best friend sn. He understd my wrds and wuld nudge my
hand gently when he wanted a treat. On weekends, we walked in the park, where kids lved t pat his sft ears and feed him
fruit. Strangers n lnger laughed; instead, they waved and smiled at us. He even cheered me up when I was tired frm wrk,
wrapping his trunk arund me like a warm hug. We shared every mment, and the awkwardness I felt at first faded int pure
jy.
It was the mst enjyable time f my life, but unfrtunately it had t end. One day, a letter arrived saying the elephant was
a gift fr a z nearby, sent by mistake. The zkeepers came t take him, and my eyes filled with tears. He nuzzled my cheek,
as if saying gdbye. Thugh I was sad, I knew he’d have a bigger hme with ther elephants. Later, I visited him every week,
and he’d always run t the fence t greet me. Our unexpected friendship taught me that jy can cme frm the mst surprising