五、任务型阅读。(2013，衢州)

　　Chris Jones刚刚结束了一次不寻常的印度之旅，记者就此对他进行了采访。以下是采访的部分内容：

　　Reporter：__39__

　　Chris：Well，it all started two years ago when I was planning a trip to India.I visited a photographic(摄影)exhibition of elephants and I realised that the only way to travel around India was on an elephant.

　　Reporter：What did you do next?

　　Chris：I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant.I needed an elephant trained to carry people.I asked an expert for help.He taught me how to ride an elephant.He also helped me find an elephant.

　　Reporter：__40__

　　Chris：Not too long.I bought a female(母的) elephant called Tara for about USD 6，000.

　　Reporter：__41__

　　Chris：Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later.We were heading to Sonepur in northern India.And what a ride!Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur was more than 1，200 km away.It took us 64 days to complete the journey.

　　Reporter：__42__

　　Chris：Yes，a few.But nothing serious.On the third day，Tara hurt her foot.But that got better quickly.Also，there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very Wet!

　　请根据Chris Jones的回答，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择恰当的问题填入第39～42四个空格中。

　　39.__B__40.__A__41.__D__42.__C__

　　A.How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?

　　B.What gave you the idea to travel around India on an elephant?

　　C.Did you have any problems on your journey?

　　D.Can you tell me the journey?

　　43.Which is the best title for the trip?__B__

　　A.A fast journey

　　B.An unusual journey

　　C.A sad journey

　　D.An unusual elephant