Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has

Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
【小题1】We can most probably read this story    .A．in a dictionary about read animalsB．in a newspaperC．in a book on artD．in history textbooks【小题2】People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because    .A．newspaper reporters bought her pictureB．her pictures were better than those of real artistsC．they just wanted to have funD．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park【小题3】Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to(为了)    .A．make other onesB．clear her trunkC．dig a hole in the sandD．ask for brushes and paints【小题4】From the story, we can know that    .A．Ruby can paint a picture all by herselfB．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zooC．Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workersD．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a pictureB