As we know, there are two kinds of elephants:
the African and the Asian elephants, which are the
largest (1)______animals in the world. They (1) ______
are similar in many ways. Firstly, both animals
have long noses, called trunks. Elephants some-
times use their trunks like a (2)______hand. (2) ______
Secondly, both kinds of elephants use their trunks
to pick up very small objects and very large, heavy
objects. Thirdly, both of them have very largev
ears, although the (3)______elephants’ ears are (3)______
much larger. Fourthly, both animals are thought to
be (4)______because they can be trained to do (4)______
heavy work for people and do tricks to
(5)______ people. In addition, there is one big (5)______
similarity between the two animals---they are both
fascinating and enormous animals.
However, the African and Asian elephants are
also quite different. The Asian elephant is smaller
and lighter than the African elephant. The average
weight differences between the two kinds of
elephants range from 2,000 to (6)______pounds. (6)______
Apart from another major difference in the size of
the ears, the teeth of the two animals are different,
too. The African elephant has two very large teeth
called (7)______. The Asian elephant sometimes (7)______
does not have any tusks at all. The two animals differ
in (8)______, too. The last difference between (8)______
the two elephants is their (9)______. The (9)______
Asian elephant is tamer than the African elephant.
That’s why the elephants you see in the circus are
probably (10)______elephants. (10)______