Question

【題目】

A. spreads B. drums C. electric D. destroyed E. immediately

People in Mayilattumpara, a village in southwest India, could not sleep at night. That's because wild elephants entered their village to look for food and they 【1】 crops and farmland. The villagers tried to keep the wild elephants out with 【2】 fences and deep holes. They even tried beating 【3】. Nothing worked! The repeated destruction of crops led some villagers to stop farming.

However, the situation turned around last year. People there have finally found what keeps the elephants away: honey bees. A wire fence with beehive (蜂房)

【4】 around the village. When elephants try to pass the 2.5 kilometer wire fence, angry bees fly out in a large group and the elephants run away quickly. Protected by the bees, farmers have returned to growing their crops.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：短文講了印度西南部的一個(gè)村莊，因?yàn)橐吧�大象進(jìn)入他們的村莊尋找食物，毀壞了莊稼和農(nóng)田。村民們?cè)噲D用很多辦法驅(qū)趕大象，最后通過蜜蜂趕走了大象。

【1】句意：那是因?yàn)橐吧�大象進(jìn)入他們的村莊尋找食物，他們毀壞了莊稼和農(nóng)田。

根據(jù)前句That's because wild elephants entered their village to look for food．這是因?yàn)橐吧�大象進(jìn)入他們的村莊尋找食物，可知結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，應(yīng)說他們毀壞了莊稼和農(nóng)田。句子是一般過去時(shí)，此空應(yīng)填destroyed，故答案為D。

【2】句意：村民們?cè)噲D用柵欄和深坑把野象擋在外面。

根據(jù)前后句The villagers tried to keep the wild elephants out with…fences and deep holes．可知結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，應(yīng)說村民們?cè)噲D用電柵欄和深洞來(lái)驅(qū)趕野象。此空應(yīng)填electric，故答案為C。

【3】句意：他們甚至試著敲鼓。

根據(jù)前句They even tried beating，可知結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，應(yīng)說他們甚至試著敲鼓。此空應(yīng)填drums，故答案為B。

【4】句意：根一道有蜂巢的鐵絲網(wǎng)圍繞著村莊延伸。

據(jù)前后句A wire fence with beehive （蜂房）…around the village．可知結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，應(yīng)說一個(gè)帶蜂箱的鐵絲網(wǎng)在村子周圍蔓延。句子是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)是第三人稱單數(shù)A wire fence with beehive ，此空應(yīng)填spreads 故答案為A。