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9．Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks．The big animals are a real danger to people．So new tools called vuvuzelas have been given to people to keep the elephants away．They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events．The instruments make a loud sound elephants do not like．The animals leave，and no one is harmed．
Vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten （威脅） the elephants．That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack．So far，no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela．
Officials and villagers have tried other ways to stop elephants from coming near farms and houses．They have built beehives （蜂巢）-houses for flying insects that sting （叮，蜇）．They have hung ropes covered in spicy oil．They have dug long，deep holes．And they have used guns，called A-K47s．
An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant．But over time，the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun．They only look at the shooter and wave their ears．Probably one day，elephants will accept the vuvuzela noise，just as they do the sound of the A-K47．But right now，vuvuzelas are an effective （有效的），harmless and fun way to deal with a serious problem．

38．Villagers are trying to keep away the elephants because they fear thatD．
A．they don't have food to feed them  
B．they may threaten the elephants
C．the elephants may destroy the park  
D．the huge animals may attack them
39．The writer thinks itAto use the vuvuzelas to keep away the giant animals． 
A．safe                 
B．harmful            
C．helpless                   
D．difficult
40．The meaning of the underlined word"accept"in the last paragraph is close to"B"．
A．be afraid of             
B．be used to         
C．be pleased with        
D．be worried about
41．Which of the following statements is true about vuvuzelas？C
A．Vuvuzelas were invented to keep elephants away from villagers．
B．So far，vuvuzelas have been the only way to keep the elephants away．
C．At present，vuvuzelas work better to keep away elephants than A-K47s．
D．People in Uganda are thinking of making louder and better vuvuzelas．

Answer 1

分析 本文描述了在烏干達(dá)一些村民受到大象的威脅，于是他們采用了一種新的工具-嗚嗚祖拉來(lái)驅(qū)趕大象，效果比用槍還要好．

解答 38．D細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段原文Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks．The big animals are a real danger to people．可以得知，大象對(duì)于人們來(lái)說(shuō)是危險(xiǎn)的，所以村民趕走大象是因?yàn)樗麄兒ε率艿焦�擊．故選D．
39．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段原文That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack．So far，no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela．可以得知，使用嗚嗚祖拉驅(qū)趕大型動(dòng)物后并沒(méi)有受到動(dòng)物的反擊，所以作者認(rèn)為這是安全的．故選A．
40．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第三段原文But over time，the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun．They only look at the shooter and wave their ears．可以得知大象因?yàn)榻?jīng)常接觸槍聲，已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了．所以選B．
41．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章最后一句話的描述But right now，vuvuzelas are an effective （有效的），harmless and fun way to deal with a serious problem．可以得知現(xiàn)在在烏干達(dá)，嗚嗚祖拉用來(lái)驅(qū)趕大象比AK47要好的多，A、B和D選項(xiàng)文中并沒(méi)有提到．故選C．

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