Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones(手機(jī)鈴聲)of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards (豹)that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday.
The wild cats in the state of Gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people. But rather than use methods such as live bait(活誘餌)like goats tied to trees to lure (引誘) the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.
“The moos of a cow, and bleating of a goat from the phone have proved effective to trap leopards,” said D. Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat. “This trick works.” Vasani said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage. They then play the ringtone continuously for up to two hours until the curious leopard appears and moves into the cage looking for its easy meal.
At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new ringtone method was introduced three months ago. The cats have all been released (釋放)back into forest areas.
Wildlife activists welcomed the new initiative (新方案) saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured.
小題1:What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Cell Phones to Hunt AnimalsB.Practical Uses of Cell Phones
C.Wildlife And New TechnologyD.Phone Ringtones to Catch Leopards
小題2:Forest guards in India try to catch leopards mainly because _______.
A.leopards attack villagersB.they want leopard fur
C.leopards attack animalsD.they have new ringtones
小題3:According to the wildlife activists, the new method is _______.
A.a(chǎn)ppreciated because it benefits leopardsB.not good because it may injure animals
C.effective because ringtones workD.not safer than the former one
小題4:We can learn from the passage except that _______.
A.forest guards don’t mean to hurt the leopards
B.forest guards no longer use pits to trap leopards
C.forest guards used goats to attract leopards
D.recorded animal sound are used to lure leopards
小題5:What will be needed to trap the leopards using the new method?
a. cell phones  b. animals  c. sounds of animals  d. cages  e. large pits
A.a(chǎn)bcdB.bceC.a(chǎn)deD.a(chǎn)cd

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析:本文介紹了在印度人們使用手機(jī)鈴聲來吸引那些進(jìn)入人類聚居地的獵豹,并進(jìn)行抓捕的事情。
小題1:D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知人們運(yùn)用電話的鈴聲模仿羊的叫聲,牛的叫聲來吸引進(jìn)入人的聚居地的獵豹。故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行The wild cats in the state of Gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people.可知這樣做的原因是獵豹進(jìn)入了人類的聚居區(qū),并且攻擊了人類,所以才用這種方法把獵豹吸引做開并抓捕。故A項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)3,4段“This trick works.”和At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages說明這種方法有了很好的效果,有多只獵豹被吸引過來尋找容易捕捉的動(dòng)物了,故C正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后三行But rather than use methods such as live bait(活誘餌)like goats tied to trees to lure (引誘) the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.只是說明人們現(xiàn)在換了方式,并沒有說人們不再使用oit這種方法,故B項(xiàng)內(nèi)容的陳述不準(zhǔn)確。
小題5:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段和第3段behind a cage.以及Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones(手機(jī)鈴聲)of cows mooing說明D項(xiàng)正確。
點(diǎn)評:本文介紹了在印度人們使用手機(jī)鈴聲來吸引那些進(jìn)入人類聚居地的獵豹,并進(jìn)行抓捕的事情。本文以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主,要求考生在閱讀的時(shí)候要注意細(xì)節(jié)信息,同時(shí)在仔細(xì)閱讀題目要求和選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容的基礎(chǔ)之上在文章中找到相關(guān)的語群,并作出合理的判斷和選擇。
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