A South African farmer is receiving phone calls from his sheep after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts, according to local press Wednesday.
When the sheep call, it is always bad news for farmer Erard Louw of the Cape Town suburbs, as the phones around their necks are only set to switch on when the sheep start running, a sign that thieves have cut through the fences.
"As they run it gives me a phone call and says 'Sheep One' or 'Sheep Two' and so on, so at least I know where to start looking because the farm is 750 hectares (1,850 acres)," Louw told the Cape Times daily.
Louw attached the phone-like security device to the collars of four sheep in separate flocks after thieves sneaked in and stole 27 sheep and 13 lambs a couple of weeks ago, driving Louw to rack his brains for ways to protect his animals.
He said there was no use calling nearby police, as they were stationed too far away and in his experience they either lacked an available car or the vehicle was out of fuel or missing tyres -- also the work of thieves.
According to Louw, the cell phones have already proved their worth, with one sheep-snatcher caught thanks to the device.
Still, with theft attempts currently at their peak, given long winter nights and early nightfall, a few sheep-robbers managed to get away in spite of the device.
"The phone did start ringing that night and I went out," he said, but added that he was too late

  1. 1.

    Why did Erard Louw attach the phone-like device to the sheep he raises?

    1. A.
      Because he thought it was fun to do
    2. B.
      Because the police there didn’t care about animals
    3. C.
      Because he liked hi-tech very much
    4. D.
      Because he wanted to protect them against thieves
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined expression in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

    1. A.
      Try very hard to remember or think of something
    2. B.
      Have a headache
    3. C.
      Make the brain bigger
    4. D.
      Shake the brain from side to side
  3. 3.

    You can most probably read this passage______.

    1. A.
      in a book
    2. B.
      in a dictionary
    3. C.
      in a newspaper
    4. D.
      in a novel
DAC
試題分析：文章介紹了農民Louw喂養(yǎng)的羊群總是被賊偷，在兩個星期前幾十只羊被偷走之后，他費盡心思在羊的身上裝了一個小裝置，只要晚上羊跑起來的時候，這個小裝置就會發(fā)起報警，在一定程度上起到了震懾作用。冬天就要來臨了，天很黑，夜幕將臨得又早，賊偷養(yǎng)也達到了高峰，而Louw在很多時候并不想報警，因為警察的辦事他并不是很滿意。
1.D細節(jié)理解題。A South African farmer is receiving phone calls from his sheep after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock amid recent livestock thefts意思是：南非的一個農民在羊的身上裝了類似電話的設備去密切關注偷家禽的那些賊，不久，他收到了來自羊身上的電話。所以他在羊的身上裝這么一個設備是為了防止小偷。故答案應為D。
2.A細節(jié)理解題。Louw attached the phone-like security device to the collars of four sheep in separate flocks after thieves sneaked in and stole 27 sheep and 13 lambs a couple of weeks ago, driving Louw to rack his brains for ways to protect his animals.大意為：在兩個星期前賊偷走了他的27只羊和13只小羊，他就把這種裝置安在了羊的身上。Louw動盡了腦子去想辦法保護他的羊。故答案應為A，盡力的去記起或考慮一些事情。
3.C細節(jié)理解題。according to local press Wednesday.根據(jù)周三的當?shù)貓�，陳述了這件事情。由此可知答案應為C，應該在報紙上讀到這件事情。
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