15.When farmers and wild animals share land,conflicts can be hard to prevent.(71)B
The FAO and other groups are developing what they call the Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation(緩和) Toolkit-a collection of advice and information that farmers in southern Africa have been testing.The main aim of the toolkit is to provide low-cost methods to deal with wild animals without harming them.
In Zambia and Mozambique,crocodiles are blamed for more deaths than any other animal.Nile crocodiles kill an estimated three hundred people each year in Mozambique alone.(72)FBesides,people should always enter the water several at a time,in groups armed with weapons like sticks and stones,axes and spears.
The toolkit also has ideas to control baboons.These large monkeys raid crops and they can kill sheep and other livestock.One suggestion is to remove the center from a loaf of bread and hide a snake inside-a live one if possible.Baboons have a fear of snakes.(73)DA baboon frightened by a snake sandwich will probably not come back.
Another animal with a good memory-the elephant-often destroys field crops.The loss of their crops means the loss of a family's food supply.(74)GFarmers can mix pepper powder with elephant waste and form bricks.The idea is to burn these bricks around the edges of fields to keep elephants away.Farmers can also grow fields of chili peppers.Another way to control elephants is with a plastic gun.It fires balls that burst and release a chili liquid when they hit the elephant's skin(75)A.
A.You might also be able to stop an elephant by shining lights in their eyes.
B.But the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is trying to help,
C.For example,some farmers in Kenya use donkeys to guard against lions.
D.And they also have very good memories.
E.Crocodile attacks are less likely in places that have not been overfished.
F.Strong fencing at watering points can offer protection,
G.Did you know elephants hate chili pepper?
分析 本文介紹了人類的動物在貢獻(xiàn)土地時的沖突,以及解決這些沖突的方法和策略.
解答 71.B 72.F 73.D 74.G 75.A
71.B 有前面一句When farmers and wild animals share land,conflicts can be hard to prevent,可知,人類和動物在共享土地時,難免有沖突,后句應(yīng)該是提出解決的辦法.
72.F 第三段講鱷魚讓很多動物死亡,所以緊接著應(yīng)該是解決辦法,即在水里設(shè)置屏障可以起到保護(hù)的作用.
73.D 前句Baboons have a fear of snakes提到竹子害怕蛇,后句用also表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系.
74.G 由Another animal with a good memory-the elephant-often destroys field crops這句話可以看出,下面應(yīng)該提到有關(guān)大象的句子.
75.A 最后一段介紹了幾種阻止大象的方法,Another way to control elephants,另外一種是You might also be able to stop an elephant by shining lights in their eyes.
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