Question

【題目】Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says. Beehives (蜂窩)-either recorded or real-may even prevent elephants from damaging farmer's crops.

In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them. Today, Lucy wants to see if African honeybees might discourage elephants from eating crops. But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.

Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. Lucy and her assistant hid in their car until the angry bees had calmed down. Next，Lucy searched out elephant families in Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya and put a speaker in a close to each family.

From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre-recorded sound of angry bees while at the same time recording the elephants with a video camera. Half the elephant groups left the area within ten seconds. Out of a total of 17 groups, only one group ignored the sound of the angry bees. Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. When Lucy Played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.

Lucy is now studying whether the elephants will continue to avoid the sound of angry bees after hearing it several times. She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers. She has now begun placing speakers in the fields to see if elephants are frightened away.

【1】As mentioned in the passage, Lucy

A. works by herself in Africa

B. needs to test more elephant groups

C. has stopped elephants eating crops

D. has got farmers to set up beehives on their farms

【2】Why did Lucy throw a stone into a wild beehive?

A. To record the sound of bees.

B. To make a video of elephants.

C. To see if elephants would run away.

D. To find out more about the behavior of bees.

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Young elephants ignore African honeybees.

B. Waterfalls can make elephants stay in one place.

C. Elephants do not go near trees with bees living in them.

D. Farmers do not allow Lucy to conduct tests in their fields.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：一項(xiàng)最新的研究表明大象會(huì)害怕蜜蜂，為了讓農(nóng)民利用蜜蜂的聲音防止大象破壞莊稼，Lucy做了實(shí)驗(yàn)，實(shí)驗(yàn)表明大象對(duì)于蜜蜂的聲音是畏懼的，但是為了更有效的證明它的效果，Lucy還要進(jìn)一步進(jìn)行研究。

【1】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers.推測(cè)可知她還需要對(duì)更多的象群進(jìn)行研究，以證明蜜蜂的聲音對(duì)大象是有影響的。根據(jù)第三段第三句中的Lucy and her assistant hid in their car可知A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)最后一句可知C項(xiàng)不正確；根據(jù)第二段最后一句But before she asked farmer to go to the trouble of setting up beehives on their farms, she needed to find out if the bees would scare elephants away.和最后一段內(nèi)容可知D項(xiàng)不正確。故選B。

【2】A 推理判斷題：根據(jù)文章第三段的句子：Lucy found a wild beehive inside a tree in northern Kenya and set up a recorder. Then she threw a stone into the beehive, which burst into life. .可知他們找到一個(gè)蜂巢，放好錄音機(jī)，然后扔一個(gè)石塊擊中蜂巢。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知，Lucy使用預(yù)先錄制的憤怒的蜜蜂的聲音是去測(cè)試象群的反應(yīng)，由此推測(cè)他們?nèi)邮�頭是為了錄下憤怒的蜜蜂的聲音。故A正確。

【3】C 推理判斷題：根據(jù)文章第二段的第一句：In 2002, scientist Lucy King and her team found that elephants avoid certain trees with bees living in them.可知大象不會(huì)靠近有蜜蜂的樹。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Lucy reported that all the young elephants immediately ran to their mothers to hide under them. 可知小象也害怕蜜蜂，A項(xiàng)不對(duì)；根據(jù)When Lucy Played the sound of a waterfall (瀑布) instead of the angry bees to many of the same elephant families, the animals were undisturbed. Even after four minutes, most of the groups stayed in one place.可知是瀑布的聲音讓大象呆在同樣的地方，不是瀑布，B項(xiàng)不對(duì)；而文章也沒有說農(nóng)民不讓Lucy在他們的田地做實(shí)驗(yàn)，D項(xiàng)不對(duì)。所以選C。