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Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones（手机铃声）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（活诱饵）like goats tied to trees to lure (引诱) 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 （释放）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.

1.What can be the best title of the passage?

A．Cell Phones to Hunt Animals               B．Practical Uses of Cell Phones

C．Wildlife And New Technology              D．Phone Ringtones to Catch Leopards

2.Forest guards in India try to catch leopards mainly because _______.

A．leopards attack villagers                  B．they want leopard fur

C．leopards attack animals                   D．they have new ringtones

3.According to the wildlife activists, the new method is _______.

A．appreciated because it benefits leopards     B．not good because it may injure animals

C．effective because ringtones work           D．not safer than the former one

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

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．abcd             B．bce              C．ade              D．acd

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了在印度人们使用手机铃声来吸引那些进入人类聚居地的猎豹，并进行抓捕的事情。

1.D 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知人们运用电话的铃声模仿羊的叫声，牛的叫声来吸引进入人的聚居地的猎豹。故D项正确。

2.A 细节题。根据第二段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.可知这样做的原因是猎豹进入了人类的聚居区，并且攻击了人类，所以才用这种方法把猎豹吸引做开并抓捕。故A项正确。

3.C 细节题。根据3,4段“This trick works.”和At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages说明这种方法有了很好的效果，有多只猎豹被吸引过来寻找容易捕捉的动物了，故C正确。

4.B 推理题。根据文章第二段最后三行But rather than use methods such as live bait（活诱饵）like goats tied to trees to lure (引诱) the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.只是说明人们现在换了方式，并没有说人们不再使用oit这种方法，故B项内容的陈述不准确。

5.D 细节题。根据第一段和第3段behind a cage.以及Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones（手机铃声）of cows mooing说明D项正确。

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点评：本文介绍了在印度人们使用手机铃声来吸引那些进入人类聚居地的猎豹，并进行抓捕的事情。本文以细节题的考查为主，要求考生在阅读的时候要注意细节信息，同时在仔细阅读题目要求和选项内容的基础之上在文章中找到相关的语群，并作出合理的判断和选择。