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【题目】Elephants in Uganda are starting to come close to villages near national parks. The big animals are a real danger to people.

So, the Uganda Wildlife Authority has been giving people new tools to keep the elephants away: vuvuzelas. They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events.

The instruments make a loud sound elephants do not like. The animals leave, and no one is harmed. A spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority says vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten the elephants. That is important because an elephant that feels threatened is more likely to attack. So far, no one has reported an elephant attacking in answer to a vuvuzela.

Officials and villagers have tried other ways to stop elephants from coming near farms and houses. They have built beehives – houses for flying insects that sting. They have hung ropes covered in spicy oil. They have dug long, deep holes. And they have used guns, called A-K47s.

An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant. But over time, the elephants have stopped being afraid of the sound of the gun. They only look at the shooter and wave their ears.

Another official for the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Gessa Simblicious, says one elephant-prevention solution will not work everywhere in Uganda. And one day, elephants may accept the vuvuzela noise, just as they do the sound of the A-K47.

But right now, vuvuzelas are an effective, non-violent and fun way to deal with a serious problem.

【1】What’s vuvuzelas?

A. New tools some fans use at sports events.

B. New tool to save the elephants.

C. Plastic instruments to keep the elephants away.

D. Plastic instruments to threaten the elephants.

【2】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten the elephants.

B. An elephants will attack human being in answer to a vuvuzela,

C. Villagers have no way to stop elephants.

D. The elephants are always afraid of the sound of the gun.

【3】People shoot the gun in the air in order to ________.

A. shoot the elephants away

B. let the elephants stop being afraid of the sound

C. avoid the elephants hurting people

D. scare the elephants to leave the village

【4】The author believes that ________.

A. elephants are not afraid of vuvuzelas

B. Vuvuzelas can not stop elephants

C. vuvuzelas can solve this serious problem forever

D. elephants are used to the sound of vuvuzelas now

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了在乌干达，大象时常入侵村庄，给当地人造成危险。人们使用多种方法驱赶大象，目前，最有效的是使用vuvuzelas驱赶大象。

【1】细节理解题。由So, the Uganda Wildlife Authority has been giving people new tools to keep the elephants away: vuvuzelas. They are plastic instruments some fans use at sports events.可知vuvuzelas是一种用于驱赶大象的塑料仪器，选C。

【2】细节理解题。由A spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority says vuvuzelas work because they do not threaten the elephants.可知Vuvuzelas起作用是因为他们没有威胁大象，选A。

【3】细节理解题。由An official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority explains that people shoot the gun in the air to scare the elephant.可知他们朝空气中开枪是为了惊吓大象，让它离开村庄，选D。

【4】推理判断题。由And one day, elephants may accept the vuvuzela noise, just as they do the sound of the A-K47.可推断出虽然现阶段，vuvuzelas可以成功驱赶大象，但是终有一天，大象会接受vuvuzela的声音，vuvuzelas也就不再奏效，选B。