Question

Kenya is the first country to protect elephants by text messages. Mobile phone SIM cards are inserted(插入) in the collars of elephants. The cards will send a text message when the elephants wander too close to farms, allowing wildlife protectors to drive them off rather than shoot them.

Hungry elephants cause big problems for farmers and villagers in some parts of Kenya when they are searching for food. Two years ago the Kenyan wildlife service had to unwillingly shoot five elephants who continued to destroy crops.

In order to prevent such bad activities, the Elephants charity put a mobile phone SIM card on a huge bull elephant called Kimani. The conservationists(自然保護(hù)者) then set up a virtual(虛擬的) fence. Each time Kimani came near the fence, a text message was sent to farmers. So far he’s been stopped from going into the danger area fifteen times.

The project seems to be working successfully as Kimani hasn’t come near a farm for four months. A similar system has now been put into operation in another part of the country.

One of the biggest benefits of the project is that elephants seem to learn from one another, which can help a whole group change their habits.

The elephants can also be tracked using Google Earth software. This is also helping the protectors know where to use their resources to protect the animals well.

1.Elephants often cause problems in Kenya, because ______.

A．they are attacked                       B．they are angry

C．they are sad                           D．they are hungry

2.What does the underlined word “he” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The protector.                          B．The writer.

C．The elephant.                          D．The conservationist.

3.From the passage, we know that ______.

A．the text messages are of little help to the wildlife protectors

B．the project has worked out to be a great success in Kenya

C．a(chǎn) mobile phone SIM card has been put in all the elephants

D．the project has been introduced to all parts of the country

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文接省略非洲進(jìn)行的一種保護(hù)大象的行為，在大象的身上植入一個(gè)芯片，來(lái)記錄大象的行蹤，進(jìn)而保護(hù)農(nóng)民的莊稼，也保護(hù)了大象不被槍殺。

1.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句Hungry elephants cause big problems for farmers and villagers in some parts of Kenya when they are searching for food.可知當(dāng)這些大象在饑餓的時(shí)候容易給農(nóng)民帶來(lái)?yè)p失。故D正確。

2.C 推理題。根據(jù)本句Each time Kimani came near the fence, a text message was sent to farmers. So far he’s been stopped from going into the danger area fifteen times.可知這里的It就是指前句中的Kimani也就是大象。故C正確。

3.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段The project seems to be working successfully as Kimani hasn’t come near a farm for four months. A similar system has now been put into operation in another part of the country. 可知這種做法很成功，故B項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確。

考點(diǎn)：考察新聞報(bào)告類短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文接省略非洲進(jìn)行的一種保護(hù)大象的行為。文章基本上是考查細(xì)節(jié)題，對(duì)此類題型考生可以首先從問(wèn)題中找到關(guān)鍵詞，然后以此為線索，運(yùn)用略讀及查閱的技巧在文中迅速尋找這一細(xì)節(jié)，找到后再把這一部分內(nèi)容仔細(xì)閱讀一遍，仔細(xì)比較所給選項(xiàng)與文中細(xì)節(jié)的細(xì)微區(qū)別，在準(zhǔn)確理解細(xì)節(jié)的前提下，最后確定最佳答案。