2018年9月全國英語等級考試3級閱讀理解試題及答案

　　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.

　　小題1:We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of .A.loud noisesB.some crops

　　C.video camerasD.angry bees

　　小題2:As mentioned in the passage, LucyA.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

　　小題3: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.

　　小題4: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.

　　參考答案及解析

　　小題1:D

　　小題2:B

　　小題3:A

　　小題4:C

　　試題分析：一項(xiàng)最新的研究表明大象會害怕蜜蜂，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。

　　小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第一段的第一個(gè)句子：Recordings of angry bees are enough to send big, tough African elephants running away, a new study says.可知大象可能害怕憤怒的蜜蜂的聲音。選D

　　小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章最后一段的第二行的句子：She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know, but her initial (最初的) results were promising enough to begin trials with farmers.可知Lucy需要檢測更多的大象群，所以選B

　　小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第叁段的句子：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Lucy向野生蜂窩扔石頭，是讓它們發(fā)瘋從而記錄下蜜蜂的聲音，所以選A

　　小題4:細(xì)節(jié)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，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，而文章也沒有說農(nóng)民不讓Lucy在他們的田地做實(shí)驗(yàn)。所以選C。