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阅读理解 　　Wild elephants that destroy crops and damage trees are a serious problem in many parts of Africa．But there could be a simple and relatively safe way to stop them in their tracks, by employing the talents of the tiny African honeybees． 　　The number of elephants in Kenya has risen over the past ten years, with some disastrous results．Not only do these huge animals attack local farms, but they step someone to death an average of once every two weeks．Now a biologist has discovered a possible threat：the elephants are extremely aware of trees that house honeybee hives． 　　“I am puzzled why nobody has thought of this before，”says Fritz Volirath at the University of Oxford．“When an elephant knocks a beehive he runs and the bees will follow him for miles．”He says that placing hives of the honeybees around local farms and fragile habitats could be an effective way to threaten the animals． 　　Volirath put 30 unoccupied and 6 occupied beehives in some of the trees growing on a bush frequently damaged by elephants on Laikipia Plateau in Kenya．On average the elephants attacked 9 out of 10 trees that didn't have hives, severely damaging a quarter．But they steered clear of all six trees with occupied hives．The elephants also left alone one-third of the trees with empty hives, suggesting that some had learnt not to take the risk． 　　The bees threaten elephants by stinging vulnerable(易受伤)areas such as the eyes, belly, behind the ears and under the trunk．People could be at risk from the bees, admits Volirath, but that may be outweighed by the risk of being killed by an elephant．Another experiment by Vollath shows that elephants also avoid the sound of angry bees played from a loudspeaker． (1) What harm do the wild elephants in Africa do? [　　] A． Killing local people． B． Damaging beehives． C． Threatening animals． D． Destroying villages． (2) What can we learn from the underlined sentence? [　　] A． They ran away from the trees with empty hives on it． B． They tried not to touch the trees with hives full of bees． C． They kept a distance from all the trees with hives on them． D． They were clear that all the six trees were occupied by hives． (3) What's Volirath's another experiment on this elephants' case? [　　] A． Let bees attack and kill elephants one by one． B． Encourage bees to sting elephants' eyes and ears． C． Use the bees' sound to drive elephants away． D． Employ tiny African honeybees to threaten elephants． (4) From the passage we can conclude that ________． [　　] A． there is always one thing to beat another B． little bees can kill big and wild elephants C． serious problems often come up in Africa D． elephants enjoy attacking people and farms

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答案：1．A;2．B;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)	细节题。根据第2段Not only do these huge animals attack local farms, but they step someone to death…说明这些野象还经常出来残害人类。
(2)	句意理解题。根据该句前后意思，这些野象几乎损害了所有的没有蜂巢的树木，及下句他们甚至连树上有空蜂巢也不敢靠近，可推出这句意思是“他们试图不靠近这些有蜂巢的树木”。
(3)	推理判断题。根据最后一段Another experiment shows that elephants also avoid the sound of angry bees played from a loudspeaker说明可以利用从喇叭中播放蜜蜂的声音吓跑野象。
(4)	解析：主旨大意题。根据文章的描述说明任何事物无论它有多么强大但都有能克制它的东西，故答案选A。 　　文章大意：非洲的野象经常出来损害庄稼、树木，甚至造成平均每两星期有一次伤人至死事件，后来人们发现一个奇妙的解决这事的办法，他们利用蜜蜂来制裁这些野象，效果很好。