10．An African-born British scientist received an environment research prize for showing how bees can be used to reduce conflict between people and elephants．Lucy King's work proved that beehive（峰房）"fences"can keep elephants out of African farmers'fields．The animals are scared of bees，which can bite them inside their long noses，and flee when they hear buzzing（蜂鸣声）．
Dr King's work offers an intelligent solution to an age-old challenge，while providing further confirmation of the importance of bees to people and a really clever way of preserving the world's largest land animal for current and future generations．Working in Kenya，Dr King and her team showed that more than 90% of elephants will flee when they hear the sounds of buzzing bees．Afterwards，they also found that elephants produce a special sound to warn their fellows of the danger．They used the findings to construct barriers where beehives are woven into a fence，keeping the elephants away from places where people live and grow food．
A two year project involving 34 farms showed that elephants trying to go through the fences would shake them，disturbing the bees．Later，the fences were adopted by farming communities in three Kenyan districts--who also made increased amounts of money from selling honey．
As Africa's population grows，competition for space between people and elephants is becoming more serious，and there are fatalities on both sides．The same is true in parts of Asia．Sri Lanka alone sees the deaths of all estimated 60 people and 200 elephants each year from conflict．
Lucy King now wants to see whether the Kenyan technique will work in other parts of Africa--and perhaps，eventually，in Asia．
71．The underlined part in Paragraph 1 means the same asC．
A．intelligent solution to an age-old challenge
B．confirmation of the importance of bees to people
C．competition for space between people and elephants
D．way of preserving the world's largest land animal
72．Which of the following orders of events correctly shows how Dr King's project works？B
①a．Beehive fences are built around a farm
②b．Elephants hear the buzzing and run away．
③c．Bees are disturbed and fly out of the beehives．
④d．Elephants trying to enter the farm shake the fences．
A．①a→②b→③c→d④B．①a→④d→c③→b②C．④d→③c→②b→a①D．a①→b②→d④→③c
73．Dr King's solution is described as"intelligent"becauseD．
A．it successfully Keeps elephants out of African farmers'fields
B．the fences Were adopted by farming communities in three Kenyan districts
C．more than 90% of elephants flee when they hear the sounds of buzzing bees
D．it protects crops．produces honey and preserves the dephant at the same time
74．The underlined word"fatalities"in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning toA．
A．deaths B．communities C．population D．fences
75．Which of the following is true according to the passage？D
A．Dr king was born in Britain．
B．Most elephants scare bees．
C．The technique has proved to work well in Asia，too．
D．Conflicts between people and elephants are rather serious．
分析 本文讲述了出生于非洲的英籍科学家Dr King，研究如何用蜜蜂减少人类与大象之间的冲突，因此获得环境研究大奖．
解答 71．C 推理判断题 根据Lucy King's work proved that beehive（峰房）"fences"can keep elephants out of African farmers'fields．可知划线部分指的是人与大象在生存空间方面的竞争，故答案为C
72．B 推理判断题．根据文章的前三段可知，Dr king先是把蜂房建立在农场附近；大象想进入农场就试着破坏蜂房；蜜蜂被打扰到后就会飞出来并发出蜂鸣声；大象听到蜂鸣声就会逃离，这就是他的计划过程．选B．
73．D 细节理解题．根据第二段第一句"Dr King's work offers an intelligent solution to an ageold challenge，while providing furtherconfirmation of the importance of bees to people and a really clever way of preserving the world's largest land animal for current and future generations．"可知，Dr King提出的解决办法既保护了大象--这一最大的陆地动物现有的数量和后代的繁殖，又确保了蜜蜂对人类的重要性．这就是Dr King的聪明之举．选D．
74．A 猜测词义题．根据倒数第二段内容可知，人类与大象之间关于生存空间的争夺越来越激烈，导致了双方不同程度的伤亡．亚洲和斯里兰卡均报道过相关的死亡事件．此处的fatalities指的就是死亡，与A项最接近．选A．
75．D 细节理解题 根据文章最后一段As Africa's population grows，competition for space between people and elephants is becoming more serious，and there are fatalities on both sides．可以得知，人与大象之间的冲突挺严重，所以D项是正确的，故答案为D
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