The guide warns that city people there should stay calm and stand still if they meet with a bear. “Speak to the bear in a firm voice” and “Don’t turn your back on it,” it adds. In the worst case, if the bear attacks, the person should also be ready to attack, the guide says. “Shout angrily at it and look it straight in the eye,” the guide advises. “Bears have started coming into the areas where people live more and more often,” the city officials said in a statement. “Any encounter with a bear is unsafe for humans, so our task is to do all we can to prevent such accidents.”

In September, a bear attacked a 25-year-old man in a central street of the city, wounding him in the neck before he managed to run away, police said. “Three or four people who met with brown bears have been recorded recently,” the head of the hunting department in the regional agriculture organization, Alexander said.

Officials have asked police to patrol (巡逻) streets close to wooded areas in the evenings.

Syktyvkar is the regional capital of the remote Komi region in northwest Russia. Its population is just over 230,000.

1. The city issued the guidelines to help the local people to _____.

A. avoid bear encounters B. survive bear encounters

C. get along well with bears D. drive hungry bears away

2. The underlined word “shriveled” in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.

A. piled up B. saved up　 C. kept up　　　　　 D. dried up

3. What can be inferred from Alexander’s words?

A. Bears have been seen frequently recently.

B. Bears like to wander around schools.

C. Brown bears are usually very fierce.

D. Too many bears have disappeared.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Bears are short of food worldwide

B. Ways to got along well with bears

C. Tips are issued on bear encounters　

D. Bears have started coming into cities