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【題目】Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens are to start a war on gray-headed flying foxes. These super bats have invaded one of Australia’s most famous public spaces. Officials have said the animals are destroying trees and have to move on.

These unwanted guests at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens look like tiny foxes with wings. Officials have estimated there are about 11,000 of them living in the harbor-side park. After inspecting damage to dozens of trees they now believe there are twice as many as previously thought. Branches have been breaking under the weight of these furry invaders and their droppings have been poisoning plants.

Help may well be at hand, however, in the shape of the ordinary garbage bin. The gardens’ director Dr. Tim Entwistle hopes the unpleasant sounds of crashing bin lids will agitate the flying foxes and force them to move on. “The way to disturb them is to use noises, so we’ve used the loud noises made by rubbish bins in the past. You can also use speakers as long as you move the noise around, and what we’ll do is to have a series of noises, at the beginning and end of the day. What we’ve found in the past is that the flying foxes leave the gardens and go somewhere else,” said Tim.

The gray-headed flying fox is Australia’s largest bat. It flies around at night using its eyes and a powerful sense of smell to search for fruit and flowers. Officials at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney have said they’re optimistic the unwelcome colony can be uprooted. If and when the bats do move to other parts of the city they will of course then become someone else’s problem.

【1】Why do people want to get rid of the flying foxes?

A. Because the gardens are important public places.

B. Because they are polluting the city.

C. Because many garbage bins have been damaged by them.

D. Because they’re threatening the survival of trees and other plants.

【2】What are people doing to get rid of the flying foxes?

A. Shooting them. B. Making loud noises.

C. Shaking the trees hard. D. Cutting some trees down.

【3】Which of the following can replace the underlined “agitate” in Paragraph 3?

A. excite B. kill

C. disturb D. discourage

【4】What does the writer imply from the last paragraph?

A. The bats will still stay in the gardens.

B. Some other areas will have to deal with the bats.

C. The grey-headed flying fox often eats trees.

D. The damage caused by the bats is serious.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇應(yīng)用文。本文主要講的是悉尼皇家植物園遭受了超級蝙蝠的入侵。這些超級蝙蝠因像長著翅膀的狐貍又被稱為飛狐，飛狐對植物損害嚴重，而使用噪音可以趕走他們，迫使他們飛到其他地方。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。由文中第二段的After inspecting damage to dozens of trees 及 Branches have been breaking under the weight of these furry invaders and their droppings have been poisoning plants.可知，這種飛狐對樹木和其他植物損害嚴重，所以人們想趕走它們。故D選項正確。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由文中倒數(shù)第二段的 “The way to disturb them is to use noises, so we’ve used the loud noises made by rubbish bins in the past. You can also use speakers as long as you move the noise around, and what we’ll do is to have a series of noises, at the beginning and end of the day.可知，人們通過制造噪音趕走飛狐。故B選項正確。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下一句The way to disturb them is to use noises, so we’ve used the loud noises made by rubbish bins in the past.可知，用垃圾箱引起的噪音可以打擾到他們，而畫線部分所在句的意思是垃圾箱的噪音將會___飛狐，迫使他們前進。所以可推知agitate的意思是打擾，故C選項正確。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中最后一段的. If and when the bats do move to other parts of the city they will of course then become someone else’s problem.可知，如果蝙蝠俠去了其他地區(qū)，那么就會給其他地區(qū)造成危害，所以其他地區(qū)也將會處理蝙蝠帶來的問題。故B選項正確。

在做詞義猜測類題型時通常需要注意聯(lián)系上下文，充分利用上下文中相關(guān)的詞匯并結(jié)合具體的語境，從形式和內(nèi)容上把握語言之間的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系，理順語言之間的邏輯關(guān)系。例如本文中的第3小題，該詞的意思可通過下一句找到答案，根據(jù)句意可知，畫線部分所在的句子與下一句表達的意思是一致的。都是在說垃圾箱的引起的噪音能夠打擾到飛狐，下一句disturb后的them指的是飛狐，所以這里agitate和disturb是同義詞。故C選項正確。