今天小編給大家?guī)?9年*英語等級考試模擬試題閱讀，希望對大家有所幫助。
*英語等級考試三級模擬試題閱讀A：
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(起初的)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.
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：C
參考解析：細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章第二段的一、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在他們的田地做實驗。所以選C。
2、We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of.A.loud noises
B.some crops
C.video cameras
D.angry bees
參考答案：D
參考解析：細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章一、段的一、個句子：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
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.
參考答案：A
參考解析：細節(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
4、: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
參考答案：B
參考解析：細節(jié)題：根據(jù)文章之后一段的第二行的句子：She hasn't tested enough groups yet to know,but her initial(起初的)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
