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 farmers' 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 farmers 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 tree close to each family.

From a distance, Lucy switched on the pre­recorded 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(最初的) 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.

60.We know from the passage that elephants may be frightened of ________.

A.loud noises B.some crops

C.video cameras D.angry bees

61.As mentioned in the passage, Lucy________.

A.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

62.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 behaviour of bees.

63.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Young elephants ignore African honeybees.

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.

【要點綜述】 本文為一篇科技報道。最新研究表明，蜂窩，無論是現(xiàn)實的還是錄制的，都能夠阻止大象破壞農民的莊稼。

60. D　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段首句可知選D。

61. B　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句可知選B。根據(jù)第三段第三句可知A項錯誤;根據(jù)最后一段最后一句可知C項錯誤;根據(jù)第二段最后一句以及最后一段內容可知D項錯誤。

62. A　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段Lucy接下來使用這個錄制的蜜蜂的憤怒聲音去測試象群的反應，可知她用石頭砸蜂窩是為了錄下蜜蜂的聲音。故選A。

63. C　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段首句可知C正確。