Kenya is the first country to protect elephants by text messages. Mobile phone S

Kenya is the first country to protect elephants bytext messages. Mobile phone SIM cards are inserted(插入) in the collars of elephants. The cards will send atext message when the elephants wander too close to farms, allowing wildlifeprotectors to drive them off rather than shoot them.

Hungry elephants cause big problems for farmers andvillagers in some parts of Kenya when they are searching for food. Two yearsago the Kenyan wildlife service had to unwillingly shoot five elephants whocontinued to destroy crops.

In order to prevent such bad activities, the Elephantscharity put a mobile phone SIM card on a huge bull elephant called Kimani. Theconservationists(自然保护者) then set up a virtual(虚拟的) fence. Each time Kimani came near the fence, a textmessage was sent to farmers. So far he’s been stopped from going into thedanger area fifteen times.

The project seems to be working successfully as Kimanihasn’t come near a farm for four months. A similar system has now been put intooperation in another part of the country.

One of the biggest benefits of the project is thatelephants seem to learn from one another, which can help a whole group changetheir habits.

The elephants can also be tracked using Google Earthsoftware. This is also helping the protectors know where to use their resourcesto protect the animals well.

1.Elephants often cause problems in Kenya, because______.

A．they areattacked                       B．they areangry

C．they are sad                           D．they arehungry

2.What does the underlined word “he” in Paragraph 3refer to?

A．Theprotector.                          B．The writer.

C．The elephant.                          D．Theconservationist.

3.From the passage, we know that ______.

A．the textmessages are of little help to the wildlife protectors

B．the projecthas worked out to be a great success in Kenya

C．a mobilephone SIM card has been put in all the elephants

D．the projecthas been introduced to all parts of the country

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1.D

2.C

3.B

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