TheUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculturehasaprogramcalledWildlifeServices.Itsjobistohelpprotectagriculturalandotherresourcesfromthreatsanddamagebywildlife.Oftenthatmeanshelpingfarmersdealwithunwelcomevisitors.
TheUnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculturehasaprogramcalledWildlifeServices.Itsjobistohelpprotectagriculturalandotherresourcesfromthreatsanddamagebywildlife.Oftenthatmeanshelpingfarmersdealwithunwelcomevisitors.
OneexamplefromWildlifeServicesofitsworkconcernedafarmerinWashingtonStateinthePacificNorthwest.SeveralyearsagothousandsofCanadageeselandedonhisfields.Thegeesebegantoeathiscarrotcrop.
Biologistsfromtheprogramsuggestedthatthefarmerusenoise-makingdevicesandothermeasurestoscarethelargebirdsaway.Theseeffortssucceeded.
WildlifeServicesalsohasalivestock(家禽)protectionprogram.Theagencykillsfoxeswolvesandotherpredators(食肉动物).Somepeoplehoweverwhoareagainstitsaytoomanyanimalsarekilledthatdonotdoharmtolivestock.
TheWildlifeServicesprogramispartoftheAnimalandPlantHealthInspectionService(APHIS).APHISofferssomesuggestionsofwaystokeepawaypredators.
Forexampletrytokeepfoodandwatersafefromwildlife.Fencesmayhelpkeepoutwolvesespeciallyifthefencesareatleasttwometershigh.Forbestresultsthebottomofthefenceshouldextend(延伸到)aboutfifteencentimetersintotheground.
Theexpertsalsosuggestusinglightsaboveplaceswhereanimalsarekept.Andtheyadvisepeoplewhoseewolvesaroundtheirpropertytochasethemawaybyshoutingmakingloudnoisesorthrowingrocks.
Forhomegardenersatwo-meterfencemighthelpkeepoutdeer.Tokeepoutrabbitsawirefencehastobeonlyaboutahalf-meterhigh.Itshouldextendoverfifteencentimetersundergroundtokeeprabbitsfromdiggingunderit.
29.WhichofthefollowingisWildlifeServicesexpectedtodoaccordingtothepassage?
A.Toprotectwildlifethatisindanger. B.Tohelpfarmersdealwithunwelcomewildlife.
C.Tohelpfarmerswhosefamiliesarepoor D.Tokillunwelcomewildlife
30.Whyisthefarmermentionedinthesecondparagraph?
A.ToshowhowWildlifeServiceswassetup. B.Toshowwhatserioustroublefarmersarein.
C.ToshowwhatWildlifeServicesdoes D.ToshowhowharmfulCanadageeseare.
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