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Villagers in India being terrorized by more than 2,000 wild monkeys claim to have found a special way to deal with the trouble—by dressing up as bears. Sikandarpur village in Uttar Pradesh dressed two villagers in bear costumes to try scaring away the monkeys after the forest department ignored their pleas for help.

“We have now started taking turns in wearing the bear costume and walking around the village,” village head Ram Lalit Verma added. “It was a relative who had told me about the idea and it is actually working.”

Villagers donated money to buy three costumes from a make-up artist for 1,700 Indian Rupees ($23.82) each, he said. The village now claims the trick has led to a drastic drop in monkey attacks. There had previously been 150 reports of such attacks, which especially targeted children.

The forest department had told villagers that a lack of funds has prevented them from doing much about the exploding monkey population. “Catching a monkey would cost nearly 600 Indian Rupees ($8.41) and last time we got funds was in 2018 when we had called a rescue team from Mathura,” forest officer Singh said.

The most the officers could do, Singh said, was to allow villagers to catch the monkeys themselves and help them release the simians into the wild elsewhere. Singh added that he would visit the village, and if he sees that the bear trick is working, he’ll suggest it to other villages. Last year, a farmer in Thirthahalli in the state of Karnataka resorted to painting his pet dog like the tiger to protect his coffee crop from thieving monkeys.

1.Why did the villagers dress up as bears?

A They wanted to leave Sikandarpur village.

B They would like to drive the monkeys away.

C They were working in the forest department.

D They needed to find 2,000 wild monkeys.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句Sikandarpur village in Uttar Pradesh dressed two villagers in bear costumes to try scaring away the monkeys...可以得知村民把自己扮成熊是想把猴子赶走，故选B。

2.Who told Ram Lalit Verma the idea of dressing up as bears?

A A make-up artist.

B An official.

C A reporter.

D A relative.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句It was a relative who had told me about the idea and it is actually working.可以得知是他的一个亲戚告诉他这个方法的，故选D。

3.Why didn’t the forest department catch the monkeys?

A They attacked too many children.

B They didn’t have enough money.

C They had an excellent rescue team.

D They liked exploding monkey population.

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章第四段第一句The forest department had told villagers that a lack of funds has prevented them from doing much about the exploding monkey population.可以得知是由于资金缺乏使得森林部门没法去抓猴子，故选B。

4.The underlined part “the simians” may refer to ______.

A the villages

B the crops

C the monkeys

D the paintings

解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据文章最后一段第一句The most the officers could do, Singh said, was to allow villagers to catch the monkeys可以得知此处的simians指的就是前面所提到的monkeys，故选C。