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Millions of bees have died in South Carolina during aerial insect spraying operations that were carried out to combat the Zika virus. (3)The insect spraying over the weekends left more than 2 million bees dead on the spot in Dorchester County, South Carolina, where 4 travel-related cases of Zika disease have been confirmed in the area. (4)Most of the deaths came from the Flowertown Bee Farm, a company in Summerville that sells bees and honey products. Juanita Stanley who owns the company said the farm looks like it’s been destroyed. The farm lost about 2.5 million bees. Dorchester County officials apologized for the accidental mass killing of bees. Dorchester County is aware that some bee keepers in the area that were sprayed on Sunday lost their bee colonies, county manager Jason Wars said in the statement, ‘I’m not pleased that so many bees were killed’.

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3. Why was spraying operations carried out in Dorchester County?

B)【精析】 事实细节题。新闻开头提到,在进行针对寨卡病毒的空中昆虫喷洒操作期间,南卡罗来纳州多彻斯特县200多万只蜜蜂因此死亡,该地区已确认了四个寨卡病毒病例。由此可知,空中喷洒的原因是该地区已经确认了多个寨卡病毒病例。


4. What does news report say about Flowertown Bee Farm?

C)【精析】 细节辨认题。新闻中提到,大部分死亡的蜜蜂来自一个叫Flowertown的养蜂场,死亡蜜蜂约250万只。