Question

Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper -- a little bird called a honey guide.

The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax(蠟) in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees' nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them tot he nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always fall to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.

Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined (下決心) in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper(養蜂者) is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.

1. Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?

A. It's small in size. B. It's hidden in trees.

C. It's covered with wax. D. It's hard to recognize.

2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

 A. A bee.                             B. A bird  C. A honey seeker.                    D. A beekeeper.

3. The honey guide is special in the way________.

 A. it gets its food  B. it goes to church 

C. it sings in the forest D. it reaches into bees' nests

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. Wild Bees B. Wax and Honey

C. Beekeeping in Africa D. Honey-Lover's Helper

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析： 蜂蜜在非洲森林不僅是一種天然糖,也很好吃。大多數人來說,和許多動物,喜歡吃它。然而,他們的唯一途徑,蜂蜜是找到一種野生蜜蜂巢,蜂蜜。通常,這些巢穴在樹高,很難找到他們。在非洲的部分地區,人們和動物尋找蜂蜜有一個奇怪的和意想不到的助手——一只小鳥叫蜂蜜引導�？茖W家們不知道為什么蜂蜜指導喜歡吃蠟,但下決心的努力得到它。鳥兒似乎能聞到從遠處的蠟。很快就會到達,每當一個養蜂者正在從他的蜂箱蜂蜜,和甚至會進入教堂時蜂蠟蠟燭被點燃。

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2.the follower reaches in to get the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. 句意：當它們到達了蜂巢，搜索者到達得到這個美味的蜂蜜。 故選 C

3.蜂蜜引導用這種特殊的方式做什么？分析原句： Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined (下決心) in its efforts to get it. 句意：科學家們不知道為什么蜂蜜指導喜歡吃蠟,但下決心的努力得到它。故選A

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考點：科普類閱讀。