Question

【题目】 Most bees are brown, hairy and 8 to 22 mm long. Bees live as part of a large family. Over 25,000 kinds of bees have been found. Among all of them, honey bees are the most common.

Honey bees always live in groups called hives（蜂群） Each hive has a queen, drones（雄蜂）and workers（工蜂）. Like a human society, each bee in a hive knows its own job.

The queen is the largest bee. She doesn’t go out to work, but lays eggs. Sometimes a queen can lay 3, 000 eggs in a day.

Drones do not collect food from flowers. They are the queen’s husbands. When there’s not much food, drones are often kicked out of the hive.

Workers are the smallest and busiest bees. A colony can have 50,000 to 60,000 workers. They collect food for the queen and babies. They guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings. A worker only lives for 28 to 35 days.

To collect a pound of honey, a bee may have to fly a long way. Sometimes it is equivalent to（相当于） twice around the world. Bees have to visit more than 10,000 flowers to make a pound of honey.

【1】______________ kinds of bees have been found.

A.Over 25, 000B.Over 3,000C.Less than 25,000D.Less than 3,000

【2】What does the queen do in a hive?

A.Collects food.B.Collects honey.C.Visit’s flowers.D.Lays eggs.

【3】What will happen to drones if there is not much food?

A.They must collect flowers for themselves.

B.They are often kicked out of the hive.

C.They collect food for the queen and babies.

D.They will make honey.

【4】Which of the following is right?

A.A worker can lay 3,000 eggs in a day.

B.Workers are the largest and busiest bees.

C.Workers guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了蜜蜂。蜜蜂是蜂中最常见的一个品种。它们总是以蜂群的形式生活。蜜蜂在蜂群中分成三类：蜂后，雄蜂，工蜂。三类蜜蜂在蜂群中都有不同的分工和任务。

【1】

细节理解题。根据第一段“Over 25,000 kinds of bees have been found.”可知，目前已经发现超过25000种蜂。故选A。

【2】

细节理解题。根据第三段“The queen is… She doesn’t go out to work, but lays eggs.”可知，蜂后的任务不是出去工作，而是产卵。故选D。

【3】

细节理解题。根据第四段“When there’s not much food, drones are often kicked out of the hive.”可知，当食物不够的时候，雄蜂就会被踢出蜂群。故选B。

【4】

细节理解题。根据第三段“Sometimes a queen can lay 3, 000 eggs in a day.”可知，蜂后每天可以产卵3000只，而不是工蜂，故排除A；根据倒数第二段“Workers are the smallest and busiest bees.”可知，工蜂是最小最忙的蜜蜂，而不是最大最忙的，故排除B；根据倒数第二段最后一句“They guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings.”可知，工蜂保卫蜂群，还通过煽动翅膀的方式为蜂群散热，C选项是文意的正确表达。故选C。

本文阅读难度适中，但考的都是较为简单的细节理解题。为了加快解题速度，同学们可以这样做：一、直接先看小题题干，从题干中找关键词；二、带着关键词回到原文定位解答句；三、找到解答句后，再仔细对比解答句和小题题干的选项，就可以得出答案。比如小题1，找到它的关键词是“kinds of bees”，然后回到原文找这几个关键词或者和这几个关键词有关系的句子。然后，我们就定位到第一段第三句，所以这就是我们的解答句。通过仔细对比这个解答句以及选项，“Over 25,000”就是本小题的答案。