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【题目】Directions : After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with, a given word，fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word ； for the other blanks，use one word that best fits each blank.

What is an insect? Insects of all kinds have existed on earth for millions of years. Sometimes we think of all insects as pests. Human life, however, would have a difficult time continuing without insects, 【1】 they pollinate plants and are a food source for many animals. Besides, insects, especially the social 【2】，are fascinating.

One very interesting and useful social insect is the honey bee. Bees 【3】 (consider) social insects because they live and work together. The bee lives in a beehive with other worker bees, and with the queen, who can lay thousands of eggs a day. The worker bees make wax used 【4】 (create) new cells inside the hive. Humans use this valuable beeswax 【5】 candles，cosmetics, expensive furniture polish, and other products. They also produce honey, a valuable food for humans (as well as for bees).

Another fascinating social insect is 【6】 ant. Many types of ants live in colonies underground. There thousands of them build and maintain their “city”. They also cooperate to provide food, sometimes in a manner that looks like human. For example, some ants actually raise their own food. One type of ant “farmer” keeps and cares for tiny insects that suck sweet sap (汁液)from plants. Ant farmers milk them from the sap, just like actual farmers milk cows. The sap is then given as food to young ants and to the queen, 【7】 main duty is to lay eggs. Another type of ant that produces its own food does so by gardening. These farmer ants take pieces of leaves into the colony and chew them up. The soft， 【8】 (chew) up leaves then sprout (涌出)a fungus that the worker ants use to feed the queen and young ants. There are many other ways that ants cooperate to maintain and protect their colonies.

There are also many other kinds of social insects. 【9】 makes them all so fascinating is their organization. 【10】 each insect has certain tasks to perform, the entire hive or colony appears to function as one living organism.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】because

【2】ones

【3】are considered

【4】to create

【5】in

【6】the

【7】whose

【8】chewed

【9】What

【10】Although

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。各种各样的昆虫在地球上已经存在了数百万年。有时我们认为所有的昆虫都是害虫。然而，如果没有昆虫，人类的生活将难以继续，因为昆虫为植物授粉，是许多动物的食物来源。此外，昆虫，尤其是社会性的昆虫，是令人着迷的。文章介绍了蜜蜂和蚂蚁两种社会性昆虫的组织结构。

【1】考查连接词。句意：然而，如果没有昆虫，人类的生活将难以继续，因为昆虫为植物授粉，是许多动物的食物来源。本句为原因状语从句，表示“因为”故填because。

【2】考查代词。句意：此外，昆虫，尤其是社会性的昆虫，是令人着迷的。此处指代上文insects，表示泛指，且为复数，故填ones。

【3】考查动词时态语态。句意：蜜蜂被认为是群居昆虫，因为它们生活和工作在一起。本句主语与谓语动词构成被动，且时态为一般现在时，主语为复数，故填are considered。

【4】考查非谓语动词。句意：工蜂用蜂蜡在蜂巢内制造新细胞。本句中create做非谓语动词，表目的，故填不定式to create。

【5】考查介词。句意：人类在蜡烛、化妆品、昂贵的家具上光剂和其他产品中使用这种珍贵的蜂蜡。根据句意可知表示“在……之中”应填介词in。

【6】考查冠词。句意：另一种有趣的社会性昆虫是蚂蚁。ant为可数名词，此处表示特指“蚂蚁”这种社会性昆虫，故填定冠词the。

【7】考查定语从句连接词。句意：然后汁液被作为食物喂给年轻的蚂蚁和蚁后，蚁后的主要职责是产卵。本句为定语从句修饰先行词the queen，且先行词在从句中做定语，故填关系代词whose。

【8】考查非谓语动词。句意：这些柔软的、被咀嚼过的叶子会长出一种真菌，工蚁用它来喂养蚁后和幼蚁。本句中chew做非谓语动词与逻辑主语leaves构成被动，故用过去分词chewed。

【9】考查名词性从句连接词。句意：让他们如此迷人的是他们的组织。本句为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，指事物，故填What。

【10】考查状语从句连接词。句意：尽管每只昆虫都有特定的任务要完成，但整个蜂房或蜂群似乎是一个活的有机体。本句为让步状语从句，表示“虽然；尽管”且位于句首，故填Although。

名词性从句关键在于三点：一、找准从句在主句中充当的成分即分出是名词性从句的主语句、宾语从句、表语从句还是同位语从句。二、连接词从句中充当的成分（主、宾、定或状语或不做任何成分）三、弄清楚每个连接词的意义。此外还要注意，近年来高考对于名词性从句的考查多从名词性从句的语序和连接词的用法区别上考查。如第九小题，考查名词性从句连接词。句意：让他们如此迷人的是他们的组织。本句为主语从句，从句中缺少主语，指事物，故填What。