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 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 to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the _follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls 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 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 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】文章大意：有一種鳥，能輕易找到蜂蜜，并借助人或其他動物的幫助，得到自己喜歡的蜂蠟。非洲森林中一種蜂蜜竟然將人或其他動物與這種鳥兒聯系在一起，他們各取所需。

1.細節理解題。根據第一段的Often，these nests are high up in trees，and it is difficult to find them.可知答案。野蜂窩難找是因為它通常都是隱藏在很高的樹上。

2.。詞義猜測題。畫線詞指的是前面的passing animals and people或the curious animal or person，這些動物或人都是來找蜂蜜的，故C項正確。

3.推理判斷題。這種蜂蜜向導的特殊之處就在于它們獲得食物的方式與眾不同。根據第二段的敘述可知，這種鳥以一種蜂蠟為食，但是這種蜂蠟在蜂窩的深處，它們夠不到，于是它們便找來喜歡蜂蜜的幫手相助。

4.標題判斷題。本文主要講述的是非洲森林里的一種奇特的動物——一種蜂蜜向導，它們幫助喜愛蜂蜜的人或其他動物尋找蜂蜜，并得到自己想要的蜂蠟，D項既概括了全文主旨，又不失風趣，helper一詞很傳神。為了得到不同的食物，人、動物和鳥兒互相幫助，各取所需。