甘肃省嘉峪关市一中2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试 英语试题
第一部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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It is widely known that honey from the African forest is delicious in addition to a kind of natural sugar. 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 (巢) 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 the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax(蜡), 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 hard to recognize.
C. It’s covered with wax. D. It’s hidden in trees.
2. What do the underlined words the follower in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A honey seeker. B. A bird. C. A bee. D. A beekeeper.
3. The honey guide is special in the way ________.
A. it sings in the forest B. it goes to church
C. it gets its food D. it reaches into bees’ nests
