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 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 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.
小題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.
小題2:What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．A bee.B．A honey seeker.C．A bird.D．A beekeeper.
小題3:The honey guide is special in the way ________.
A．it goes to churchB．it gets its food
C．it sings in the forestD．it reaches into bees' nests
小題4:What can be the best title for the text?
A．Wild BeesB．Wax and Honey
C．Beekeeping in AfricaD．Honey-Lover's Helper

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文主要介紹了一種幫助人們尋找到蜂蜜的鳥兒a honey guide的情況。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2行Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them.可知這些蜂巢都在高高的樹上，所以很難找到。故D正確。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù). 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.可知這里的follower就是指那些尋找蜂蜜的人。故B正確。
小題3:推理題。這種鳥兒非常喜歡蜂巢里的蠟。但是它們得到這些蠟的過程卻是非常的獨(dú)特。通過吸引別人來找到蜂巢，再等到自己的食物。故B正確。
小題4:主旨大意題。本文主要介紹了一種幫助人們尋找到蜂蜜的鳥兒a honey guide的情況。故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要介紹了一種幫助人們尋找到蜂蜜的鳥兒a honey guide的情況。推斷題測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對(duì)未說明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋�？忌紫纫屑�(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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