Question

【題目】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】

這是一篇說明文。各種各樣的昆蟲在地球上已經(jīng)存在了數(shù)百萬年。有時我們認為所有的昆蟲都是害蟲。然而，如果沒有昆蟲，人類的生活將難以繼續(xù)，因為昆蟲為植物授粉，是許多動物的食物來源。此外，昆蟲，尤其是社會性的昆蟲，是令人著迷的。文章介紹了蜜蜂和螞蟻兩種社會性昆蟲的組織結(jié)構(gòu)。

【1】考查連接詞。句意：然而，如果沒有昆蟲，人類的生活將難以繼續(xù)，因為昆蟲為植物授粉，是許多動物的食物來源。本句為原因狀語從句，表示“因為”故填because。

【2】考查代詞。句意：此外，昆蟲，尤其是社會性的昆蟲，是令人著迷的。此處指代上文insects，表示泛指，且為復(fù)數(shù)，故填ones。

【3】考查動詞時態(tài)語態(tài)。句意：蜜蜂被認為是群居昆蟲，因為它們生活和工作在一起。本句主語與謂語動詞構(gòu)成被動，且時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時，主語為復(fù)數(shù)，故填are considered。

【4】考查非謂語動詞。句意：工蜂用蜂蠟在蜂巢內(nèi)制造新細胞。本句中create做非謂語動詞，表目的，故填不定式to create。

【5】考查介詞。句意：人類在蠟燭、化妝品、昂貴的家具上光劑和其他產(chǎn)品中使用這種珍貴的蜂蠟。根據(jù)句意可知表示“在……之中”應(yīng)填介詞in。

【6】考查冠詞。句意：另一種有趣的社會性昆蟲是螞蟻。ant為可數(shù)名詞，此處表示特指“螞蟻”這種社會性昆蟲，故填定冠詞the。

【7】考查定語從句連接詞。句意：然后汁液被作為食物喂給年輕的螞蟻和蟻后，蟻后的主要職責(zé)是產(chǎn)卵。本句為定語從句修飾先行詞the queen，且先行詞在從句中做定語，故填關(guān)系代詞whose。

【8】考查非謂語動詞。句意：這些柔軟的、被咀嚼過的葉子會長出一種真菌，工蟻用它來喂養(yǎng)蟻后和幼蟻。本句中chew做非謂語動詞與邏輯主語leaves構(gòu)成被動，故用過去分詞chewed。

【9】考查名詞性從句連接詞。句意：讓他們?nèi)绱嗣匀说氖撬麄兊慕M織。本句為主語從句，從句中缺少主語，指事物，故填What。

【10】考查狀語從句連接詞。句意：盡管每只昆蟲都有特定的任務(wù)要完成，但整個蜂房或蜂群似乎是一個活的有機體。本句為讓步狀語從句，表示“雖然；盡管”且位于句首，故填Although。

名詞性從句關(guān)鍵在于三點：一、找準從句在主句中充當(dāng)?shù)某煞旨捶殖鍪敲�詞性從句的主語句、賓語從句、表語從句還是同位語從句。二、連接詞從句中充當(dāng)?shù)某煞郑ㄖ�、賓、定或狀語或不做任何成分）三、弄清楚每個連接詞的意義。此外還要注意，近年來高考對于名詞性從句的考查多從名詞性從句的語序和連接詞的用法區(qū)別上考查。如第九小題，考查名詞性從句連接詞。句意：讓他們?nèi)绱嗣匀说氖撬麄兊慕M織。本句為主語從句，從句中缺少主語，指事物，故填What。