18.A cold and wet summer across the UK has caused a"dramatic fall"in the amount of honey produced by British bees,a survey of beekeepers has revealed.
Yields are down 72% compared to 2011,research by the British Beekeepers'Association (BBKA) suggested.The majority of those surveyed said the rain and cold weather was the main reason the harvest was poor.More than 2,700beekeepers in England,Wales and Northern Ireland were surveyed in the BBKA's annual Honey Survey.The honey harvest was lowest in London,where hives produced an average of 2.5kg of honey.In Northern Ireland,hives yielded the highest average of 11.7kg of honey-but the figure is only half the amount normally produced by bees in the area.Earlier this year,the cold and wet conditions forced the organization to issue a mid-summer warning to feed honey bee colonies with sugar syrup if necessary to avoid starvation.
A hard summer in 2012may mean there are fewer honey bees in 2013.Honey bees produce honey as a food store.Normally,this store would be enough to see them through the winter months.The BBKA warned the worst may be yet to come,as a lack of food for bees and wet conditions mean breeding queens have been unable to produce a large enough brood to see colonies through the winter.Bad weather in spring prevented honey bees in many areas from collecting nectar (花蜜) from early flowering crops such as oil seed rape,and the rain continued in many places throughout June and July preventing honey bees from feeding on later crops.
In London,where yields were hardest hit,beekeeping experts said that in addition to the bad weather there was a lack of food for bees in the city.Angela Woods,secretary of the London Beekeepers'Association,said:"Rather than putting beehives on office roofs,we encourage companies in London who want to help to look at different ways of supporting bees and beekeepers.
Tim Lovett,the BBKA's public affairs director said,"there has been greater emphasis on"training and developing"beekeepers in recent years.We need more resources to put into training,education and bee health research,to continue to support our honey bees and other pollinators.Well trained beekeepers are better equipped to deal with the adverse conditions we have seen this year.Without training,this year's situation might have been a lot worse.
65.Which of the following may have the closest meaning to the underlined word"colonies"in P2?D
A.a(chǎn)reas
B.territories
C.possessions
D.groups
66.What is the most probable cause of a great decline in honey yield?C
A.Bees are not well kept.
B.Bees can not adapt the natural change.
C.The weather is bad and bees lack food.
D.Bees can hardly collect nectar from flowering crops.
67.According to Tim Lovett,to continue to support our honey bees and other pollinators,people shouldA.
A.put more resources into training
B.focus on usual training and developing
C.train bees to adapt different weather conditions
D.educate people to protect bees and take better care of them
68.The passage is mainly aboutB.
A.the fall of the yield of honey
B.the cause of the fall of honey
C.the supposed solution to honey fall
D.the research on honey producing.
分析 本文主要講的是蜂蜜產(chǎn)量下降的原因.
解答 65------68 DCAB
65 D 猜測(cè)詞義題. 根據(jù)文章第二 段Earlier this year,the cold and wet conditions forced the organization to issue a mid-summer warning to feed honey bee colonies with sugar syrup if necessary to avoid starvation.可知為了避免讓蜜蜂在寒冷的天氣,組織機(jī)構(gòu)被迫用糖漿喂蜂群,故選D.
66 C 細(xì)節(jié)題. 根據(jù)文章第二 段the rain and cold weather was the main reason the harvest was poor. 可知收獲少的原因是雨和天氣導(dǎo)致的,故選C.
67 A 細(xì)節(jié)題. 根據(jù)文章最后一段We need more resources to put into training,education and bee health research,可知我們需要更多的資源去投入到培訓(xùn)和教育中,故選A.
68 B 主旨大意題. 通讀全文可知本文主要講的是蜂蜜產(chǎn)量下降的原因,故選B.
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