五、提升题 贪心的小熊遭遇了一场“蜂蜜风波”。阅读短文，完成下列任务。
Once upon a time, there lived a greedy bear named Benny. He loved honey very much. One day, Benny was walking around the forest. Suddenly, he smelt sweet honey in the forest. He followed(跟随) the smell and found a beehive(蜂巢）in a tree. The bees were busy flying in and out, making yummy honey. Benny put his paw into the beehive to get honey. The bees became very angry. They started stinging(蜇）Benny. Benny cried, but he didn't stop. At last, he got some honey, but he also got many stings.
任务一:根据短文内容给下列情节排序。
A. Benny smelt sweet honey.
B. Benny was walking around the forest.
C. Benny put his paw into the beehive to get honey.
D. Benny followed the smell and found a beehive in a tree.
E. Benny got some honey, but he also got many stings.
F. The bees got very angry, so they started stinging Benny.
→ → → → →
任务二:根据短文内容选择正确的答案。
()1. The word “greedy” means .
A. 贪婪的 B. 勇敢的 C. 美味的
()2. Why does the writer write “Benny cried, but he didn't stop”?
A. To show Benny was great.
B. To show Benny was greedy.
C. To show Benny was sad.
()3. What can we learn from the story?
A. No pain, no gain.
B. Don't be greedy.
C. Honey is not good for bears.

任务一: B → A → D → C → F → E
任务二:
1. A. 贪婪的
2. B. To show Benny was greedy.
3. B. Don't be greedy.

【分析】首先，任务一需梳理短文的事件发展顺序，找到每个选项对应原文内容出现的先后位置；任务二的第1题要结合语境猜测“greedy”的词义，第2题需理解作者写指定语句的意图，第3题要提炼故事的主旨道理。
【解析】任务一：根据短文内容，事件先后顺序为：①Benny在森林里散步（B）；②闻到蜂蜜的香味（A）；③跟随香味找到树上的蜂巢（D）；④把爪子伸进蜂巢取蜂蜜（C）；⑤蜜蜂生气蜇他（F）；⑥得到蜂蜜但被蜇（E），故排序为B→A→D→C→F→E。任务二：1. “greedy”结合后文Benny为取蜂蜜被蜇仍不停的行为，可知意为“贪婪的”，选A；2. Benny哭但不停，体现他为了蜂蜜不顾被蜇，突出其贪心，选B；3. 故事讲述贪心的熊得到蜂蜜却被蜇，告诉我们不要贪心，选B。
【答案】任务一: B → A → D → C → F → E
任务二:
1. A
2. B
3. B
【知识点】英语阅读理解，词义猜测，主旨理解
【点评】本题是英语阅读理解提升题，侧重考查学生对短文细节顺序的梳理、词义猜测及主旨提炼能力，需仔细阅读原文，对应情节先后，结合语境和故事寓意解题。
【难度系数】0.6