阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
In daily life, people, animals and plants are all connected. Bees are one of the best examples of this 1. (connect).
In warm weather, we see bees fly among the 2. (flower). They carry pollen from one flower to another. This action 3. (help) plants grow well. Actually, about 80 per cent of the plants in the world can't grow 4. their work. For this reason, many scientists believe that bees are the 5. (important) animals on this planet.
There are many interesting things about bees. One thing is that they work hard together to make their homes. They create honeycombs 6. (store) honey. Another thing is that a bee can tell the others where 7. how far away the food is by dancing.
Bees play 8. important part in the ecosystem of our planet. Now scientists are worried because the number of bees is 9. (drop). We should do something useful to protect 10. (they). For example, we can plant more trees because trees can give bees food and they are home to bees.

1. connection
2. flowers
3. helps
4. without
5. most important
6. to store
7. and
8. an
9. dropping
10. them

【分析】本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及词汇变形完成填空。解题思路：1. 根据空格前后的词性确定所需单词的形式（如名词、动词、形容词等）；2. 注意名词单复数、动词时态、非谓语动词等语法细节；3. 结合固定搭配、上下文逻辑关系确定介词、连词、冠词等；4. 理解句意，确保填入的单词符合语义。
【解析】1. 空格前有指示代词this，需用名词，connect的名词形式为connection，故填connection；2. among表示“在……之间”，后接可数名词复数，flower的复数为flowers，故填flowers；3. 主语this action为第三人称单数，且描述客观事实用一般现在时，动词用第三人称单数形式helps，故填helps；4. 句意：实际上，世界上约80%的植物没有它们的工作就无法生长，需填介词without，故填without；5. 由范围on this planet可知，此处需用形容词最高级，important的最高级为most important，故填most important；6. 此处用不定式作目的状语，表“为了储存蜂蜜”，故填to store；7. 连接where和how far两个并列的疑问内容，用连词and，故填and；8. 固定搭配play an important part in，important以元音音素开头，用不定冠词an，故填an；9. 由is可知，此处为现在进行时，drop的现在分词为dropping，故填dropping；10. 动词protect后接宾格代词，they的宾格为them，故填them。
【答案】1. connection 2. flowers 3. helps 4. without 5. most important 6. to store 7. and 8. an 9. dropping 10. them
【知识点】词性转换、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】本题围绕蜜蜂与生态的主题，考察英语基础语法与词汇运用，涵盖词性变形、名词单复数、动词形式、介词冠词等知识点，难度适中，注重对基础知识的综合运用。
【难度系数】0.6