短文填空。
阅读下面短文,从方框中选择正确的单词并用其适当形式填空,使短文内容完整,意思通顺。
主题:人与自然——自然生态·花园守望者
体裁:记叙文 难易度:☆☆☆
The Busy Garden Helpers
part, tiny, sign, pollination, store, honey,
action, communication, honeycomb, message
In a lively garden, bees worked hard among flowers. Their role in 1. was important for plants to grow fruits. One day, a 2. bee named Buzz noticed something wrong —the roses had less 3. than usual.
Buzz decided to 4. with other insects. Ants told him humans had used harmful chemicals(有害化学物质). The next morning, a strange 5. appeared on a sunflower leaf —it was a warning message made by aphids(蚜虫)!
The insects took 6. immediately. They decided to 7. their food in safer flowers. Butterflies helped spread(传播) the 8. to every corner of the garden.
Watching this, the gardener understood. He stopped using chemicals and built a special 9. hotel near the roses. Soon, the garden became healthy again.
This story shows how small creatures take 10. in keeping nature balanced.

1. pollination 2. tiny 3. honey 4. communicate 5. sign 6. action 7. store
8. message 9. honeycomb 10. part

【分析】
首先通读短文，理解主题为花园中小生物维护生态平衡的故事，明确方框内单词的含义及词性；接着结合每个空的上下文语境、语法搭配（如动词不定式、固定短语等），选择合适的单词，并根据需要调整其适当形式（如词性转换等），最终完成填空使短文通顺完整。
【解析】
1. 句意：它们在授粉中的作用对植物结果很重要，蜜蜂的核心作用是授粉，方框中pollination为名词，符合语境，无需变形；
2. 需形容词修饰名词bee，方框中tiny（微小的）符合“小蜜蜂”的描述；
3. 结合语境，玫瑰处的蜂蜜比平时少，方框中honey（蜂蜜）符合；
4. 固定搭配decide to do sth，需动词原形，方框中communication为名词，转换为动词communicate（交流），符合“和其他昆虫交流”的语境；
5. 句意：向日葵叶上出现奇怪的标志，后文提到是蚜虫的警告信息，方框中sign（标志）符合；
6. 固定短语take action（采取行动），方框中action符合；
7. 固定搭配decide to do sth，需动词原形，方框中store（储存）符合“储存食物”的语境；
8. 句意：蝴蝶传播信息，方框中message（信息）符合前文的警告信息语境；
9. 结合语境，园丁建的是给蜜蜂的蜂巢酒店，方框中honeycomb（蜂巢）符合；
10. 固定短语take part in（参与），方框中part符合。
【答案】
1. pollination 2. tiny 3. honey 4. communicate 5. sign 6. action 7. store 8. message 9. honeycomb 10. part
【知识点】
词汇适当形式填空、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕人与自然主题设置短文填空，考查学生的语篇理解能力、词汇含义掌握及适当形式变形能力，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

任务一 再次阅读以上短文,选择正确答案。
11. What was the main job of bees in the garden? ()
A. Making chemicals.
B. Helping plants grow fruits.
C. Building insect hotels.
D. Storing messages.
12. How did aphids send warnings? ()
A. By making honey.
B. Through leaf signs.
C. Using human phones.
D. Building hotels.
13. What did the gardener do to help? ()
A. Bought more roses.
B. Stopped using harmful chemicals.
C. Planted sunflowers.
D. Fed the bees honey.
14. Why did the insects decide to store food in safer flowers? ()
A. To prepare for winter.
B. To avoid chemical harm.
C. To attract more bees.
D. To decorate the garden.
15. The main purpose of building a honeycomb hotel was to . ()
A. attract tourists B. help bees live safely
C. grow sunflowers D. store chemicals
任务二 再次阅读以上短文,根据短文内容回答问题。
16. What problem did Buzz discover about the roses?


17. If you were an insect in this story, which role would you choose to be? Why?

11.B 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.B
16. The roses had less honey than usual.
17. I would choose to be a butterfly because they can spread messages beautifully while pollinating flowers.

【分析】
做这类阅读理解题时，需先通读短文理解主旨，再针对任务一的选择题，带着每个小题的问题回到原文定位相关细节，逐一对比选项排除错误答案；任务二的问答题需根据原文内容准确提取信息，按要求组织语言作答。
【解析】
任务一：
11题：根据短文内容，蜜蜂在花园的主要工作是帮助植物结果，A选项制造化学物质、C选项建昆虫旅馆、D选项储存信息均不符合原文，故选B。
12题：蚜虫通过叶子信号发送警告，A选项制造蜂蜜、C选项使用人类手机、D选项建旅馆均不符合原文，故选B。
13题：园丁为帮助昆虫，停止使用有害化学物质，A选项买更多玫瑰、C选项种向日葵、D选项喂蜜蜂蜂蜜均不符合原文，故选B。
14题：昆虫选择在更安全的花中储存食物是为了避免化学物质的伤害，A选项准备过冬、C选项吸引更多蜜蜂、D选项装饰花园均不符合原文，故选B。
15题：建造蜂巢酒店的主要目的是帮助蜜蜂安全居住，A选项吸引游客、C选项种向日葵、D选项储存化学物质均不符合原文，故选B。
任务二：
16题：根据短文内容，Buzz发现的玫瑰问题是玫瑰的蜂蜜比平时少，故答案为The roses had less honey than usual.
17题：可根据短文内容选择角色，示例选择蝴蝶，原因是蝴蝶能在授粉时优美地传递信息，故答案为I would choose to be a butterfly because they can spread messages beautifully while pollinating flowers.
【答案】11.B 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.B；16. The roses had less honey than usual.；17. I would choose to be a butterfly because they can spread messages beautifully while pollinating flowers.
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节理解）、英语书面表达（根据原文回答）
【点评】本题围绕花园中的昆虫与园丁展开，侧重考查学生对短文细节信息的提取与理解能力，题目设置贴合原文内容，只要认真阅读短文即可准确作答，是基础类阅读理解题。
【难度系数】0.6