阅读下面短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to ____41____ a unique honey harvest. Here, in south-east Ethiopia, hand-carved beehives(蜂箱)are placed in the ____42____. Reaching them to get the honey is difficult—and often ____43____ .
I ____44____ beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland before entering a thick jungle. Ziyad began preparations. He ____45____ handfuls of damp tree leaves, wrapped them with string, and ____46____ the bunch to create a torch(火把). Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree, Ziyad began ____47____ . He stopped every few minutes to move the ____48____ higher up the tree trunk.
____49____ , Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 metres above the ground. Sitting on a branch, he _____50_____ towards it and blew smoke from his torch into a tiny hole in the hive. Suddenly, Ziyad let out a sharp cry. Within seconds, he’d _____51_____ the trunk and was back on the ground.
It was too _____52_____ to collect the honey. A cool summer had delayed _____53_____ . Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢). The adult bees were _____54_____ and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree. He had to wait for the right _____55_____ to go back up.
41. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我此行是见证一次独特的采蜜行动。A、 share分享;B、 collect收集;C、 celebrate庆祝;D、 witness见证;目睹。根据下文“I ____4____ beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland before entering a thick jungle.”可知,作者是跟随经验丰富的养蜂人Ziyad见证埃塞俄比亚传统的采蜜方式。故选D项。
42. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:在埃塞俄比亚东南部,手工制作的蜂箱被放在树顶。A、 courtyards庭院;B、 fields田野;领域;C、 treetops树顶;D、caves洞穴。根据下文“higher up the tree trunk.”可知,手工制作的蜂箱是放在树顶高处。故选C项。
43._______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:靠近树顶的蜂箱采蜜是很困难的,而且相当危险。A、 urgent紧急的;B、 dangerous危险的;C、 expensive昂贵的;D、 pointless毫无意义的。根据“The adult bees were ____14____ and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree.”可知,采摘蜂蜜可能会招致蜂群持续不断的攻击,这是很危险的。故选B项。
44. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:我跟随着养蜂人走过一片广阔的草地,进入茂密的丛林。A、 searched搜索;B、 recognised认出;C、 followed跟随;D、 invited邀请。根据前文“I was on my way to ____1____ a unique honey harvest.”可知,作者此行是为了跟随经验丰富的养蜂人,近距离观察Ziyad如何采蜜。故选C项。
45. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:他采集了几捧潮湿的树叶,用细绳把它们包裹起来,最后点燃这捆树叶当火把。A、 gathered聚集、采集;B、 cleaned清除;C、 dropped掉落;D、 checked检查。根据下文“handfuls of damp tree leaves”可知,此处指Ziyad从丛林各处,收集一些潮湿的树叶。故选A项。
46. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:他采集了几捧潮湿的树叶,用线把它们包裹起来,最后点燃这捆树叶当火把。A、 shook摇晃;B、 lit点燃;点亮;C、 measured测量;D、decorated装饰。根据后文“to create a torch”可知,此空格处指点燃用细绳捆扎的树叶当火把。故选B项。
47. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:然后,将绳子的一头拴在腰间,另一头则缠绕在一棵大树的树干上。然后Ziyad开始向上攀爬。A、 jumping跳;B、 talking谈话;C、 testing测试;D、climbing攀爬。根据“higher up the tree trunk”可知,Ziyad要向上爬到树顶,才能采集到蜂蜜。故选D项。
48. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他每过一会儿就停下调整绳索位置,继续向上攀爬。A、 hives蜂房;B、 leaves树叶;C、 rope绳索;D、honey蜂蜜。根据“Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree,”可知,Ziyad是通过不断调整绳索的位置,保证自己安全灵活地向上攀爬。故选C项。
49. _______
考查副词词义辨析。句意:Ziyad最终到达了蜂巢。那儿距离地面大概有20米高。A、 Finally最终;B、 Surprisingly令人意外地;C、 Naturally自然地;D、 Immediately立刻。根据上文“He stopped every few minutes to move the ____8____ higher up the tree trunk.”可知,身手矫健的Ziyad借助绳索不断向上攀爬,终于到达树顶放置蜂巢的位置。故选A项。
50 ._______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:Ziyad坐在一节树枝上,小心翼翼地将火把靠近蜂巢,对准火把,将烟吹入蜂巢的一个小孔里。A、 backed支持;B、 dived跳水;C、 shouted对……大声喊叫;D、inched缓慢移动。根据上文“Reaching them to get the honey is difficult—and often ____3____”可知,采集蜂蜜是困难且危险的工作,这要求采蜜的人经验丰富,动作快慢节奏快慢结合,此处指Ziyad小心翼翼地将火把凑近蜂巢,将烟吹入蜂巢中。故选D项。
51. _______
考查动词短语辨析。句意:几秒钟过后,他就从树干滑下,重新回到地面。A、 cut off切除;B、 gone up上升;C、 slid down滑下;D、 held onto抓牢。根据前文“Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 metres above the ground.”和后文“was back on the ground”可知,Ziyad是从树顶滑下,回到地面。故选C项。
52. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:现在采集蜂蜜还为时尚早。A、 high高的;B、 early早的;C、 fast快速的;D、 close亲近的。根据下文“A cool summer had delayed ____13____ . Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢).”可知,现在蜜蜂幼虫尚未成年,蜂蜜酿造完成还需要一段时日。故选B项。
53. _______
考查动词词义辨析。句意:夏天凉爽的温度延误了幼虫孵化。A、 hatching孵化;B、 training培训;C、 sowing播种;D、 trading与……作交易;交换。根据“Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢).”可知,此时蜜蜂宝宝较以往孵化时间更晚,尚未成年。故选A项。
54. _______
考查形容词词义辨析。句意:Ziyad从树上逃离之时,成年蜂群被激怒了,持续不断地攻击他。A、 curious好奇的;B、 hungry饥饿的;C、 bored无聊的;D、 angry生气的。根据下文“kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree”可知,蜜蜂被外来侵入者激怒,不停地攻击Ziyad。故选D项。
55. _______
考查名词词义辨析。句意:他需要等待合适的时刻,再次爬上树顶采摘蜂蜜。A、 moment时刻;B、 equipment设备;C、 person个人;D、 order点餐;命令。根据上文“A cool summer had delayed ____13____ . Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢).”可知,蜂蜜尚未形成,Ziyad只好另待时机,等幼虫变成成年蜂后,再来采蜜。故选A项。