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八年级上册 人教版
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Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Anima
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[2025原创]Have you seen an apple tree when it has flowers?They are
light pink at first and then turn white. They make the air smell sweet, just like
honey. Apple trees do this on purpose because they need bees. The sweet smell
brings bees to them.
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Bees are a bit choosy. They don’t like flying when it’s colder outside.
Windy or rainy weather also stops them from going out. Apple farmers know
their apples need bees. So, every spring, they buy bees and let them fly freely.
Usually, they put one honeycomb for each acre (英亩) of the orchard
(果园).
When the weather is nice, bees start their job. They go to apple flowers to
get nectar (花蜜).While getting nectar, their wings touch the pollen
(花粉).When they fly to another flower, they carry the pollen and help the
flower get pollinated (授粉).Sometimes, a bee might use pollen from one kind
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of apple tree on another kind. That’s why a delicious red apple seed (种子)
might not grow into a delicious red apple tree.
Farmers use a way called grafting (嫁接) to get the right apple trees.
They take a small branch from a parent tree and connect it to a young tree. The
two trees grow together. This way, there are many kinds of apples in the world.
Next time you eat an apple, think about how bees and farmers help make it taste
so good.
阅读理解·语篇导读本文主要讲述了蜜蜂如何帮助苹果种植,以及农民通过嫁接培
育不同种类苹果树。
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1.Why do apple trees make the air smell sweet?( )
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A.To attract bees. B.To grow better.
C.To make people like them. D.To produce more apples.
【解析】细节理解题。由第一段的“Apple trees do this on purpose because
they need bees.The sweet smell brings bees to them.”可知,苹果树让空气
变甜是为了吸引蜜蜂,故选A项。
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2. 选项选择Which of the following are true according to the text?
a. Bees like flying in cold and windy weather.
b. Grafting helps farmers get different kinds of apples.
c. Bees carry pollen to help apple flowers get pollinated.
d. Farmers put one honeycomb for each two acres of the orchard.( )
C
A.ab B.ac C.bc D.bd
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段第三句可知a错误;根据“Usually, they put
one honeycomb for each acre of the orchard.”可知d错误。所以bc正确,故
选C项。
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3.What can we infer (推断) from the text?( )
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A.Apple seeds are very strange.
B.Bees can change the kind of apple trees.
C.Farmers don’t know how to grow apple trees.
D.The weather has a big influence on apple trees.
【解析】推理判断题。根据“Sometimes, a bee might use pollen from one
kind of apple tree on another kind.That’s why a delicious red apple
seed might not grow into a delicious red apple tree.”可推断蜜蜂能改变
苹果树的种类,故选B项。
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4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?( )
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A.The Life of Bees B.The Kinds of Apple Trees
C.Famous Apple Lovers D.How Bees Help Apple Farmers
【解析】主旨大意题。文章围绕蜜蜂对苹果种植的帮助展开,D选项最能概括文章
主旨。故选D项。
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