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大连枫叶高中入学英语模拟题 Part?I:?Non?Fiction?Reading Readthe?following?passage?and?then?answer?the?questions. Honeybees Honeyhas?made?many?foods?tasty?to?eat.?Yetthe?busy?bees?that?fly?about?us?when?we?have?a?meal outside?can?be?very?annoying. Thereare?two?types?of?bees?–?the?social?bee?and?the?solitary?bee.?Social?bees,?like?the?honeybee, live?in?largegroups?or?colonies?and?are?divided?into?special?groups.?Solitarybees,?like?the carpenter?bee,?live?alone?or?in?very?small?groups. Astheir?name?suggests,?honeybees?make?honey.?They?live?in?a?beehive?made?up?of?honeycombs,?a structure?that?is?madeof?wax?produced?by?the?bees.?Each?honeycomb?has?many?six-sided holescalled?cells.?It?is?in?these?cells?thatthe?bees?put?their?nectar?or?honey?or?lay?eggs. As?acolony,?honeybees?are?divided?into?three?special?groups:?the?queen,?the?workerbee,?and?the drone.?Each?group?has?avery?definite?role?or?job.?The?queen?bee?only?lays?eggs?into?the waxycells.?The?drones’?only?job?is?to?matewith?the?queen?bee,?after?which?they?die.?It?is?the worker?bees?that?are?the?real?busy?bees:?they?build?the?hive,collect?the?food,?and?care?for?the?young. In?each?hive?there?are?about 50?000to?80?000?worker?bees.?These?beesproduce?the?honey?we?eat?and?the?beeswax?we?use?to make?some?candles. Thefarming?of?honey?and?beeswax?by?people?is?called?beekeeping.?The?farmer?builds?a?small artificial?hivecalled?an?apiary,?which?is?a?box?hung?with?many?trays?of?wax?in?woodenframes.?The worker?bees?fill?thesehoneycombs?with?honey.?When?full,?thefarmer?takes?the?trays?out?and collects?the?honey.?When?the?apiary?is?over?populated,?the?beesfly?away?in?search?of?a?new?hive. Theworker?bees?collect?flower?nectar?with?their?long?tongues?and?deposit,?or?put,it?into?a?special “honey?stomach”.?Thenectar?reacts?with?chemicals?in?the?stomach?to?start?the?honey- makingprocess.?The?worker?bees?then?fly?totheir?hives?and?deposit?the?nectar-chemical?mixture into?cells.?Later,?honey?is?formed?from?this?mixture. Nexttime?that?you?use?honey,?reme