2025~2026学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高三上学期期中考试英语试卷.docVIP

2025~2026学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

一、语法填空

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Hoverflies:SmallInsectswithaBigJob

Whenpeoplethinkaboutinsectsthathelpflowersreproduce,beesareusuallythefirstonestheyremember.Thisisunderstandable,asbeesplayaleadingroleincarryingpollen(花粉)fromflowertoflower.Buttheyarenottheonlyhardworkersinnature.Hoverflies,smallinsectsthatlookabitlikebees,arealsoimportant.Studieshaveshownthattheyhelpmanyoftheworld’scropsandwildplantsgrow1movingpollenbetweenflowers.

Even2(interesting)isthatsomehoverfliestravelgreatdistances.ScientistsinBritainoncefoundthatbillionsofthemcrosstheEnglishChanneleveryyear.3theyflysofar,theymayhelpmixplantgenesbetweendifferentareasandmakeecosystemsstronger.Tofindout4fartheirinfluencecouldreach,researchersdecidedtocollecthoverfliesfromaplacewithoutanyplantsnearby—anoilplatformintheNorthSea,betweenScotlandandNorway.

Duringfourresearchtripsbetween2021and2023,112hoverflies5(catch)ontheplatformastheystoppedforashortrest.Onnearlyallofthem,theyfoundpollen,sometimesfromasmanyas14kindsofplants.Intotal,thescientistsdiscoveredpollenfrommorethan100species.Themostcommoncamefromwildplantssuchasnettlesandblackelder,butsomealsocamefromcropsgrown6(produce)vegetables,cereals,nuts,andfruits.

Byexaminingairmovements,theresearcherslearnedthattheseinsectsprobablycamefromtheNetherlands,Germany,andDenmark,andthattheymight7(continue)theirjourneytoScotlandorNorway.