TPO32:Distributions of Tropical Bee Colonies
Distributions of Tropical Bee Colonies
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解析:答案选B,rival有“与……竞争”的意思。
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解析:答案选D。段落第三句“Hubbell and Johnson observed that some species of stingless bees are highly aggressive to members of their species from other colonies” Hubbell和Johnson观察到,有些种类的无刺蜜蜂对别的蜂群中的同种类蜜蜂有攻击性。
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解析:答案选B。段落第二句“They predicted that the colonies of aggressive species would show regular distributions, while those of nonaggressive species would show random or closely grouped (clumped) distribution.”他们预测,有攻击性蜜蜂的群落分布有规律,然而那些无攻击性蜜蜂的群落随机分布或者扎堆分布。
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解析:答案选A。段落首句“Though Hubbell and Johnson were interested in how bee behavior might affect colony distributions, they recognized that the availability of potential nest sites for colonies could also affect distributions.” 尽管Hubbell和Johnson对于蜜蜂行为如何影响群落分布感兴趣,但他们也认识到蜂群的潜在巢穴地点也能影响分布。段落第二句“So as one of the first steps in their study, they mapped the distributions of trees suitable for nesting.”所以研究的第一步,他们绘制了合适巢穴地点的分布地图。
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The number of colonies in the study area was not limited by availability of suitable trees, and a clumped or regular distribution of colonies was not due to an underlying clumped or regular distribution of potential nest sites.
研究区域群落的数量并没有受到合适的树的数量限制,并且群落的分布是扎堆还是有规律也不是因为潜在巢穴地点的分布是扎堆还是有规律。
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解析:答案选D。只有D选项高扩了原文的两个动作“not limited”和“not due to”。选项A的“limited number colonies”是无中生有;选项B的“no lack of suitable trees”也是无中生有;选项C的“directly related to”的关系与原句相悖。
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解析:答案选C。段落首句“Hubbell and Johnson mapped the nests of five of the nine species of stingless bees accurately, and the nests of four of these species were distributed regularly.”Hubbell和Johnson绘制了九个物种中五个物种的分布模式,其中四个物种是有规律的分布。段落最后一句“The fifth species was not aggressive, and its nests were randomly distributed over the study area.”第五个物种的巢穴是随机分布在研究区域内的。
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解析:段落最后两句话“All four species with regular nest distributions were highly aggressive to bees from other colonies of their own species. The fifth species was not aggressive, and its nests were randomly distributed over the study area.”意思是:巢穴分布很有规律的四个物种对于其他群落的同种类蜜蜂非常有攻击性。第五个物种没有攻击性,并且它的巢穴是随机分配在研究区域的。
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解析:答案选D。insight : an accurate and deep understanding.
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解析:答案选D。段落最后一句“The pheromone secreted by these stingless bees attracts and aggregates members of their colony to the prospective nest site; however, it also attracts workers from other nests.”无刺蜜蜂分泌的pheromone吸引并聚集了它们群落的成员到未来的巢穴地点;但是pheromone还会吸引其它巢穴的工蜂。
10. 与单词escalated在原文中的含义最接近的是 (Vocabulary question)
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解析:答案选A。escalate : make or become more intense or serious.
11. 根据第七段,以下哪项关于对已有蜂群占领的巢穴的争夺战是对的? (Factual Information Question)
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解析:答案选A。段落最后一句“While this contest over an unoccupied nest site produced no obvious mortality, fights over occupied nests sometimes kill over 1,000 bees in a single battle.”尽管对未有蜂群占领的争夺战几乎没有明显伤亡,对已有蜂群占领的巢穴的争夺战有时一场战役会造成一千以上的蜜蜂死亡。
12. Look at the four squares ■that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.
For example, a clumped distribution of nests might simply reflect a clumped distribution of suitable nesting sites.
解析:答案选A。插入句子的意思是:举例而言,巢穴扎堆分布可能只是反映了合适的巢穴地点是扎根分布的。也就是说巢穴的分布是受到潜在合适的巢穴地点分布的影响。首先这句话是例子,前面的句子应该是观点,所以逻辑关系应该一致。原文首句“……they recognized that the availability of potential nest sites for colonies could also affect distributions.”他们意识到,群落可用的潜在巢穴地点也能影响分布。插入句子的内容正好能符合这句话的观点:群落的分布会受到潜在巢穴地点的影响。
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解析:
选项A属于Aggressive Stingless Bees,第三段第二句前半句“the colonies of aggressive species would show regular distributions”
选项B属于Nonaggressive Stingless Bees,第三段第二句后半句“while those of nonaggressive species would show random or closely grouped (clumped) distribution.”
选项C错。
选项D错。
选项E属于Nonaggressive Stingless Bees,第二段最后一句“Nonaggressive species feed singly or in small groups and on more widely distributed flowers.”
选项F属于Aggressive Stingless Bees,第二段倒数第二句“Aggressive species usually forage in groups and feed mainly on flowers that occur in high-density clumps.”
选项G属于Aggressive Stingless Bees,最后一段的所有内容。
正确答案:
Aggressive Stingless Bees: AFG
Nonaggressive Stingless Bees: BE

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