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Of all living creatures on earth, insects are the most plentiful. Some  36  are very useful to man, for example, bees,  37  we get honey and wax, and silkworms, which  38  us with silk. Other varieties, 39 , are extremely harmful, and do a great  40  of damage, especially to crops. Locusts (蝗蟲) are perhaps the most dangerous of all,  41  they will eat almost any green  42  , and when millions of them  43  on cultivated land(耕地)they soon leave it  44 . In some countries they are the farmer’s  45  enemy. Another nuisance is the common  46  , not only because it  47  us indoors and out - of- doors, but because it spreads diseases.
  Scientists have given much time and  48  to the study of insects. It needs the most careful and  49  observation. Thanks  50  their discoveries we now know almost all 51 is to be known about the habits of these hardworking insects, bees and ants, which live in 52 better planned in some ways than our  53  . But the most valuable work has been done in trying to give  54  to men, animals and crops from the  55  which insects cause.
  36.A. members  B. forms  C. qualities  D. varieties
  37.A. by which  B. from which  C. of which  D. in which
  38.A. give  B. produce  C. offer  D. supply
  39.A. however  B. meanwhile C. therefore  D. what's more
  40.A. majority  B. number  C. amount  D. quantity
  41.A. and  B. for  C. if  D. when
  42.A. grass  B. field  C. fruit  D. plant
  43.A. settle  B. attack  C. pass  D. cross
  44.A. bare  B. nothing  C. empty  D. untouched
  45.A. hardest  B. greatest  C. serious  D. wildest
  46.A. insect  B. creature  C. fly  D. enemy
  47.A. dislikes  B. bites  C. worries  D. hates
  48.A. understanding  B. ideas  C. comprehension  D. thought
  49.A. serious  B. patient  C. curious  D. long
  50.A. for  B. of  C. to  D. with
  51.A. that  B. which  C. there  D. what
  52.A. societies  B. crowds C. teams  D. organizations
  53.A. world  B. nation  C. selves  D. own
  54.A. help  B. protection  C. living  D. defense
  55.A. injury  B. wound  C. sickness  D. ruin
36-40 DBDAC 41-45 BDAAB 46-50 CCDBC 51-55 CADBA
36.D 下文(第39空處)提到other varieties are harmful,因此選D,有些種類的昆蟲。
  37.B we get honey from bees,“從蜜蜂身上得到蜂蜜”。
  38.D provide/supply sb.with sth.表示“給某人提供/供應”,用C則就該是offer sb.sth.
  39.A 在此表示上下文的轉折關系,“但另一些種類有害”。
  40.C a great/large amount of+不可數(shù)名詞,a large/small quaintly of+可數(shù)/不可數(shù)名詞表示“大量的”。
  41.B 引導狀語從句表原因,具體加以解釋說明。
  42.D plant概括性最強,包括grass等各種植物。
  43.A settle用作不及物動詞時,表示“停息、停留;安居,定居”等詞義。
  44.A 蝗蟲飛過,耕地光禿禿的,植物都被吃了(當然有時可能留下光禿禿的枝干)。
  45.B 農民最大的敵人。
  46.C 下文提到在屋里屋外都有,還傳播疾病,因此選C。
  47.C 蒼蠅在屋里屋外飛,困擾我們。
  48.D 花時間,想辦法研究昆蟲。give much thought to表示“關心,想到”。
  49.B 觀察昆蟲需要耐心,上文提到give much time to,因此此處也可說long-time observations.
  50.C thanks to表示“幸虧/多虧有了”。
  51.C 本小題是all(that)there is to be done句式為there's sth to be done(有事需要做)的結構變化形式。
  52.A 既然與“我們的”相比較,其共同之處是society,人類社會和動物“群棲,群集”。
  53.D our own(society),“我們自己的社會形態(tài)”。
  54.B 與下文的from相呼應,give sb.protection from,“給……以保護”。
  55.A 昆蟲給我們造成的傷害,此空從第39、40空所在句子的harmful,damage等詞可推知選A。
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