浙江省杭州市七县市2019-2022三年高二上学期英语期末试卷汇编：语法填空

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Bees are disappearing. But does it ____36____ (real) matter if bees disappear? Are they so important to our environment? The short answer is, yes, it does matter and yes, they are important. Bees fly around from flower to flower, ____37____ (look) for pollen (花粉). They use these to produce honey, ____38____ is food for their colonies. But at the same time, the bees help to move pollen from one flower to another. This process ____39____ (call) pollination (授粉). Pollination means that the flowers can create seeds and new flowers. ____40____ bees, many flowers can’t make seeds or fruit. In fact, bees are responsible for the pollination of one ____41____ (three) of all the plants which we eat. A single hive (蜂箱) with 50,000 honeybees can pollinate 500,000 plants in one day! Imagine ____42____ world with no apples, carrots, onions, strawberries or, of course, honey. That’s a world with no bees.

So, ____43____ are the bees disappearing? Scientists think that there are several possible reasons, including climate change, disease and pesticides.

But it’s not all bad news. Primary schools, businesses, universities and community centres are now setting up their own hives. They enjoy the delicious honey and at the same time they know that they ____44____ (help) to look after some of the most important _____45_____ (insect) on the planet.