Where does this text probably…——2012 高考英语第 59 题答案解析

【考点】O5：科教类阅读；P2：文中细节；P4：逻辑推理．菁优网版权所有
【分析】文章介绍了博物馆里一些孩子会感兴趣的地方和其中孩子可以参加什
么活动的介绍．
主要讲了适合青少年们去的地方，如艺术博物馆、自然历史博物馆、青年中心
等．
【解答】CCBC
56．C 细节理解题．根据第三段中"This is where kids can discover the past from
dinosaur models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the
sky"可知，如若一个孩子对行星感兴趣那就应该参观自然历史博物馆．可知选C
．
57．C 细节理解题．根据第三段中"Puppet（木偶）making and stage make-up are
just a couple of the special offerings you might find"可知，C项符合语境，故选C．
58．B 词义猜测题．根据文中第四段"Visit one of the many hands-on science
museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for
kids"可知他的意思是靠做事情来了解科学．可知应选B．

【答案】C

【解析】细节理解题．通读全文可知这篇文章是来自博物馆的导游．故选C．
【点评】解答细节理解题时，一个常用的方法就是运用定位法，即根据题干和
选项中的关键词从原文中找到相关的句子，与选项进行比较从而确定答案；推
理判断题既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思，又要求学生对
作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断，力求从作者的角度去
考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点．

B
Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also
delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for
them to get that honey is to find a wild bees’ nest and take the honey from it. Often,
these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa,
though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper --
- a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the
beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees’
nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide
gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it
has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious
animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the
follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and
watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when
the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very
determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long
distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from
his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.