《2026年启东中学作业本九年级英语下册译林版徐州专版》

五、阅读与表达。(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
阅读下面的短文,按要求回答问题。(2025·江苏连云港一模)
You may know that bees make delicious honey. But did you know that they keep us all alive?

Every year on the twentieth of May, it’s World Bee Day. It’s a day to thank bees for all they do. Without bees, we wouldn’t have any food! When bees fly from plant to plant, they carry pollen(花粉). The pollen makes new plants grow. It is said that three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on bees and other animals to grow. Bees not only help flowers grow, but they also help fruit and vegetables grow.
It’s also a day to learn more about the problems bees are facing. Loss of natural habitat(栖息地), getting sick from chemicals(化 学 物 质 )used on crops, and higher temperatures with climate change are making the number of bees drop, said the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
People are now looking for technology to help save the bees. One example is the robotic bee project called RoboRoyale, said Horizon magazine. The European Commission funds(投资)it. The project makes robot bees to help feed and look after the queen bee. This will get the queen bee to lay more eggs and make more bees.
So next time, let’s celebrate the day of the cute bees.
注:每题答案不超过6个词。
1. When is World Bee Day?
On 20th May.
2. What can the pollen do?
It makes new plants grow.
3. How many problems do bees face according to the passage?
Bees face three problems.
4. How do people help save the bees in this passage?
People are now looking for technology.
5. What will you do to celebrate World Bee Day?
Spread the knowledge of bees.

答案： 1. On 20th May.
2. It makes new plants grow.
3. Bees face three problems.
4. People are now looking for technology.
5. Spread the knowledge of bees.（言之有理即可）