浙江省杭州市七县市2021-2022学年高二上学期期末学业水平测试英语试题

Bees are disappearing. But does it  (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,   (look) for pollen(花粉) . They use these to produce honey,   is food for their colonies. But at the same time, the bees help to move pollen from one flower to another. This process  (call) pollination(授粉) . Pollination means that the flowers can create seeds and new flowers.  bees, many flowers can't make seeds or fruit. In fact, bees are responsible for the pollination of one  (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  world with no apples, carrots, onions, strawberries or, of course, honey. That's a world with no bees.

So,  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  (help) to look after some of the most important  (insect) on the planet.