The greater honeyguide bird

文章大意

文章介绍非洲大响蜜鴷（greater honeyguide）与莫桑比克尼亚萨保护区的尧族采蜜人合作寻找野生蜂巢的现象。雄鸟粉喙黑喉黄肩斑，雌鸟喙黑羽色暗。这种人与鸟的双向沟通最早可追溯至1588年，鸟引导人找到树洞蜂巢，人取蜜后留蜡给鸟吃，双方受益。研究还探讨了鸟类的本能学习与地域性声音回应。

题目与答案

1. The Greater Honeyguide Bird

   The bird

   · The greater honeyguide bird helps local hunters to locate beehives.

   · Males have a pink beak and a yellow patch on the 31_____ while females have less bright color.

   答案：shoulder

   原文定位：The male bird is recognizable by its pink beak, black throat, and yellow shoulder patch

   同义替换：「less bright」↔「duller」

2. · Young birds look different, with a prominent 32_____ that surrounds the eye

   答案：ring

   原文定位：while the young birds have a distinctive yellow throat and a noticeable ring around the eye

   同义替换：「prominent」↔「noticeable」，「surrounds」↔「around」

3. Working with humans

   · The hives in trees in the Niassa Reserve are especially 33_____ .

   答案：high

   原文定位：The reason this relationship has developed is because the trees in the Niassa Reserve, therefore the hives are especially high, sometimes up to thirty meters, which makes them very hard to find

4. · The hunters take the honey and the birds enjoy the 34_____ .

   答案：wax

   原文定位：But they also leave something behind for the greater honeyguides. They are among the few bird species that can eat and digest wax in this way

   同义替换：「enjoy」↔「eat and digest」

5. · In Mozambique, the relationship between the Yao community and the bird is still strong.

   · However, in other countries, the greater honeyguide's importance grows 35_____ .

   答案：smaller

   原文定位：But in some countries outside Mozambique, villagers are now turning more to farming and keeping their own hives, which has led to the role of the bird in honey collection growing smaller

6. Signals

   · The birds learn to recognize signals from people in distinct regions

   - Yao hunters use tongues.

   - Tanzania's cue to hunt is a whistle.

   - In Zambia, it is the sound of 36_____ being cut

   答案：wood

   原文定位：While in Zambia, the sound of chopping wood is the cue

   同义替换：「being cut」↔「chopping」

7. Collecting honey

   · 37_____ is commonly used to soothe the bees

   答案：smoke

   原文定位：In order to relax the bees and make the process less chaotic, smoke is blown into the hive

   同义替换：「Collecting」↔「process」，「soothe」↔「relax」

8. · Risks are:

   being stung

   being killed. by 38_____

   being injured

   答案：elephants

   原文定位：Besides the obvious risk of being stung by angry bees, the hunters must also be wary of being trampled to death by elephants

   同义替换：「being killed by」↔「being trampled to death by」

9. · Honey in heavy 39_____ need to be transported long distances

   答案：buckets

   原文定位：the hunters are often required to travel large distances and carry buckets weighed down with honey back to the village

   同义替换：「in heavy」↔「weighed down with」，「need to be transported long distances」↔「travel large distances and carry」

10. · The honey's flavor depends on the bees that make it and the 40_____ which produce it.

    答案：plants

    原文定位：Raw honey draws its flavor from both the type of bees and the plants from which it is made to form a distinct taste