阅读下面的短文 从短文后各题所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案Bees live in a ho

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案Bees live in a house that is called a hive

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　　阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。

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　　Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three kinds of bees: workers, drones (雄蜂) 48 queens. Only one queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other bees 49 their work.

　　Workers are very clever and busy. They all join together 50 small rooms called cells of wax for their honey. Each worker bee does its own work. Some go out and collect honey from the flowers; 51 stay at home and work inside the hive. The cells 52 have six sides are made by worker bees. Did you ever look into a glass hive and see them while at work? It is 53 to see how busy they always are. Before winter comes, all the drones are driven from the hive 54 they don’t eat the honey they did not collect.

　　It is not safe 55 children to be too close to bees. Bees have painful stings

　　they use in their defense (防御).

　　48. A. and B. or C. but D. either

　　49. A. are stopped B. stops C. will stop D. stopped

　　50. A. builds B. built C. build D. to build

　　51. A. the other B. others C. another D. other

　　52. A. who B. whom C. which D. /

　　53. A. pleasant B. boring C. scary D. tiring

　　54. A. in order to B. so as to C. as long as D. so that

　　55. A. to B. for C. in D. with