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  3. German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees aren’t as busy as people believe t

German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees aren’t as busy as people believe t

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问题     German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees aren’t as busy as people believe they are. "Bees are not particularly【76】. Instead they sleep a lot and are lazy. They spend【77】80 per cent of the night sleeping. Even during the day they often fly to the nest【78】they rest their wings." said Menzel, a zoologist at the Free University in Berlin, who hasstudied bees for four decades. But to【79】for their apparent laziness, they are actually very intelligent. They are【80】learners and able to recognize various smells.
    Menzel said bees’ learning, like【81】of many animals, was based on a reward system. "If a bee is rewarded once for something, it remembers it for a week. But if it is rewarded three times,  it will remember it for its【82】lifetime." Said Menzel. He last week was awarded a【83】by the German Zoological Society.
    The memory capacity of bees means they can【84】among more than 50 different smells to find the one they want. "What is interesting is that what smells good to a bee, is also a【85】smell for humans. " said Menzel. [br]
选项 A、compensate
B、provide
C、search
D、account
答案 A
解析 compensate for弥补，补偿；provide for为……提供；search for搜寻；account for说明。由其前后的意思可知懒惰与聪明之间的联系，因此，为了弥补它们表面的懒惰，它们实际上非常聪明，它们学习东西很快，能够辨别出各种各样的气味。故A是正确答案。
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