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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、sickening
B、pleasant
C、harsh
D、graceful
答案 B
解析 四个词的意思分别是：sickening令人反感的，厌恶的；pleasant令人愉快的，舒适的；harsh刺耳的，刺眼的，涩口的；graceful优美的，优雅的，得体的。从本句的前半部分中“smells good”可知，这种气味应该是不错的，故B是正确答案。
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