七七 | 2023浙江首考英語完形填空

The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to 41 witness a unique honey harvest. Here, in south-east Ethiopia, hand-carved beehives（蜂箱）are placed in the 42 treetops. Reaching them to get the honey is difficult—and often 43 dangerous.

I 44 followed beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland / before entering a thick jungle. Ziyad began preparations. He 45 gathered handfuls of damp tree leaves, wrapped them with string, and 46 lit the bunch to create a torch（火把）. Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree, Ziyad began 47 climbing. He stopped every few minutes to move the 48 rope higher up the tree trunk.

• stretch：n. 一片
• damp：adj. 潮濕的
• lit：點(diǎn)亮（light的過去分詞）
• waist：n. 腰
• trunk：n. 樹干

49 Finally, Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 metres above the ground. Sitting on a branch, he 50 inched towards it and blew smoke from his torch into a tiny hole in the hive.Suddenly, Ziyad let out a sharp cry. Within seconds, he'd 51 slid down the trunk and was back on the ground.

• Finally：可以體現(xiàn)一個(gè)人的動(dòng)作，一步一步最終到哪一步了
• inch：v. 一寸一寸挪；n. 英寸

lt was too 52 early to collect the honey. A cool summer had delayed 53 hatch. Babybees were still in the honeycombs（蜂巢）.The adult bees were 54 angry and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree. He had to wait for the right 55 moment to go back up.

• hatch：v. 孵化

42 A. courtyard：n. 庭院

43 D. pointless：adj. 毫無目的的

46 D. decorate：v. 點(diǎn)亮