练习13阅读理解＋读后续写Ⅰ.阅读理解A2023·合肥高三质检说明文310词★★★☆☆Honeybeesunderstandthat“nothing”canbe“something”thathasnumericalmeaning,showingthattheyhaveaprimitivegraspoftheconceptofzero,accordingtoanewlypublishedstudyinScience.Previousexperimentshaveshownthathoneybeeshavesomefacilityfornumbers,becausetheywereabletocountlandmarks(地标)astheysearchedaroundforasweetreward.Butinthesetests,theinsectscouldn'tcountveryhigh—onlytoaboutfour.Still,thatmaderesearchersinAustraliaandFrancewanttoexplorewhatelsethebeescoulddowithnumbers.ScarlettHowardatRMITUniversityinMelbourneattractedbeestoawallwheretheywerepresentedwithtwosquarecards.Eachcardhadadifferentnumberofblacksymbols,suchasdotsortriangles.Howardtrainedonegroupofbeestounderstandthatsugarwaterwouldalwaysbelocatedunderthecardwiththeleastnumberofsymbols.“Theycouldcomeandseetwocirclesversus(与……相对)threecircles,orfourtrianglesversusonetriangle，”sheexplains.Thebeesquicklylearnedtoflytothecardwiththefewestsymbols.Butthentheygotanothertest.Theresearcherspresentedthebeeswithacardthathadasinglesymbolandablankcard.Thebeesseemedtounderstandthat“zero”waslessthanone,becausetheyflewtowardtheblankcardmoreoftenthanexpectediftheywerechoosingatrandom.“Whenweshowedthemzeroversussix,theydidthatatamuchhigherlevelthanzeroversusone，”Howardsays.“Sowhatthattellsusisthattheyconsiderzeroasanactualquantityalongthenumberline.”AuroreAvarguèsWeber,aresearcherfromtheUniversityofToulouse,pointsoutevenveryyoungchildrenhavetroubleunderstandingthatzeroisanumber.“It'seasyforthemtocountone,two,three,four,butzero,it'snotsomethingtocount，”sheexplains.What'smore,thebrainsofbeesareincrediblytinybrainscomparedwiththebrainsofhumans,scientistNiedernotes.Evenso,thebeescanunderstandtheabstractconceptofanemptysetandhesayshefoundthatverysurprising.1．Whatdidtheearlierstudiesfindaboutbees?A．Theycouldflyhigherthanexpected.B．Theycouldunderstandsomenumbers.C．Theycouldrememberarewardwell.D．Theycouldexplorelocallandmarks.2．Whatdidb...
