完形填空：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。　　Once upon a time, b

完形填空：（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
　　Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you  26  ask. Well, the answer is this. To get some  27  , bee-keepers and farmers used to  28  small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would e and  29  the box with honeyb.  30  , there was no way of getting the honey out  31  killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical  32  the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
　　Now, bee-keepers  33  beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden  34  with spaces between them  35  can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now  36  of honeyb are lifted out. The squares are put in  37  special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round  38  this  39  out the honey. Then the honey is collected and  40  jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.
26. A. need               B. may                     C. should                  D. must
27. A. honey                  B. bees                     C. honeyb                D. space
28. A. put in             B. put away             C. put off                 D. put out
29. A. fill                  B. cover                    C. supply 　            D. satisfy
30. A. Still                B. And                     C. However 　　         D. So
31. A. for                 B. in                    C. by 　　                D. without
32. A. on                  B. close to                C. in the front of            D. far from
33. A. want 　         B. take                      C. use                       D. expect
34. A. squares          B. boxes             C. sticks                   D. bowls
35. A. many             B. they                     C. it                    D. which
36. A. full                 B. filled                    C . afraid                  D. emptied
37. A. the                 B. a                     C. another                D. 不填
38. A. for                 B. in                    C. like                       D. to
39. A. forces             B. makes             C. helps                    D. drives
40. A. led into          B. brought into         C. poured into          D. got into 26--30 BADAC    31--35DBCAD      36--40 ABCAC