考研Healthy trees are also better able to fend off insects.

健康的树木也能更好地抵御昆虫。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.

它们加速了一些有害昆虫的繁殖。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级After years of pleasing a fascinated audience across Europe with books of detailed descriptions and life-size paintings of familiar insects.

多年来，通过详细描述书籍和熟悉昆虫的真人大小的绘画取悦了欧洲各地着迷的观众。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Scientists find from their studies that plants can protect themselves against insects.

科学家从他们的研究中发现，植物可以保护自己免受昆虫的侵害。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

考研Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.

自2010年以来，干旱和昆虫已经在加利福尼亚州杀死了1亿多棵树木，其中大部分是在2016年，野火烧毁了数十万英亩。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.

当许多鸟类沿着众所周知的路线前往气候温暖的地区时，其他鸟类则短暂停留，在垃圾填埋场过冬，以食物垃圾和大量在垃圾堆上繁衍生息的昆虫为食。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级However, despite 2 billion people worldwide already supplementing their diet with insects, consumer disgust remains a large barrier in many western countries.

然而，尽管全世界已有20亿人在饮食中添加昆虫，但消费者的厌恶感在许多西方国家仍然是一大障碍。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级And insect farming also produces far fewer greenhouse gases.

昆虫养殖产生的温室气体也少得多。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

白鹳以蝗虫为食，蝗虫) 如果数量失控，其他可能成为害虫的昆虫。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考They pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackers.

他们喷出香水，以吸引不同的天敌昆虫。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects away.

有些植物排出有气味的化学物质来驱赶昆虫。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

考研Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.

蚂蚁让食肉昆虫远离蚜虫的食物；Gmail让垃圾邮件发送者远离我们的收件箱。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Back in 1983, two scientists, Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin, reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can get.

早在1983年，杰克·舒尔茨（Jack Schultz）和伊恩·鲍德温（Ian Baldwin）两位科学家报告说，幼小的枫树被昆虫叮咬后会散发出一种邻近植物可以闻到的特殊气味。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags.

在我看来，露营者是喜欢被虫咬、吃不好的饭菜和睡不舒服的睡袋的人。

2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级White storks feed on locusts and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

白鹳以蝗虫和其他昆虫为食，如果数量失控，这些昆虫可能成为害虫。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Before writing Metamorphosis, Merian spent decades documenting European plants and insects that she published in a series of books.

在写《变形记》之前，梅里安花了几十年时间记录欧洲的植物和昆虫，并在一系列书籍中发表。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Her observations helped dismiss the popular belief that insects spontaneously emerged from mud.

她的观察有助于消除人们普遍认为昆虫是从泥土中自发出现的想法。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

科学家们带着一些明显不可靠的证据跳出来营救，大意是如果鸟类不能控制昆虫，昆虫会吃掉我们。

2010年考研翻译原文

六级She was the first to bring together insects and their habitats, including food they ate, into a single ecological composition.

她是第一个将昆虫和它们的栖息地，包括它们所吃的食物，整合成一个单一的生态组合的人。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Scientists learn about the monarch butterflies' migration by capturing and placing the identifying tags in the insects.

科学家通过捕捉并在昆虫身上放置识别标签来了解帝王蝶的迁徙。

2014年6月听力原文

六级The results of her decades worth of careful observations were detailed paintings and descriptions of European insects, followed by unconventional visuals and stories of insects and animals from a land that most at the time could only imagine.

她数十年的仔细观察结果是对欧洲昆虫的详细绘画和描述，接着是非传统的视觉效果和昆虫和动物的故事，这些故事来自当时大多数人只能想象的土地。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Monarch butterflies, the large origin black insects, are common summer sights in northern United States and Canada.

帝王蝶是一种起源于美国北部和加拿大的大型黑色昆虫，是夏季常见的景观。

2014年6月听力原文

六级Eat Grub is Britain's first new food company that breaks western food boundaries by introducing edible insects as a new source of food.

Eat Grub是英国第一家新成立的食品公司，通过引入食用昆虫作为新的食品来源，打破了西方食品的界限。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级Now, Africa's largest economy is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by an insect, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.

现在，非洲最大的经济体正面临粮食危机，因为一种昆虫毁坏了主要的西红柿田，导致全国性的短缺和价格上涨。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级In 1699 she sailed with her daughter nearly 5,000 miles from the Netherlands to South America to study insects in the jungles of what is now known as Suriname.

1699年，她和女儿从荷兰航行了近5000英里到南美洲，研究现在被称为苏里南的丛林中的昆虫。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级The insect, Tutaabsoluta, has destroyed 80% of farms in Kaduna, Nigeria's largest tomato-producing state, leading the government there to declare a state of emergency.

这种名为Tutaabsolata的昆虫摧毁了尼日利亚最大番茄生产州卡杜纳80%的农场，导致该州政府宣布进入紧急状态。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and Insects that were not previously known.

在自然史是一个有价值的发现工具的时代，美利安人发现了以前未知的植物和昆虫的事实。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, such the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.

随后的实验用其他刺激物再现了这种效果，如黑板上指甲的声音和令人恶心的昆虫的照片。

2018年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级At a time when natural history was a valuable tool for discovery, Merian discovered facts about plants and insects that were not previously known.

在自然史是一种有价值的发现工具的时候，梅里安发现了以前未知的植物和昆虫的事实。

2018年12月6级真题第二套

四级On the road there is little to protect them from mud, insects, and bird droppings.

路上几乎没有什么东西可以保护它们免受泥土、昆虫和鸟粪的伤害。

1989年1月英语四级真题

四级Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects.

虽然我们都是以同样的方式长大的，但我的兄弟姐妹很快就抛弃了他们压制的花朵和昆虫。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But I do have a crystal-clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and, above all the insects.

但我确实对狗、农场动物、当地鸟类，尤其是昆虫有着清晰的记忆。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级But a bee can see far more in flowers than we, because the ultra-violet (紫外线) to which our eyes are blind is a stimulating (刺激的) part of the insect’s spectrum, and, for honey-bees at least, constitutes a separate colour.

但是蜜蜂在花上能看到的比我们多得多，因为紫外线(紫外线) 我们的眼睛失明是一种刺激(刺激的) 昆虫光谱的一部分，至少对蜜蜂来说，构成了一种单独的颜色。

1992年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Even plants can run a fever, especially when they’re under attack by insects or disease.

即使是植物也会发烧，尤其是当它们受到昆虫或疾病的攻击时。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级They trap insects and birds, and poison a variety of other desert animals and plants.

它们诱捕昆虫和鸟类，并毒害各种其他沙漠动植物。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergent (洗涤剂) insect sprays and by some garden products.

该报告重点关注洗涤剂等特定产品的索赔(洗涤剂) 昆虫喷雾剂和一些园艺产品。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题