（2025·江苏南通·三模）To see Garnett Puett’s latest sculpture at the Hammer Museum, you have to enter a dark room protected by a series of heavy curtains. Inside, glowing red light lights up a glass cage. Within the cage are three human figures with a large group of insects crawling over them. The bees move slowly over the faces of the figures. The colony of bees is so thick in places, it looks like fur (毛皮) growing on the statue — fur that moves.
“Woah.” “I’ve never seen.” Visitors say as they enter the silent room.
Puett has been making his “apisculptures”, using metal, beeswax (蜂蜡) and colonies of live bees, for four decades now. It’s art with a purpose: Puett wants to remind viewers of the power and creativity of bees, whose survival is under threat around the world. “It’s sort of subconscious advertising,” Puett said. “Bees are good.”
In the 1980s, when Puett’s bee sculptures first became an art world hit, people just thought he was a guy playing with bees. Actually, his use of bees came from a deep family tradition. He grew up as a fourth-generation beekeeper, whose family had worked with bees since the 1700s. His great-grandfather raised queen bees, passing the business down to his son and grandson. Puett worked on those farms as a teenager, starting with the simplest tasks. His bee farm experience has resulted in precision in the art he makes with bee colonies.
In the four decades since, the eco-artist withdrew somewhat from the art world. He moved to Hawaii, where he and his family have spent three decades running an organic honey farm. The work is challenging and labor intensive. That work has put him on the frontlines of dealing with threats to bee populations. Foreign species have killed numerous bees on his family’s farm, shrinking the number of surviving beehives (蜂巢) from 4,000 to about 2,000 in the past 15 years.
“People used to call me up really mad saying words I can’t repeat if the hives were bothering them,” relates Puett with a laugh. “But since we lost half the bee population within two years, people are more aware of their importance and are far more understanding and appreciative. That’s been the one bright side to all this difficulty.”
26．What do visitors think of Puett’s bee sculpture?
A．It is cruel. B．It is creative. C．It is educational. D．It is frightening.
27．Why did Puett make his “apisculptures”?
A．To advocate for bees through art. B．To commercialize his bee products.
C．To offer a shelter for threatened bees. D．To illustrate a new method of sculpture.
28．What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A．A background in bee art. B．The history of beekeeping.
C．Bee-themed activities for kids. D．Four generations under one roof.
29．What was the impact of the bee population loss?
A．Puett downsized his beekeeping. B．People became tolerant of Puett.
C．Puett shifted his focus to his sculptures. D．Public perception of bees has been improved.
【答案】26．B 27．A 28．A 29．D
【知识点】动物、说明文
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