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Part I: Non Fiction Reading

Read the following passage and then answer the questions.

Honeybees

Honey has made many foods tasty to eat. Yet the busy bees that fly about us when we

have a meal outside can be very annoying.

There are two types of bees – the social bee and the solitary bee. Social bees, like the

honeybee, live in large groups or colonies and are divided into special groups. Solitary

bees, like the carpenter bee, live alone or in very small groups.

As their name suggests, honeybees make honey. They live in a beehive made up of

honeycombs, a structure that is made of wax produced by the bees. Each honeycomb has

many six-sided holes called cells. It is in these cells that the bees put their nectar or

honey or lay eggs.

As a colony, honeybees are divided into three special groups: the queen, the worker bee,

and the drone. Each group has a very definite role or job. The queen bee only lays eggs

into the waxy cells. The drones’ only job is to mate with the queen bee, after which they

die. It is the worker bees that are the real busy bees: they build the hive, collect the

food, and care for the young. In each hive there are about

50 000 to 80 000 worker bees. These bees produce the honey we eat and the beeswax we use to make some candles.

The farming of honey and beeswax by people is called beekeeping. The farmer builds a

small artificial hive called an apiary, which is a box hung with many trays of wax in wooden

frames. The worker bees fill these honeycombs with honey. When full, the farmer takes

the trays out and collects the honey. When the apiary is over populated, the bees fly

away in search of a new hive.

The worker bees collect flower nectar with their long tongues and deposit, or put, it into a

special “honey stomach”. The nectar reacts with chemicals in the stomach to start the

honey-making process. The worker bees then fly to their hives and deposit the nectar-

chemical mixture into cells. Later, honey is formed from this mixture.

Next time that you use honey, remember where it came from!

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Part I: Non Fiction Reading Answer the following questions according to the instructions.

Reading Comprehension Circle the letter of the right answer . (1point each) ____/5

1. What is the best title for this passage?

a. How Honeybees Collect Honey c. Why Bees Annoy People

b. Honeybees – Amazing Insects d. Two Types of Bees

2. According to this passage honeybees are ___

a. annoying and useless c. helpful to people

b. solitary insects d. farmed only in Europe

3. Honeybees produce wax to make ___

a. six-sided holes or cells c. honey

b. the hive d. nectar

4. Which of the following jobs are done by the worker bees?

a. build the hive and mate with the queen

b. build the hive and then die

c. build the hive and collect the food

d. build the hive and then search right away for a new hive

5. Which sentence is NOT true about honeybees?

a. They produce wax which makes the honeycombs.

b. Their way of producing honey depends on the hard work of the drones.

c. In each hive there are at least 50 000 worker bees.

d. The farming of honey is called beekeeping.

Answer the questions in complete sentences. (3 points each) ____/9

(A complete sentence must have a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb) and be at least 5

words long.)

1. How are honeybees helpful (beneficial) to humans? (3) _______________

________________________________________________

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2. What happens if the artificial hive, or apiary, becomes too full of bees? (3)

________________________________________________________

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3. If you were afraid of honeybees, what could you do to get over your fear? (3)

_________________________________________________________

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Vocabulary (1 point each) ____/6

Circle the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. He bothered me a lot; he was very __________________ .

a. helpful b. annoying c. busy d. young

2. She liked to live alone; people called her a ______________ person.

a. solitary b. pretty c. happy d. party

3. You always knew what he meant because when he talked he had very _________

ideas.

a. unclear b. funny c. unusual d. definite

4. She lost her ring and, in order to find it, she ___________ everywhere.

a. searched b. ran c. hoped d. cried

5. In Canada there is a ________________ of people from many different countries.

a. tribe b. few c. mixture d. separate

6. How many bricks can one factory __________ in a day?

a. invent b. produce c. like d. see

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