SECTION A - READING
I. Read the following passage carefully:
There are three kinds of bees: workers, drones and queens. The bees live in hives but only one queen bee can live in each hive. If she is lost or dead, the other bees will stop their work. Bees are very hard-working and busy little creatures. They join together to build cells of wax for their honey. Each bee takes its proper place, and does its own work. Some go out and gather honey from the flowers; others stay at home and work inside the hive. But the drones do not work. Before winter comes, all the drones are driven from the hive so that they may not eat the
honey that they did not gather.
The cells that they build are all of the same shape and size, and no room is left between them. The cells have six sides and they form a hexagon.
Although the honey that bees produce is delicious, the hive needs to be handled cautiously. Most bees have very sharp stings that they use for defence if they are attacked.
A. Tick the correct answers.
1.Which is not a kind of bee?
a. worker b. king c. queen d. drone
2.Which word best describes bees?
a. hard-working b.fair c. clever d. honest
3.What happens to the drones in the winter?
a. They sleep. b. They find a new hive. c. they are driven out
d. they repair their hive
4. How many sides does cell in the hive have ?
a. threeb. four c. six d. seven
B. Complete these sentences.
1. There is only one______________________________________________________________
2. If the queen bee is lost or dead ___________________________________________________
3. Some bees go ___________________________________________while others___________
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4. The drones are driven out so that _________________________________________________
5. If bees are attacked they ________________________________________________________
C Answer the following questions.
1. How do the bees build their cells?
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2.How many kinds of bees are there? Mention the kind of bee which doesn’t work.
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