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TOEFL Reading Class Unit 2_Passage 19_Question 199-209
You have about 15 minutes to finish this passage.
First,use about 3-4 minutes to read the passage, try to understand the main idea of this passage.
Don't read it so slowly or try to remember all details.You need to do "fast reading",and "scan" the passage.
Second, read questions 1-11, and with questions you go back the passage again and look for correct answers.
Question 199-209
Passge 19
The organization of hymenopteran societies, whose members often associate in large colonies with complex social organization, can be illustrated by the society of the most familiar social insect, the honeybee, Apis mellifera. The honeybee society is made up of three types of individuals. The majority of members are workers, sterile females who, as the name implies, do most of the work around the hive or dwelling place. They gather nectar and pollen, they secrete beeswax, they build combs (hexagonal cells of wax), they feed the larvae, and in general keep the hive operational. Worker bees demonstrate polyethism, the division of labor by age. As a honeybee matures, it assumes different tasks, depending on its age and physiological state.
During the first two or three days after emergence, worker bees are assigned to cleaning work, where their responsibilities include preparing the combs to receive eggs; later on, they may concentrate on removing dead or dying bees from the hive. They then progress to the nurse contingent, the group that feeds and otherwise cares for the larvae. They assume this position as the nurse glands in their heads become active and secrete various nutritive substances for growing bees. After a week or two, the wax glands in their abdomens develop rapidly and begin to secrete beeswax. The worker bees then participate in comb building and capping.
Finally, two or three weeks after emerging from their hive cells, worker bees are ready to leave the hive and forage for nectar and pollen, which they take back to the hive to be processed into honey. They also guard the hive entrance from intruders. Guard bees take stations near hive entrances with antennae poised to touch entering bees in order to ensure that they are colony members rather than outsiders intending to rob honey. At this age, worker bees also act as soldier bees aggressively defending the colony against intruders.
199. The passage mainly discusses
a) the architecture of the honeybee hive
b) three types of individuals in honeybee society
c) physical characteristics of the honeybee
d) the changing roles of the worker bee as it matures
200. All of the following are true of worker bees in honeybee societies EXCEPT
They do most of the work.
They never leave the hive.
They are in the majority.
They are sterile females.
201. The word tasks in the passage is closest in meaning to
a) needs
b) sizes
c) responsibilities
d) abilities
202. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor related to the jobs a bee does in the hive?
a) Physical attractiveness
b) Physiological state
c) Being a sterile female
d) Age
203. The first task of a young worker bee is to
a) feed the larvae
b) protect the hive
c) prepare the combs for eggs
d) secrete beeswax
204. The author mentions dead or dying bees in the passage in terms of the worker bees'
a) cleaning responsibilities
b) aggressive behavior
c) responsibilities for defense
d) nursing activities
205. The phrase forage for in thepassage is closest in meaning to
a) clean
b) produce
c) work with
d) hunt for
206. What specific responsibility is mentioned for guard bees?
a) Protecting the young
b) Keeping the honey safe
c) Keeping the hive open
d) Defending the worker bees
207. The word they in the passage refers to
a) guard bees
b) stations
c) entrances
d) entering bees
208. For which of the following purposes do guard bees use their antennae?
a) To process nectar and honey
b) To attack intruder bees
c) To identify members of the colony
d) To collect honey from other workers
209. The passage mentions two-to three-week-old worker bees as doing all of the following EXCEPT
a) feeding the larvae
b) leaving the hive to search for nectar and pollen
c) identifying potential robbers
d) defending the colony against intruders
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