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Read the text. WHATS THE BUZZ? by Margery Facklam What do bees do? Ask most people and they will say, Bees make honey and they sting. 1They may even tell you that bees are fuzzy, black-and-yellow insects that live in hives. But there are lots of kinds of bees, and theyre not all the same. Some fly at night. Some cant sting. Some live only a few months, and others live several years. Every species of bee has its own story. A species is one of the groups used by scientists to classify, or group, living things. Animals of the same species can mate with each other. And they give birth to young that can mate and give birth, or reproduce. Scientists have named about 20,000 species of bees. But 2 they think there may be as many as 40,000 species. Why so many? Over millions of years, environments change. Animals slowly evolve, or change, too. These changes help the animals survive, or live, so that they can reproduce. And its reproducing that matters, not how long an animal lives. To survive, some bee species developed new ways to live together. 3 Some found new ways to talk to each other, or communicate. Others developed other new skills and new behaviors. Scientists call these kinds of changes adaptations. Over a long time, a group of bees can change so much 3 it becomes a new species. Bees come in different sizes. There are fat bumblebees and bees not much bigger than the tip of a pencil. There are bees of many colors, from dull black to glittering green. Some species of tropical bees have such bright red and blue colors that they sparkle in the sun like little jewels. Most bees play an important role in plant reproduction. Bees collect pollen, a powder like material that flowers make. By carrying 4 it from one flower to another, bees help plants reproduce. Bees are among the worlds most important insects. Without them, many plants might not survive. And for most animals, life would be impossible without plants.

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A. Choose the main purpose of the article. a. To describe the variety of bees and what bees do b. To explain the ways pollen is used by bees c. To show the ways bees communicate with each other d. To show what different species of bees look like

B. Give short answers to the questions below. 1. According to many people, what do bees do? Write two things. . 2. What can animals of the same species do? . 3. How many species have scientists named so far? 4. What new ways did bees develop to survive? ..
C. What do the underlined pronouns refer to in the text? 1. they 2. they 3. some 4. it ......................................... ......................................... ......................................... .........................................

D. Find bold words in the text that mean the following. 1. to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually (v): . 2. to wound or pierce (v): .. 3. the process of changing to suit different conditions (n): .. 4. to shine brightly with a lot of small points of light (v): 5. a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other (n): .. 6. not clear, bright, or shiny; dark (adj.): ..

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ANSWER KEY A. a B. 1. (They) make honey and they sting. 2. (They can) mate with each other. / reproduce 3. 20,000 4. New ways of talking, developing new skills and behaviors

C. 1. People 2. Scientists 3. some bee species 4. pollen

D. 1. evolve 2. sting 3. adaptation 4. sparkle 5. species 6. dull