Day : Friday

Date : 5 June 2020

Subject : English - Cloze Passage 1

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during that hatched latter

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects which live alone, the honey bee
lives as a ___2___ of a community. These bees live ___3___ in what is known as a bee colony.

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the___4___ of the bees. Her main task
___5___ the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the ___6___ bees are the worker bees. These bees ___7___
nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar ___8___ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive
and then converted ___9___ honey. The worker bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon as
the eggs are ___11___, the worker bees feed the young bees ___12___ pollen and nectar. The third type
of bee found in the colony is the drone or ___13___ bee. The main task of ___14___ a bee is to mate
with a new queen.

The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this period, she would have ___17___
more than half a million eggs. ___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This
new queen would eventually take ___19___ the 'duties' of the old queen when the ___20___ dies.

ANSWER Subject : English - Cloze Passage 1

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male   14. such   15. span   16. During   17. laid   18. When   19. over   20. latter

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. Unlike other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as a member of a
community. These bees live together in what is known as a bee colony.

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the rest of the bees. Her main task in the colony is to lay eggs.
Most of the other bees are the worker bees. These bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar that is carried by the
worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted into honey. The worker bees also help look after the young bees. as
soon as the eggs are hatched, the worker bees feed the young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the
colony is the drone or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to mate with a new queen.

The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would have laid more than half a million
eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take over the 'duties' of
the old queen when the latter dies.
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Subject : English - Cloze Passage 2

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stop/bother to whom home driver
look safety one late which
onto snowing were in Picked

"Would you like to buy a box of matchsticks, mister ?" the little girl asked. The man ___1___ she approached did not
even ___2___ to answer her. He shuffled ___3___ in his great coat, eager to get home ___4___ his cosy fireplace.

The girl was shivering ___5___ the cold. It had been ___6___ continuously for the past two days. The girl's shoes,
___7___ were already thin were thoroughly soaked. Yet, her sweet, angelic ___8___ did not lose ___9___ innocent
smile. It only made her ___10___ more pathetic when she knitted her brows sometimes. Her feet ___11___ sore with
painful chilblains.

Someone shouted, "Watch ___12___, girl !"

It was too ___13___ ! The coach was going too fast and the ___14___ had not seen her earlier. There was barely
enough ___15___ for the little girl to take a step back. In her hurry to get to ___16___, the basket of matchsticks fell
___17___ the snow.

She ___18___ them up, wet and dirty from a puddle of melted snow. The matchstick couldn't be used now. as she
began to make her way ___19___, she realised that she had lost ___20___ of her shoes in the snow.