Question

Most bees are brown, hairy and 8 to 22 mm long. Bees live as part of a large family. Over 25,000 kinds of bees have been found. Among all of them, honey bees are the most common.

Honey bees always live in groups called hives（蜂群） Each hive has a queen, drones（雄蜂）and workers（工蜂）. Like a human society, each bee in a hive knows its own job.

The queen is the largest bee. She doesn’t go out to work, but lays eggs. Sometimes a queen can lay 3, 000 eggs in a day.

Drones do not collect food from flowers. They are the queen’s husbands. When there’s not much food, drones are often kicked out of the hive.

Workers are the smallest and busiest bees. A colony can have 50,000 to 60,000 workers. They collect food for the queen and babies. They guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings. A worker only lives for 28 to 35 days.

To collect a pound of honey, a bee may have to fly a long way. Sometimes it is equivalent to（相当于） twice around the world. Bees have to visit more than 10,000 flowers to make a pound of honey.

1.______________ kinds of bees have been found.

A.Over 25, 000 B.Over 3,000 C.Less than 25,000 D.Less than 3,000

2.What does the queen do in a hive?

A.Collects food. B.Collects honey. C.Visit’s flowers. D.Lays eggs.

3.What will happen to drones if there is not much food?

A.They must collect flowers for themselves.

B.They are often kicked out of the hive.

C.They collect food for the queen and babies.

D.They will make honey.

4.Which of the following is right?

A.A worker can lay 3,000 eggs in a day.

B.Workers are the largest and busiest bees.

C.Workers guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings.

Answer 1