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Text 41 - 45 critical factor that is affecting bumblebee populations, and it is related to the loss of
The unmistakeble buzz of a bumblebee wild flowers, both in the countryside and in vast areas of suburban gardens the biggest is one of the quintessential sounds of British summertime. However, this slender sound impact has been the availability of food and drink, of supplies throughout the colony and faint utterance is under theat because bumblebee are in crisis. Of the 25 species cycle. Although nectar is avaible from a wide range of plants the bees can be mush more native to Britain, three have already been de- clared extinct, five are designated axtinct, choosy about where they collect pollen from, sometimes restricting this to very few flow- five are designated UK Blodiversity Action
Plan priority spacies, and many more have ering plants. In Scotland, overwintered queens of the declining and beautiful bil- undergone major range contractions. The great yellow bumblebee, Bombus distinguen- berry bumblebee focus on bilberry in spring.
Other species may focus on legumes such as dus, for example is now restricted to north- ern Scotland, Orkney and the Hebrides, and red clover and bird’s-foot ttrefoil. Sadly, be- cause the UK has lost 98% of its flower-rich the shrill carder bee, Bombus sylvarum, which was one common throughout south- grasslands, this has been devastating for some bumblebee species. ern Britain, now exists only in seven small groups. In adddtion, as these populations
41. What is the best title of the passage? become more isolated they can become in- bred, which increases the risk of further ex-
(A) Various Kinds of Bumblebees tinctions. (B) The Impacts of the Loss of Wild Flow-
At the end of summer all the bumble- ers bees in a colony die, apart from the virgin
(C) The Falling-Off Population of Bumble- queens who mate and then leave the nest to bees hibernate over winter. In the spring a queen
(D) The Development of Bumblebees will make a new nest, lay eggs and then raise Population the first batch of workers. This annual cycle
(E) The Availability of Bumblebee Species depends on there being enough pollen and in the UK nectar to sustain the queen as she establishes her nest and team of workers as the colony
42. The word 'designated' in line 3 can best be grows. Pollen is a protein-rich fuel that is key replaced by .... to helping over-wintered queen to kickstart
(A) Voted their reproductive systems ready and for the (B) Preferred development of larvae. Nectar, on the other (C) Restricted hand, is a sugar-rich which is converted to (D) Chosen honey to feed adult bees. The bees make (E) Classified honey by adding to the nectar in their honey sacs an enzyme called invertase, which con- verts sucrose sugar to a mixture of glucose and frctose. Once the workers are developed, they take over the foraging and the queen concentrates on laying eggs. Letter in the year, if the colony has been successful and reaches a large enough size, the queen will produce male eggs and some female eggs are raised as new queens. A lack of resources is though to be the
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43. Why did the writer mention the queens of bilberry bumblebee? _________. Scientistsare now able to create new forms of life in the laboratory because
(A) To describe how a bumblebee may look of the development of gene splicing - the like joining of genes. On the one hand, the abil-
(B) To give example of bees which can sur- ity to create life in the laboratory could vive the winter greatly benefit humankind. One beneficial
(C) To show one species of bees whose application of gene splicing is in agriculture. food resource is declining
For example, researchers have engineered a (D) To give an example of a species of bum- more nutritious type of rice that could help ble-bees which is declining alleviate the serious problem of vitamin A
(E) To give an example of bees which are deficiency. It is estimated that 124 million very selective about source of pollen children worldwide lack vitamin A, putting them at risk of permanent blindness and
44. Which of the following statements about the other health issues. However, not everyone is passage is FALSE? positive about gene-splicing technology.
(A) When the colony has been thriving and Some people feel that it could have terrible reached a sufficient size, the queen will consequences. In fact a type of corn engi- lay male eggs neered to kill a certain insect pest also threat-
(B) Some female eggs are laid to produce ened to wipe out desirable monarch butter- new queens bees flies. In another accident, a genetically engi-
(C) The declining Population of bumblebees neered type of corn that was approved only has been attributed to the inadequate for animal consumption because it was toxic food resource to humans,accidentally cross-pollinated with
(D) Nectar and pollen are still widely avail- corn grown for humans. Asa result many able even for the choosy species of countries banned imports of genetically bumblebees modified corn for several years. (E) A large percentage of the UK area has lost its ability to supply food for bum-
46. Which of the following sentences should blebees begin the paragraph ?
(A) There has been some new promising
45. What can be inferred from the passage about develop-ment lin genetic engineering the lifecycle of bumblebees?
(B) Genetic research has produced both ex- (A) The new workers are brought up by the iting and frightening possibilities male bees
(C) The benefits of genetic engineering have (B) Bumblebees hibernate throughout win- been proven recently by scientists ter to survive
(D) Genetic engineering should not be de- (C) The virgin queens survive the summer veloped as it disturbs natural ecology and then continue the reproduction
(E) The limit of genetic engineering is the (D) All the bumblebees in a colony die when human mind itself sum-mer ends
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(A) Exceeds (B) Exceeded (C) Exceed (D) Is exceeding (E) Would exceed 51. ....
"Death Control"
Death Control' (E) Practice what is becoming known of as
(C) What is becoming known as the practice of./ 'Death Control" (D) Practice at what is becoming known as -
(B) What D becoming known practice of "Death/ Control"
(A) Practice of what P becoming known as 'Death Control'
(A) Can (B) May (C) Will (D) Had better (E) Must 52. ...
(A) At full speed (B) At its present rate (C) At its present pace (D) In six figures (E) In its present degree 50. ....
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(A) The first sentence of paragraph 1 (B) The last sentence of paragraph 1 (C) The first sentence of paragraph 2 (D) The first sentence of paragraph 3 (E) The last sentence of paragraph 3 49. ....
48. This sentence "So. why ts this huge Increase in Population taking place?" should be....
tists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, ___(58)___ of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide vari- ety of technological innovations that include farming methods and sanitation, as well as the control of these deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate ___(59)___ we die - creating a population explosion. We used think that reaching seventy years old was a remakable achievement, but now eighty or even ninety is becoming recognized as the normal life-span for humans. In a sense, this represents a tremendous achievement for ___(60)___ speciese. Biologically this is very definition of success and we have undoubt- edly become the dominant animal on the planet. However, this success is the very cause of the gratest threat to mankind.
A very important world problem, if not the most serious of all the great world prob- lems which affect us at the moment, is the increasing number of people who actually inhabit this planet. The limited amount of land and land resources will soon be unable to support the huge population If it contin- ues to grow ___ (54)___. In an early survey conducted in 1888, a billion and a half people inhabited the •artM1. Now, the population ___(55)___ five billion and is growing fast - by the stag- gering figure of 90 million in 1988 alone. This means that the world ___(56)___ ac- commodate a new population roughly equal to that of the united States and cane. every three rears. Even though the rate of growth has begun to slow down, most experts be- lieve the population size will still pass eight billion during the next 50 years. It is really due to the spread of the know- ladge and ___(57)___. You have no doubt heard of the term “Birth Control” - “Death
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47. This paragraph may be followed by a para- graph that discusses ______- (A) Ways to prevent the undesirable effects of genetic splicing (B) Views about genetic engineering based on religious ground (C) The reasons for avoiding genetic engi- neering (D) Reasons why people must support ge- netic engineering (E) The process of the development of ge- netic engineering
Control” is something rather different. It rec- ognizes the work of the doctors and scien-
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53. ....(A) Had died (B) Have died (C) Would have died (D) Will be dying (E) Died 54. ...
(A) That (B) Why (C) How (D) When (E) At 55. ...
(A) Your (B) Their (C) Our (D) Its (E) His
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Sequoyah was a young Cherokee Indian, son of a while trader and an Indian squaw. At an early age, he became _(56)_ by the talking leaf", an expression that he used to describe the white man's written records. (57) many believed this "talking leaf to be a gift from the Stant Spirit, Sequoyah refused to accept that theory. Like other Indians of the period, he was _(58)___ but his determi- nation to remedy the situation led to the in- vention of a unique 86-character alphabet based on the sound patterns that he heard. His family and friends thought him mad, but while recuperating from a hunting accident. he Mligently and independently set out to create a form of communication for own people _(59)_ for other Indians. In 1821, after twelve years of work, he had _(60)_ developed a written language that would en- able thou-sands of Indians to read and write.
56. ...
(A) Amused (B) Surprised (C) Interested (D) Fascinated (E) Motivated 57. ....
(A) Since (B) Because (C) Before (D) However (E) Although 58. ...
(A) Illiterate (B) Innate (C) Immature (D) Imaginative (E) Illegitimate
59. … (A) As much as (B) As soon as (C) As well as (D) As a result (E) As long as 60. ...
(A) Succeed (B) Success (C) Successful (D) Successfully (E) Succeeded