Low Level ISEE Reading Practice Test 76

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1 Not all bees live in colonies. Some bees
2 live all alone in a nest built for one. Most
3 of us, however, when we think of bees and
4 wasps, think of huge groups of insects,
5 working together in a cohesive social
6 unit. The hive is, in many ways, a perfect
7 example of a social system. Inside the hive,
8 bees raise their young and store honey. The
9 queen honeybee, for example, may lay up to
10 1,500 eggs a day in the summer. The drone
11 bees mate with the queen and die. The
12 worker bees gather food, care for the hive
13 and the young, and protect the hive. The
14 stored pollen and honey will feed the colony
15 throughout the cold winter months. Inside
16 a hive there is one queen, a few hundred
17 drones, and as many as 40,000 workers.
18 The expression "busy as a bee" is certainly
19 appropriate when you consider the work
20 that bees perform.

1. According to the passage, the purpose of the drones is to

  • A. care for the hive
  • B. gather food
  • C. mate with the queen
  • D. supervise the workers

2. According to the passage, the purpose of the honey and pollen is to

  • A. attract a queen to the hive
  • B. fertilize flowers
  • C. provide a place for the queen to lay her eggs
  • D. provide food for the hive

3. According to the passage, the hive is an example of a social system because

  • A. different members of the hive perform different jobs, yet they work together
  • B. the queen rules over all the bees
  • C. there are workers to do all the work
  • D. there is no conflict in the hive

4. The word "cohesive" in line 5 most nearly means

  • A. connected
  • B. hardworking
  • C. sacred
  • D. sticky

5. The tone of the passage is most like that found in a

  • A. diary entry of a modern naturalist
  • B. general science textbook
  • C. laboratory report
  • D. letter to a friend