Summative assessment for the unit “Our countryside” Reading

The Secret life of honey Bees.

A. Bees are very important to us. They are the only insects that give us food: honey. We see them every day in spring and summer, but what do you know about them?

B. Bees live in hives. There are often 40,000-45,000 bees in one hive! In one Hives are hot places with a temperature of about 33 C.

C. There are two types of bee in a hive: the queen bee and worker bees. There is only one queen bee, and she is very important. She lives for about three years. The worker bees live for four to six weeks. They usually fly about two kilometers a day to look for flowers, but they sometimes fly up to fourteen kilometers!

D. A lot of bee colonies are disappearing at the moment in North America and in some European and Central Asian countries. We don’t understand why, but some people think that pollution is a problem for bees.

Task 1. Read the text and match topics 1-3 with the paragraph A-D.

Ex: Types of bee C

1. Bees in danger ___

2.Where bees live ___

3. Introduction ___

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Task 2.Read the text again. Are the sentences TRUE or FALSE?

A lot of different insects give us food.False

1. Hives are cold places

2. Two different types of bees live in a hive.

3.Worker bees live for three years.

4.Bees sometimes fly fourteen kilometers.

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Writing

Task 3.Write the sentences using present simple.

1. I (to do) morning exercises.

2. He (to work) at a factory.

3. She (to sleep) after dinner.

4. We (to work) part-time.

5. They (to drink) tea every day.

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