Question

Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions:

1)
Which choice is the most effective for the beginning of the second sentence in paragraph 1?
A) NO CHANGE
B) Likewise,
C) Even though,
D) In addition,
2)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) OMIT the underlined portion.
C) But these winged flower, feeding insects
D) But these winged, flower, feeding insects
3)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) 20,000 bee species exist worldwide
C) 20,000 bees species exists worldwide
D) 20,000 bee specimens exists worldwide
4)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) OMIT the underlined portion
C) more obvious descriptive features contribute
D) more obviously descriptions featuring contributions
5)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) size nesting activities and foraging behaviors.
C) size nesting, activities, and foraging behaviors.
D) size, nesting activities, and foraging behaviors.
6)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) and better known
C) and knowledgeable
D) OMIT the underlined portion.
7)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) and lived in a complex society
C) and lively in complex societies
D) and lives in complex societies
8)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) divided into four tribes,
C) divided into four tribes;
D) divided into four tribes:
9)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Unlike
C) Similarly to
D) In comparison with
10)
The writer intends to continue working on the subject of bees and seeks to provide an overview of the subject. She will write at least ten additional informative passages. Which of these would best help her accomplish her goal?
A) passages on beekeeping in ten other countries
B) articles looking more closely at the other ten bee species
C) articles investigating the beauty and speed of orchid bees
D) passages to present the ten most significant contributions of honey bees
11)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) As the honey bee suggests, this name family of insects produces honey.
C) As the honey bee name suggests, this family name of insects produces honey.
D) As the name honey bee suggests, this family name of insects produces honey.
12)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) of honey, so other
C) of honey. For no other
D) honey, but also

Answer 1

13)
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.
A) NO CHANGE
B) worldwide
C) worldwide everywhere
D) all over the big wide world
14)
Because a review of this passage reveals that some information has been left out, the writer composes two sentences to provide descriptive information specific to bumble bees and stingless bees. The most logical and effective place to insert these sentences would be after the last sentence of paragraph
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
15)
Suppose the writer wanted her passage to address various benefits of honey bees. Does this passage successfully fulfill that goal?
A) Yes, because the passage discusses benefits of honey bees, including the production of honey and beeswax, and the activity of pollination.
B) Yes, because the passage addresses the four tribes of honey bees, noting that honey bees are the most familiar.
C) No, because no mention is made of benefits or contributions of the honey bee, just bees in general.
D) No, because the passage limits itself to the physical traits and nesting habits of honey bees.

Answer 2

While closely related to ants and wasps, bees are the insects that produce delicious honey. 1They have an important function in pollinating flowering plants. For many people, knowledge of bees is limited to a painful familiarity with the sting of a honey bee. 2But these winged, flower-feeding insects have a fascinating story.

Approximately 320,000 bee species exists worldwide. Scientists can determine delicate differences in wing veins and mouthparts to classify the species into eleven families of bees. However, 4 more obviously description features contribute to this classification of a bee into one of the eleven families. These characteristics include 5 size, nesting activities and foraging behaviors. Additionally, traits such as body hair, the length of the tongue, and the pollen-carrying structure are considered in family determination.

The most familiar 6 and well known bees are the honey bees, which is the common name for any of several species of highly social bees famous for their honey-hoarding behavior. They are native to Asia and the Middle East. This family makes intricate nests 7 and lived in complex societies. This family is 8 divided into four tribes- the honey bees, the bumble bees, the orchid bees, and the stingless bees. All honey bees have a smooth pollen-carrying structure known as a pollen basket. 9 As with all other honey bees, orchid bees are the most brilliantly colored.

11As the honey bee suggests, this family name of insects produces honey. Beekeeping, also known as apiculture, refers to the management by humans of honey producing bee colonies. This management is not only for the production 12 of honey. For other hive products like beeswax. It even manages the pollination of crops. Beekeepers 13 all over the entire world earn their living from the sale of the honey and beeswax produced by their hives. In some countries beekeepers are compensated for pollination services. This supports the claim that honey bees contribute to worldwide economies and environments because of their essential pollination of fruits and vegetables. Honey bees also pollinate pasturage, which is the land covered by grass and vegetation and populated by grazing animals.

Answer 3

Thank you for providing the passage.

I will help walk you through the questions, but please do not expect direct answers.

For example, for question 1, since it's asking what to add at the beginning of sentence 2, you should think about how to connect the ideas presented in sentences 1 + 2.

While closely related to ants and wasps, bees are the insects that produce delicious honey. 1They have an important function in pollinating flowering plants.

notice how sentence 2 is providing a new piece of information about the same subject (bees). with that said, which of the choices do you think is the best way to connect sentence 1 and sentence 2? if you're still having trouble, try testing the choices, one at a time, to see which correction improves the flow the most.