Cloze Passage 1

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ______ other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as a ______ of a community.

• From, group

• Instead, quantity

• Unlike, member

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

These bees live ______ in what is known as a bee colony.

• same

• together

• with

• community

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the______ of the bees.

• rest

• other

• different

• more

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her main task ______ the colony is to lay eggs.

• on

• with

• of

• in

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Most of the ______ bees are the worker bees.

• rest

• other

• different

• many

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

These bees ______ nectar and pollen from flowers.

• bring

• gather

• collect

• take away

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The nectar ______ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ______ honey.

• that, into

• which, onto

• which, into

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

The worker bees also help look ______ the young bees.

• among

• after

• into

• with

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

As soon as the eggs are ______, the worker bees feed the young bees pollen and nectar.

• lay

• brew

• contrive

• hatched

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ______ bee.

• boy

• male

• man

• it

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5