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The document consists of two cloze passages that require filling in gaps with appropriate words. The first passage describes the life cycle and roles of honey bees in a colony, while the second passage tells a ghost story about a man encountering a mysterious woman by a river. Each passage is followed by a list of answers for the gaps.

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The document consists of two cloze passages that require filling in gaps with appropriate words. The first passage describes the life cycle and roles of honey bees in a colony, while the second passage tells a ghost story about a man encountering a mysterious woman by a river. Each passage is followed by a list of answers for the gaps.

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Instruction: Work in small groups to decide what type of word is necessary

in each gap. Then, complete each gap with ONE from the list.

collect member rest over other span


into hatched after with male that such During
together laid When latter in Unlike
CLOZE PASSAGE 1
The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ___1___ other insects which live alone,
the honey bee lives as a ___2___ of a community. These bees live ___3___ in what is
known as a bee colony.
The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the___4___ of the bees.
Her main task ___5___ the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the ___6___ bees are the
worker bees. These bees ___7___ nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar ___8___ is
carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ___9___ honey.
The worker bees also help look ___10___ the young bees. as soon as the eggs are
___11___, the worker bees feed the young bees ___12___ pollen and nectar. The third
type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ___13___ bee. The main task of ___14___
a bee is to mate with a new queen.
The queen bee has a life ___15___ of about three years. ___16___ this period, she would
have ___17___ more than half a million eggs. ___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new
queen would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take ___19___ the 'duties' of
the old queen when the ___20___ dies.

Answers
1. Unlike 2. member 3. together 4. rest 5. in 6. other 7. collect 8. that 9. into
10. after 11. hatched 12. with 13. male 14. such 15. span 16. During 17. laid 18.
When 19. over 20. latter

The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. Unlike other insects which live alone, the
honey bee lives as a member of a community. These bees live together in what is known
as a bee colony.

The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the rest of the bees. Her
main task in the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the other bees are the worker bees. These
bees collect nectar and pollen from flowers. The nectar that is carried by the worker bees
is deposited on the hive and then converted into honey. The worker bees also help
look after the young bees. as soon as the eggs are hatched, the worker bees feed the
young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone
or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to mate with a new queen.

The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would
have laid more than half a million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen
would be groomed. This new queen would eventually take over the 'duties' of the old
queen when the latter dies.
to goes fast face when turned
crying so sorry up/forward on For inside
with down up like saw one
CLOZE PASSAGE 2
You must have heard of many ghost stories, but have you heard of this ___1___ from
Japan ? The story ___2___ like this; one moonlit night, a man was walking home along
the river ___3___ he saw a woman ___4___ on the bridge. He could not see her ___5___
because she was sitting with her back ___6___ him. However, he could see that she was
crying ___7___ hysterically that her whole body was shaking. The man felt ___8___ for
her. when he went ___9___ to comfort her, she suddenly ___10___ around. To his
horror, the man I ___11___ that she had no eyes, no nose and no mouth ___12___ her
face ! ___13___ a while the man stood frozen. Then he turned and ran away as ___14___
as he could until he ___15___ to the nearest inn.
Once ___16___, he began to stammer out what he had seen, for he was trembling
___17___ fear. The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___18___ to clean the
tables, straightened ___19___ and asked him, "Did she look ___20___ this ?" His face,
too, was egg-like.
The man fainted !

Answers
1. one 2. goes 3. when 4. crying 5. face 6. to 7. so 8. sorry 9. up/forward 10.
turned 11. saw 12. on 13. For 14. fast 15. came 16. inside 17. with 18. down
19. up 20. like

You must have heard of many ghost stories, but have you heard of this one from Japan ?
The story goes like this; one moonlit night, a man was walking home along the
river when he saw a woman crying on the bridge. He could not see her face because she
was sitting with her back to him. However, he could see that she was
crying sohysterically that her whole body was shaking. The man felt ___sorry___ for
her. when he went ___up/forward___ to comfort her, she suddenly ___turned___
around. To his horror, the man I ___saw___ that she had no eyes, no nose and no mouth
___on___ her face ! ___For___ a while the man stood frozen. Then he turned and ran
away as fast as he could until he ___came___ to the nearest inn.

Once ___inside___, he began to stammer out what he had seen, for he was trembling
___with___ fear. The proprietor of the inn, who had been bending ___down___ to clean
the tables, straightened ___up___ and asked him, "Did she look ___like___ this ?" His
face, too, was egg-like.

The man fainted !

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