Questions 1-4
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
1. Apart from pollinating crops how else do bees help us?
A. economically
B. culturally
C. ecologically
D. all of the above
2. Why has the variety of flowers available for bees to pollinate fallen?
A. conservation measures
B. less hedges
C. fertilizers
D. urban development
3. There are many reasons for the decline in bees but what is one of the major reasons for shrinking
numbers of native honey bees?
A. Varroa mites
B. spill-over
C. managed bees
D. hard to assess
4. Why might bees end their hibernation at a different time?
A. to pollinate more flowers
B. to get more food
C. climate change
D. to emerge with other bees
DAY 1 TEXT 2 – MISSION TO MARS
2011 Mars One Founded. In 2011 Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders lay the foundation of the Mars One mission plan. Discussion meetings are held with potential suppliers(yetkazib beruvchilar) of aerospace(aorokosmik) components in the USA, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom. Mission architecture, budgets and timelines are solidified(mustahkamlandi) from the feedback of supplier engineers and business developers. A baseline(asosiy) design for a mission of permanent(doimiy) human settlement(ko’chib o’tish) on Mars achievable with existing(mavjud) technology is the result.
2013 Start Crew(ekipaj) Selection. In April 2013, the Astronaut Selection Program is launched at press conferences in New York and Shanghai. Round One is an online application open to all nationalities. The selection program proceeds(davom etadi) with three additional rounds over the course of two years. At the end of it, around six teams of four individuals are selected for training. A new batch(partiya) of the Astronaut Selection Program begins every year to replenish(qaytadan to’ldirmoq) the training pool regularly. An analogue of the Mars habitat(yashash joyi) is constructed on Earth for technology testing and training purposes.
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