Reading Passage 1: "William Kamkwamba"

Q 12. Scout bees inspected the nest boxes and …………… to other bees where the 
boxes were. 
Answer: 
E signalled 
Part of the passage:
 
There, they released each swarm to locate nest boxes they had 
placed on one side of the island. In one test, they put out five nest boxes. Scout bees 
soon appeared at all five boxes. When they returned to the swarm, each performed a 
dance urging other scouts to go and have a look. 
These dances include a code to give 
directions to a box’s location
. 
Q 13. They chose their nest box once enough bees had …………… there.
Answer: 
C gathered 
Part of the passage:
 
After a while, a small cloud of bees was buzzing around each box. 
As soon as the number of scouts visible near the entrance to a box reached about 15, 
the bees at that box sensed that a decision had been reached and returned to the swarm 
with the news.
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DAY 25
READING PASSAGE 1
Questions 1 – 5
Q 1. cost, weight and ………………… difficulties
Answer: 
storage (space)
Part of the passage:
 
There were a number of negative aspects of large metal type. It 
was 
expensive
, required a large amount of 
storage space 
and was extremely 
heavy
. 
Explanation: 
cost = expensive; heavy = weight. ‘Space’ is incorrect because it does not 
convey the idea that there is a problem with storing it. However, both