‘O’ Level Nov 2010

1. ‘O’ Level Nov 2010 Compre/Vocab Answers

2. Qn 1 • The word ‘clumsily’ suggests a lack of sophistication. Give one other word from the paragraph which expresses a lack of sophistication. [1] • Ans: ‘crudely’ • Incorrect spelling – 0 mark

3. Qn 2 • Why did it not matter to the hunter-gatherers that they had to destroy the hives to obtain the honey?[1] • Ans: They could always find more bee hives to obtain the honey they wanted.

4. Qn 3 • Write down the phrase in the paragraph which tells us that no-one is quite sure when human beings started to keep bees for their own use. [1] • Ans: ‘at some point in time’

5. Qn 4 • Why did the early bee-keepers still have to smash the hives to obtain the honey? [1] • Ans: Even though they have domesticated bees, the bees still attached their honeycombs to the hive wall. Therefore, the hive had to be destroyed in order to extract the honey. • * honeycombs contain the honey

6. Qn 5 • The early bee-keepers’ understanding of the biology of bees is described as ‘limited’. Give an example of one of their misconceptions. [1] • Ans: The early bee-keepers thought that the queen bee was actually a male. • X They had no understanding of how bees reproduce. (not a misconception)

7. Qn 6 • Describe in your own words the effect that the destruction of the bee colony had on the job of a bee-keeper. [2] • Text:made the job of the first bee-keepers an inefficient and sporadic one • Ans: It made the job of the first bee-keepers unproductive (wasteful) and irregular (intermittent).

8. Qn 7 • What evidence is there to suggest that the queen bee is larger than the worker bees? [1] • Ans: According to the passage, the slots in the metal frame above the brood chamber allow worker bees to move up through them but are too narrow for the queen bee to pass. • Comparative qn – must compare

9. Qn 8a • Why is ‘swarming’ something which bee-keepers may wish to prevent? [1] • Ans: ‘Swarming’ will greatly reduce the number of honey-gathering bees in a colony. • ‘Greatly’ must be included to show the severity of the situation.

10. Qn 8b • Which two things can bee-keepers do to stop their bees from swarming? [2] • Ans: They can ensure that the queen bee has sufficient space to lay her eggs or they can clip the queen bee’s wings. • Xhe may permit the queen to fly and use the swarm to populate a new hive

11. Qn 9a • What does the word ‘laboriously’ tell us about the book that Lea’s uncle had given her? [1] • Ans: It is a difficult book that requires much effort to read.

12. Qn 9b • Describe in your own words how Lea’s reading of her uncle’s book changed her attitude towards bees, and why. [2] • Text:attitude - her fearof the bees slowly disappeared; why – the honeycombs become a comprehensible whole • Ans: As she read her uncle’s book, she started losing her dread for bees because she started understanding their behaviour.

13. Qn 10 • How do bees find their way around? [1] • Ans: They make use of their sense of smell and sight. • Vocab test on the word ‘orientate’.

14. Qn 11a • What does Lea’s uncle mean by ‘the great warm light’ (line 22)? [1] • Ans: He means the sun. • X‘rays’ of the sun or the ‘sunlight’, both of which are all pervasive and would not give the bees a specific direction for which to aim

15. Qn 11b • Where, according to her uncle’s interpretation, would the ‘cluster of bees’ (line 25) be going and why? [2] • Ans: The ‘cluster of bees’ would be going to the wild berry bush to collect nectar.

16. Qn 12 • The bees treat the queen bee ‘respectfully’. Give two other words from the paragraph which show that the queen is treated as a superior by the other bees. [2] • Ans: ‘veneration’ and ‘subjugation’. • X‘monarch’ and ‘subject’ refer to the relative positions of the two rather than the ‘treatment’

17. Qn 13 • riddled (line 15) – filled/permeated/peppered • immunity (line 42) – protection/resistance • myriad (line 7) – a very large number • subtle (line 10) – small/slight/faint/delicate • listless (line 35) – lethargic/lacking in energy