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Reading Unit 8

A special relationship
1 Read the text. Match headings 1–4 to
paragraphs A–D.
1 Bad news for bees _____
2 Bees need our help _____
3 Our best friend, the bee _____
4 What do bees do for us? _____

2 Match the definitions to the underlined words in


the text.
1 essential ___________
2 difficulty ___________
3 gives something to someone ___________
4 cause a plant to reproduce ___________
A 5 plants that are grown for food ___________

If people had to name the most important animal on 3 Match 1–5 to A–E to make sentences.
the planet, many would choose an animal that
1 Many people don’t know _____
provides food, such as a cow or a pig. Others would
2 We would lose a lot of crops _____
choose a pet, such as a dog. After all, humans and
3 If too many flowers disappear, _____
dogs have got on well for thousands of years. But
4 Bees won’t survive unless _____
how many people would choose a bee? Not many.
5 Humans will have problems _____
However, bees are vital to humans. Here’s why.

B A bees will lose all their food.


B we help them.
We all know that bees produce honey. However,
C if bees disappeared.
bees also pollinate most of the crops and plants that
D if bees disappear.
we eat. If bees didn’t exist, we wouldn’t have many
E why bees are so important.
of the fruits and vegetables that we eat every day,
like apples, lemons, potatoes, broccoli or tomatoes. 4 Answer the questions.
We would also lose other animals that eat these
1 What’s the relationship like between humans and
plants.
dogs?
C _______________________________________
_______________________________________
But bees are in big trouble. They are disappearing
2 What do bees do to crops like apples?
fast. Why? Here are two possible explanations.
_______________________________________
First, bees drink nectar, which is produced by
_______________________________________
flowers. However, many flowers are disappearing
3 What’s the problem with using chemicals in
because we are destroying their habitat to make
agriculture?
space for crops. Bees are also very sensitive to
_______________________________________
chemicals used in agriculture, which can poison and
_______________________________________
kill them.

If we don’t want bees to disappear, we will need to


act fast. If we don’t, it will be humans who are in
trouble!

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