中級閱讀模擬測驗　第二十一回

Last spring a school in Taipei placed a bee (11) on its roof. The students were nervous at first, but the insects were calm. Bees only sting when they feel their home is in danger. Every morning the class watched the workers fly to nearby trees in (12) and return covered in yellow dust. By June the school had collected six kilos of honey. Their teacher says the project has done more than produce food: the children can now name five (13) of bee, and they no longer (14) back when an insect lands on a (15) near them.

When a bear (16) loses its mother, a rescue centre must decide quickly. Feeding it is the easy part. The hard part is keeping it wild. Keepers wear thick gloves so the animal never links human hands with food, and they stop it from using its (17) on them during play. A young bear that becomes (18) around people cannot be released; it will walk into villages looking for food. Centres therefore keep contact (19) and short. It sounds cold, but the distance is what finally lets the (20) go home to the forest.