O'Kelly, Lorraine's daughter, and offered to set up a meeting. The idea of revisiting the pain was not well- received by Kathleen, who had never married, let alone gone on a date. It took some convincing, but Lorraine finally got Kathleen to agree to meet with Bruce.

　　　Bruce broke into tears. "I'm so ashamed, so embarrassed," he said. "But I'm so happy you're still here and that I can finally apologize. " He said he hopes his apology will encourage others to seek forgiveness for the pain they make on others. Lorraine said, "This is a beautiful thing. It's just wonderful that a person from 60 years ago can ask for forgiveness. It's like a miracle to us. It's a healing to us."

　　　4．What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?

　　　A．Kathleen made her classmates afraid of her at school.

　　　B．Kathleen was once hurt by her classmates at school.

　　　C．Bruce Smit asked his wife to organize the meeting.

　　　D．Bruce Smit spoke ill of Kathleen.

　　　5．What does "it" in paragraph 4 probably refer to?

　　　A．The guys' meeting.

　　　B．Kathleen's slow pace.

　　　C．The guys' apology.

　　　D．Kathleen's suffering.

　　　6．How did Kathleen first feel about the meeting?

　　　A．Angry.

　　　B．Excited.

　　　C．Anxious.

　　　D．Unwilling.

　　　7．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

　　　A．Bruce was embarrassed for his apology.

　　　B．The other guys apologized to the two sisters.

　　　C．Bruce and the two sisters felt a sense of relief.

　　　D．Lorraine thought the apology came a little late.

　　　Many people have heard bee populations are declining due to such threats as pesticides(杀虫剂). And many understand bees are important to plant pollination(授粉). Yet, according to a study led by Utah State University ecologist Joseph Wilson, few are aware of the wide diversity of bees and other pollinators beyond such species as honeybees.

　　　"The U.S. Postal Service recently put out its Protect Pollinator series, which features only the European honeybee and the monarch butterfly," says Wilson, assistant professor of biology at USU's Tooele campus. "A social media commenter observed that using these two species on a campaign to protect pollinators is similar to focusing on chickens to save birds. It's a pretty good comparison, actually."

　　　Wilson, with colleagues Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada-Reno, published findings in the Sept. 5, 2017, online edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

　　　"In our recent survey, 99 percent of our respondents said bees are important, yet only 14 percent were able to guess within 1,000, the actual number of bee species in the United States," he says. "Most people guessed around 50 species of bees, while the correct number is about 4,000 known species." Further, when shown images of varied insects, many people were unable to distinguish bees from non-bees.

　　　"A challenge with lack of knowledge about bees is you can't protect what you're now aware of," Wilson says. "We could be losing species or causing decline and not even know it."

　　　Public education is key to encouraging conservation efforts, he says. "Because conservation efforts require substantial public support, it's important that the public understand bees and what needs to be done to protect these species," Wilson says. "Education is the key to understanding bee declines and protecting our pollinators."

　　　8．According to the text, bees function as __________.

　　　A．honey-makers

　　　B．pest-killers

　　　C．producers

　　　D．pollinators

　　　9．What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

　　　A．Wilson is in support of the Protect Pollinator series.

　　　B．The commenter observed honeybees and butterflies.

　　　C．People neglect many other pollinators.

　　　D．Protecting chicken can help save birds.

　　　10．What does the underlined word "substantial" in the last paragraph mean?

　　　A．legal.

　　　B．large.

　　　C．minimum.

　　　D．slim.

11．What is the best title for the text?