2.2 According to the text, answer the questions: 1. Why are they called hummingbirds?
a. They are very light
b. They sing when they fly
c. Their wings make a humming sound
d. Their song sounds like humming
2. How do hummingbirds eat?
a. They drink nectar through their beaks like a straw.
b. They chew up flower petals with their beaks.
c. They use their heads and bills to eat pollen.
d. They lap up nectar with their tongues.
3. How do hummingbirds help flowers?
a. They drink nectar.
c. They bring pollen from one flower to the next.
b. They eat pollen.
d. They plant seeds.
4. According to the text, which does the bee hummingbird use to make nests?
a. straw
b. concrete
d. sticks
c. bark
5. Which best describes the main idea of the fifth paragraph?
a. Hummingbirds move fast.
b. Hummingbirds like to eat nectar.
c. Hummingbirds use lots of energy and eat often.
d. Hummingbirds drink their own weight in nectar every day.
6. Which statement about bee hummingbirds is not true?
a. Bee hummingbird eggs are smaller than peas.
b. Bee hummingbirds weigh less than a penny.
c. Bee hummingbirds have built nests on clothespins.
d. Bee hummingbirds do not grow larger than bees.
7. What is unique about the way that hummingbirds fly?
a. They can fly faster than any other bird.
b. They can fly longer than any other bird.
c. They can fly forward and backward.
d. They can only fly for a few seconds at a time.
8. Which best defines the word hover as used in paragraph two?
a. To stay in one spot in the air
b. To clean an area thoroughly
c. An animal that has hooves
d. To move your wings very fast
9. Why do flowers need pollen?
a. Flowers eat pollen.

c. Hummingbirds eat pollen.

b. Pollen attracts hummingbirds. d. Flowers use pollen to make seeds.

10. Which title best describes the main idea of this text?

a. Bee Hummingbirds: The World's Smallest Bird b. Pollination: How Birds and Flowers Work Together c. Hummingbirds: Unique and Uniquely Helpful
d. Interesting Facts About Birds​

All of us ever looked up at the stars and maybe even more than once. Looked and  wondered where did these stars come from and why at times we looking after them? Once upon a time, the sky was the stars, it was blue in the afternoon, and at night - dark and almost unreadable to the human eye. At the same time living in the Pearl Lake beautiful mermaid. For many years she happily swam in water depths of the lake, played with fish and other mermaids. It must be said that the mermaids have never had any tail - all this nonsense. Do mermaids were the same leg, as in humans, and they not only sang but also danced the night in the meadows near the lake. Residents of nearby villages said that you can not look at the dancing mermaids and were afraid to go to the lake at nightfall. People believed that if a girl looks at singing and dancing mermaids, then she will turn into a mermaid, and if a young man - that he was destined to disappear in the depths of the water. One day a boy from the village decided yet what whatever was to look at mermaids and as soon as it got dark, he went into a clearing near the lake. He hid behind the trees and waited for the appearance of mermaids. Soon mermaids really came out of the lake, have tightened their song and dance. Until the morning they danced, and the boy could not tear his eyes. However, with the first ray of the sun mermaid began to return to the lake, and then one of them - the one that was last and was the youngest - said the boy hid behind a tree. She had never seen people, but decided not to tell the rest of the mermaids that saw. Yes, but since then the little mermaid always thought of the boy, all about something sad. She suddenly for some reason wanted to live in the land among the people, rather than in the depths of the lake among the fishes and mermaids. And one day she decided to get out of the lake and go in the direction in which the boy ran away. She did so. However, to walked a day and a night in the forest, she didn't find the village and also felt that he could not without water. She had no choice but to return to the lake. And when she came back, she saw the light in the windows of the village houses, and realized that the village was very close, and she wandered to the other side. Here Mermaid seized with a feeling sorrow and despair, hopelessness and helplessness - she more than anything else wanted to live on the land, people, and this is what she could do - she cried and threw up the water with his hands. However, water drops do not fall back into the lake, and froze in the sky and lit up like a light in the distant windows. This unfulfilled dreams mermaid and other lit the sky. Since then, appeared in the sky the stars and the moon, and every unfulfilled dream lights up a new star in the sky. Remember about it when admiring the stars.

 All ever looked up at the stars and maybe even more than once. Looked and probably wondered where did these same stars come from and why we sometimes stare at them? So. Once upon a time, the sky was the stars, it was blue in the afternoon, and at night - dark and almost impenetrable to the human eye. At the same time living in the Pearl Lake beautiful mermaid. For many years she happily swam in water depths of the lake, played with living in the same fish and other mermaids. It must be said that the mermaids have never had any tail - all this nonsense. Do mermaids were the same leg, as in humans, and they not only sang but also danced the night in the meadows near the lake. Residents of nearby villages said that you can not look at the dancing mermaids and were afraid to go to the lake at nightfall. People believed that if a girl looks at singing and dancing mermaids, then she will turn into a mermaid, and if a young man - that he was destined to disappear in the depths of the water. One day a boy from the village decided yet what whatever was to look at mermaids and as soon as it got dark, he went into a clearing near the lake. He hid behind the trees and waited for the appearance of mermaids. Soon mermaids really came out of the lake, have tightened their song and dance. Until the morning they danced, and the boy could not tear his eyes. However, with the first ray of the sun mermaid began to return to the lake, and then one of them - the one that was last and was the youngest - said the boy hid behind a tree. She had never seen people, but decided not to tell the rest of the mermaids that saw. Yes, but since then the little mermaid always thought of the boy, all about something sad. She suddenly for some reason wanted to live in the land among the people, rather than in the depths of the lake among the fishes and mermaids. And one day she decided to get out of the lake and go in the direction in which the boy ran away. She did so. However, the passage a day and a night in the forest, she found the village and also felt that he could not without water. She had no choice but to return to the lake. And when she came back, she saw the light in the windows of the village houses, and realized that the village was very close, and she wandered to the other side. Here Mermaid seized with a feeling of bitterness and despair, hopelessness and helplessness - she more than anything else wanted to live on the land, people, and this is what she could do - she cried and threw up the water with his hands. However, water drops do not fall back into the lake, and froze in the sky and lit up like a light in the distant windows. This unfulfilled dreams mermaid and other lit the sky. Since then, appeared in the sky the stars and the moon, and every unfulfilled dream lights up a new star in the sky. Remember this when admiring the stars