Honeybees are a fascinating species. They live in hives within a very structured social order. Each hive contains one queen, a few hundred drones, or male bees, and the worker bees, all female. Wild (feral) hives will contain up to 20,000 bees, while managed bees can live in colonies of up to 80,000 bees. The main purpose of drone bees is to mate with the queen, and her sole purpose is to produce eggs. The queen lives two to five years, whereas the drones live only about 8 weeks. All housekeeping tasks in the hive are performed by the female worker bees, who make up the majority of the hive. Most worker bees live about six weeks, except for those born in the late fall. They will live until the following spring. Worker bees have a barbed stinger that rips out of their abdomen upon use, which kills them, so it can be used only once. The queen's stinger is not barbed; therefore, she does not die when she stings a rival. Why does the author describe the role of each honeybee?

A. to show the variety of life quality and length
B. to show that they have a structured social order
C. to show how their bodies relate to their work
D. to show that that queen rules over the others

Read this passage: many manufacturers prefer plastic as a material for containers because it can be molded into many shapes. but plastic is not very strong. it must be fused with glass or steel for strength. it is also not very durable. even the strongest plastic can break under enough pressure. the biggest disadvantage to using plastic is that it does not decompose. while plastic can be recycled, doing so is tedious and difficult. while it may be more expensive and difficult to work with, aluminum is a much stronger building material with far greater tensile strength. it conducts electricity because it is metal. best of all, aluminum is very easy to recycle. even if it is thrown away, it decomposes much more quickly than most manufacturing materials. how does the compare-and-contrast organizational pattern of the passage support the author's purpose? a. the passage gradually leads up to the point about decomposition to inform the reader about the importance of recycling plastics. b. the passage lists the advantages and disadvantages of each material to make a case for the use of plastic and not aluminum in containers. c. the passage begins with a description of plastic's problems in order to call attention to the good qualities of aluminum. d. the passage shows the superiority of aluminum in order to make a case for the production of stronger plastics.

Which of the following is an element of plot

Why didn't van gogh knock on breton's door? it seemed imposing and a bit scary. it looked alarmingly middle-class. he couldn't find the door. he saw a book that he liked instead.