Dave Goulson at the University of Stirling in Britain worked on another study published in Science. He says the pesticides could help explain why bumblebee populations are also decreasing.

　　Bayer CropScience makes neonicotinoid pesticides. The company's spokesman Jack Boyne disputed the findings. He also notes that researchers are studying other factors that could affect the bees' population. These include parasites, diseases and stress caused by transporting beehives to farms. Some European countries have banned the pesticides. And there are growing calls to ban them in the United States as well.

　　1．The underlined word“shrinking”in Paragraph 1 most probably means “ ________”．

　　A．increasing

　　B．decreasing

　　C．disappearing

　　D．continuing

　　2．Why were microchips tied to the backs of the bees?

　　A．To record how much honey the bees produce.

　　B．To test how the bees react to the microchips.

　　C．To find if the insecticide affects the bees' population.

　　D．To keep track of the bees' movements.

　　3．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.

　　A．the pesticides have been forbidden to use in all European countries

　　B．Bayer CropScience agrees that the pesticides affect the bees' population

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