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Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be
used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts, but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change
their colours together with the change of the colours of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green.
But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of colouring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions
and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spread over, the enemies cannot find it. And it
immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn't strong at all.
1. From the passage we learn that locusts ________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. are dangerous to their enemies
D. change their colours to protect themselves
2. How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They change to the same colours as their enemies'.
C. They hide themselves in the day and appear at night.
D. They have to move quietly.
3. Bears and lions can keep safe because they ________.
A. have the colours much like the trees
B. move quickly
C. like brown and grey colours
D. live in forests
4. The kind of fish live up to now because ________.
A. it is very big and strong
B. the liquid it sends out helps it escape from its enemies
C. the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
D. it swims faster than any other fish
5. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests
B. Colours of Different Animals and Pests
C. The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests
D. Some Animals and Pests
