Question

【題目】 Do you know why different animals or pests (害蟲) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

Some birds like eating insects, but birds cannot easily catch insects. Why? It is because insects change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, insects look green. But as the harvest time comes, insects change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other insects with different colors 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 colors is protecting them. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the trees.

Have you ever noticed an even strange animal? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液體) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, the fish itself cannot be found. And it quickly swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.

【1】Why do some animals have different colors? （不超過 10 個詞）

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【2】When the harvest time comes, which color do some insects change to? （不超過 10 個詞）

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【3】What can the fish do in the last paragraph when it faces danger? （不超過 15 個詞）

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】To protect themselves.

【2】They change to the same brown color as crops have.

【3】They can send out a kind of very black liquid.

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了不同的動物和害蟲都會有著和環(huán)境相似的顏色，這些顏色主要是用來保持他們自己不受到傷害。

【1】題干“為什么有些動物有不同的顏色？”根據(jù)文中“Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.”可知，這些顏色是用來保護他們自己的。故答案為To protect themselves.

【2】題干“當收獲的時候，一些昆蟲會變成什么顏色？”根據(jù)文中“But as the harvest time comes, insects change to the same brown color as crops have.”可知，它們會變成和莊稼一樣的棕色。故答案為They change to the same brown color as crops have.

【3】題干“最后一段，當魚面臨危險時，能做什么？”根據(jù)文中“A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液體) when it faces danger.”可知，它們能發(fā)出一種非常黑的液體。故答案為They can send out a kind of very black liquid.