Read the following passage and tick the right options:
Bats are not, bloodthirsty monsters
as portrayed in vampire films. These winged mammals groom themselves carefully
like cats and only rarely carry rabies. Of the hundreds of species of bats,
only three rely on blood meals. In fact, the majority eats fruit, insects,
spiders, or small animals; same species gather nectar and pollen from flowers.
The environmental benefits of bats are myriad. They consume an enormous number
of pests, pollinate many varieties of plant life, and help reforest huge tracts
of barren land by exerting millions of undigested seeds.
Bats also have served as models for
sophisticated navigation in naval and airplane technology. Living models for
radar and sonar, almost all bats use echolocation to navigate, especially at
night. As they fly, they a series of high – pitched squeaks at the rate of
about fifty per minute. As these signals bounce off objects in their path, an
echo is detected by the bats’ sensitive ears that inform them of the direction,
distance, and nature of obstacles so that they can undertake corrective or
evasive action. Echoes are used by bats but not because of physical limitations
or impairments, for bats are not blind as widely assumed. In fact, all species
of bats can see, probably about as well as human beings. Another myth, about
bats being aggressive, intentionally entangling themselves in the hair of human
beings, is also totally unfounded. It has been shown in studies not only that
bats are timid, but also that they will assiduously avoid contact with large
creatures than themselves if possible.
1.
With which of the following statements would the
author most probably agree?
a)
Bats are dirty and they carry rabies
b) Bats are
like the monsters in vampire films
c)
Bats are clean, helpful members of the animal world
d) Bats are not
very important in the animal world
2.
How do bats help reforest the land
a)
By eating pests c)
by excreting seeds
b) By hanging
upside down in trees in night d) by
taking evasive action
3. Which of the following is not characteristic of most bats?
a)They pollinate plants b) they have specialized
roles in the colony
c)
They use echolocation b)
they eat blood meals
4.
According to the passage, how do bats navigate?
a)
By responding to the
echoes of their signals bouncing off objects
b) By warning
the colony of approaching danger with high squeaks
c)
By beating their wings fifty times per minute
d) By using
their sensitive ears to hear the noises in their environment
5.
Based on the passage, which of the following statements
is not true about bats?
a)
Bats are not blood thirsty.
b) Bats are
violent.
c)
Bats are timid
d) Bats can see
as well as human beings.