Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1 ? In boxes 5-13 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
单选题
Few creatures can change colour as effectively as cuttlefish.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph two suggests only two other creatures can do this: 'The most remarkable feature of chameleons ... rivalled only by cuttlefish and octopi in the animal kingdom'.
单选题
Chameleons can imitate a pattern provided there are only two colours.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph three says 'They show an extraordinary range of colours, from nearly black to bright blues, oranges, pinks and greens, even several at once'.
单选题
Chameleons appear to enjoy trying out new colours.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph three says 'each species has a characteristic set of cells ... which determines the range of colours and patterns they can show ... placing a chameleon on a Smartie box generally results in a stressed, confused, dark grey or mottled chameleon'.
单选题
Size matters more than colour when male chameleons compete.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph four says both are important: 'When two male dwarf chameleons encounter each other... They puff out their throats and present themselves side-on with their bodies flattened to appear as large as possible and to show off their colours'.
单选题
After a fight, the defeated male hides among branches of a tree.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph four tells us that the struggle takes place on a branch. There is no information about where the defeated animal goes afterwards.
单选题
Females use colour and movement to discourage males.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph five says 'Females also have aggressive displays used to repel male attempts at courtship ... Most of the time, females ... aggressively reject males by displaying a contrasting light and dark colour pattern, with their mouths open and moving their bodies rapidly from side to side'.
单选题
The popular explanation of why chameleons change colour has been proved wrong.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph six says 'Many people assume[= the popular explanation]that colour change evolved to enable chameleons to match a greater variety of backgrounds in their environment. If this was the case, then the ability of chameleons to change colour should be associated with the range of background colours in the chameleon's habitat, but there is no evidence for such a pattern[= this idea cannot be supported]'.
单选题
There are more predators of chameleons in grassland habitats than in others.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：In paragraph six there is a comparison between grasslands and forest habitats concerning different species of chameleons' range of colours but there is no mention of how many predators there are in different habitats.
单选题
Measuring animals' visual systems necessitates removing them from their habitat.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：Paragraph seven says 'recent scientific advances have made it possible to obtain such measurements in the field[= in their habitat, not elsewhere]'.