Listening
c) Listen
to the passage carefully and choose the right answer.
“Why Do Birds Sing?”
Why
do birds sing? You might assume that birds sing because they are happy. While
birds might be happy, they sing in order to communicate. One reason they sing
is to stake a claim on territory. Birds sing to warn other birds to stay
off their property. For example, a robin might stake a claim on a piece of land
which measures about 200 feet wide by 200 feet long. This amount of land
provides enough worms for the robin to feed its family. A bird maintains
singing perches around the outside edges of its territory. The perches are high
in the trees, so other birds can see and hear it. Birds also sing to find a
mate. The length and complexity of the mating song gives information about the
fitness of the bird. Healthy birds can sing longer, more complicated songs.
Birds call to one another in shorter vocalizations in order to warn of danger
and to locate one another. Birds sing instinctively. Young birds learn to
perfect their songs by listening to adult birds and interacting with other
birds. Birds in a local area might learn variations in the basic song which
help them recognize other members of their group.
1) Why do birds sing?
a) To locate
one another
b) To warn other
birds
c) To find a
mate
d) All of the
above
[Answer: (d) All of
the above]
2) Birds perch very high so that ......
a) other birds
can hear them
b) other birds
can see them
c) they can
hide there
d) Both A and
B are correct.
[Answer: (d) Both A
and B are correct.]
3) The health of a bird can be determined…
a) by the length
of its song
b) by the complexity
of its song.
c) by the volume
of its song
d) Both A and
B are correct.
[Answer: (d) Both A
and B are correct.]
4) Shorter bird vocalizations are …
a) territorial
songs
b) mating songs
c) warnings
d) None of the
above
[Answer: (c)
warnings]
5) Young birds perfect their songs by …
a) natural instinct
b) listening
and interaction
c) practice
d) Both B and
C are correct
[Answer: (b)
listening and interaction]
6) Fitness is …
a) health.
b) danger
c) a song
d) a warning.
[Answer: (a) health]
7) How do variations in the basic song help
the birds?
a) recognize
other members
b) Maintain
health
c) Increase
the length of their song
d) Communicate
with one another.
[Answer: (a) recognize other members]
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