I. Read the text and choose the correct item
Ladybugs
Ladybugs are among people's favourite insects. They love their colours, their polka dots and the fact that ladybugs don’t bite sting.
Did you know that not all ladybugs are ladies? Plenty are males. And ladybugs aren’t bags at all. Bugs are insects with beaks and sucking mouthparts, and ladybugs don’t have these. They are, in fact, beetles.
Then there’s a ladybug’s colour. They can be orange, yellow, green, blue, purple or brown. And thry might have stripes instead of sports – or no markings at all.
They look cute and friendly, but most are serious hunters. They especially go after small insects called aphids. But if a hungry bird sees it, the ladybug’s colours send out a warning, “Stay away! I taste bad. “It can also leak out some yellow, stinky “blood” from its legs which smells bad and tastes awful, too.
A ladybug may lay more then 1,000 golden-coloured eggs during the summer. She “glues” them to the undersides of leaves or onto plant stems. In a week or less the eggs hatch. The babies, called larvae, look like little black and orange alligators. They eat the nearby aphids and grow fast.
1. Why is “ladybug” an incorrect name?
a) Ladybugs can be relentless killers.
b) Lots of ladybugs are males.
c) Ladybugs don’t have breaks or sucking mouthparts.
2.Which of these statements is true about ladybugs.
a) Ladybugs can be many colours .
b) Ladybugs are vegetarians.
c) Ladybugs carry their babies in their bodies.
3. How does a ladybug protect itself from hungry birds?
a) It looks like it would taste nasty
b) The antennae look like weapons
c) It disguises itself as a larger, more dangerous insect.
4. People like ladybugs because…
a) they have pretty colours.
b) they help keep the garden free of pests
c) they don’t harm other bugs or insect
5. Ladybugs eat the most in …
a) summer.
b) winter.
c) spring, when they are laying eggs.
6. What do baby ladybugs eat?
a) Leaves.
b) Plant stems.
c) Aphids.
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