A1.1-Reading-Test 13

Read the following passage and choose the best answers.

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Do you know how butterflies grow? Each butterfly has a special life cycle. It changes while it grows!

A butterfly comes from an egg. A mother butterfly lays the egg on a plant.

After 3 to 12 days, a caterpillar hatches from the egg. The caterpillar eats the plant’s leaves. It grows big and fat. Then it makes a hard shell around its body.

Inside the shell, the caterpillar becomes a pupa. The pupa doesn’t eat or drink anything. Its body changes slowly.

After two weeks, a beautiful butterfly finally comes into the world!

1. What is this passage mainly about?

1. how butterflies grow
2. what to feed butterflies
3. where to build butterfly houses

2. A mother butterfly lays eggs on a _____ .

1. stone
2. plant
3. river

3. How long does it take for a caterpillar to hatch from an egg?

1. 3 to 12 days
2. 3 weeks
3. 12 weeks

4. What does a caterpillar eat to grow?

1. eggs
2. honey
3. leaves

5. In the third paragraph, what does the word it refer to?

1. the caterpillar
2. the butterfly
3. the pupa

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