PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 16
Homing pigeons can be taken from their lofts(451 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(12 more words not shown)
- AEach time they(13 more words not shown)
- BWhen they are(15 more words not shown)
- CEach time they(19 more words not shown)
- DThey travel fairly(13 more words not shown)
- EUpon release they(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The opening gives us a clear fact: after release somewhere unfamiliar, pigeons can choose fairly accurate homeward bearings within a minute. They're quick to work out a direction. We don't yet know the mechanism, and we shouldn't add details about their exact flight paths.
Working the answers
- A
Getting home doesn't tell us they follow the same route every time. No repeated-route comparison is given.
- BCorrect
“Within a minute” directly supports taking only a short time to orient themselves before heading home.
- C
No experiment shows them getting faster with repeated releases at the same site. Being quick is different from improving each time.
- D
This describes prolonged wandering before choosing a direction. The opening instead emphasizes how quickly they establish homeward bearings.
- E
We aren't told they first fly the wrong way and then reverse course. That is an added sequence, not a description of the behavior we're given.
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