Question

and the passage
are easy to recognize, and its dark striped chest and legs
are hard to miss when a peregrine perches right above
you on a tree branch or a window ledge.
even more amazing than the peregrines’ beauty is their
speed. peregrine falcons are the fastest birds on earth.
they can cruise at over 30 miles per hour and zoom up
to 100 miles per hour when on the hunt. however, that’s
nothing compared to the speeds they can reach when
they make their final move on their chosen prey. they
can soar to a height of over a half - mile and then drop
into a dive at well over 200 miles per hour — as living
things go, that’s as fast as it gets.
these beautiful, powerful, lightning - fast birds lay their
eggs and raise their young in the wild on high cliffs, in
spaces called scrapes — hollow spots scraped out of a
ledge. two to five reddish brown eggs with darker brown
specks will hatch into hungry, sharp - beaked, cream -
colored chicks. within six weeks these chicks will have
grown to almost full size, sprouted their feathers, and
question 3
from the information in the passage, a reader can tell that
skyscrapers
☐ have caused a reduction in the falcon population
☐ are similar to the high cliffs of falcons’ natural habitat
☐ allow falcons to dive at higher speeds than they can in the wild
☐ provide falcons with greater protection than their usual nests
save and continue

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The passage doesn't indicate skyscrapers reduced falcon population.
• Option 2: Falcons nest on high cliffs in the wild; skyscrapers are tall, so they’re similar to high cliffs (their natural habitat for nesting). This matches.
• Option 3: The passage doesn't say skyscrapers let falcons dive faster than in the wild.
• Option 4: The passage doesn't compare protection of skyscraper nests to usual nests.

Answer:

B. are similar to the high cliffs of falcons’ natural habitat