56. All of the following statements are FALSE, EXCEPT ...
A) The octopus and chameleon have nothing in common.
B) Octopuses can squeeze themselves and shoot ink.
C) The octopus is able to change its colour in ten minutes.
D) Octopuses are vertebrates living on lands.
Read the text and answer the questions according to it.
The European rabbit is a small mammal that has long hind legs and short front legs. They have long ears and slightly large eyes placed to the sides of the head. They were not native to Australia. In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers stupidly introduced the European rabbit. This rabbit had no natural enemies in Australia, so it multiplied incredibly quickly. It overran a whole continent, and caused damage to environment which might have kept for millions of sheep and cattle. Scientists discovered that this particular variety of rabbit was sensitive to a fatal virus disease. Trying to create local epidemics of this disease, they found out that there was a type of mosquito which acted as the carrier of this disease and passed it on to the rabbits. So while the rest of the world was trying to get rid of mosquitoes, Australia was encouraging this one. It effectively spread the disease all over the continent and extremely reduced the rabbit population.
57. According to the passage, the rabbits ....
A) were not totally killed after a long struggle
B) increased in number rapidly in Australia, because nothing harmed them
C) had been local in Australian flora for a long time when the first settlers arrived there
D) were to be killed, because they carried a fatal virus for human beings
58. According to the passage, the Australians ....
A) had come there from various countries around the world to keep millions of sheep
B) weren’t wise enough to get rid of the rabbits by their own efforts and called settlers for help
C) wanted to get rid of the rabbits because they were destroying the environment
D) already expected to meet with such a big rabbit population and were ready for this problem
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