[問題]考古題2004年05月第1篇Q6(reading)

[kimomans]

全文如下
All mammals feed their young. Beluga whale mothers, for example, nurse their calves for some twenty months, until they are about to give birth again and their young are able to find their own food. The behavior of feeding of the young is built into the reproductive system. It is a nonelective part of parental care and the defining feature of a mammal, the most important thing that mammals-- whether marsupials, platypuses, spiny anteaters, or placental mammals -- have in common.
But not all animal parents, even those that tend their offspring to the point of hatching or birth, feed their young. Most egg-guarding fish do not, for the simple reason that their young are so much smaller than the parents and eat food that is also much smaller than the food eaten by adults. In reptiles, the crocodile mother protects her young after they have hatched and takes them down to the water, where they will find food, but she does not actually feed them. Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.
For animals other than mammals, then, feeding is not intrinsic to parental care. Animals add it to their reproductive strategies to give them an edge in their lifelong quest for descendants. The most vulnerable moment in any animal's life is when it first finds itself completely on its own, when it must forage and fend for itself. Feeding postpones that moment until a young animal has grown to such a size that it is better able to cope. Young that are fed by their parents become nutritionally independent at a much greater fraction of their full adult size. And in the meantime those young are shielded against the vagaries of fluctuating of difficult-to-find supplies. Once a species does take the step of feeding its young, the young become totally dependent on the extra effort. If both parents are removed, the young generally do no survive.

6. According to the passage, how do some insects make sure their young have food?
A. By storing food near their young.
B. By locating their nests or cells near spiders and caterpillars.
C. By searching for food some distance from their nest.
D. By gathering food from a nearby water source
正確答案A
我選的B
我想這題關鍵在下面這句
Few insects feed their young after hatching, but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.
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[kimomans]

不好意思
已經更正
謝謝這位大大不吝指導

還有啊 字的大小我沒法設定
貼上後
[size=18]選大會變這樣
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就是不會真正變大
只有在選取的地方多了奇怪的字串

[Jessy]

不好意思
已經更正
謝謝這位大大不吝指導

還有啊 字的大小我沒法設定
貼上後
選大會變這樣

就是不會真正變大
只有在選取的地方多了奇怪的字串

編輯文章時把下面選項中
"關閉這篇文章的BBCode代碼功能"勾選取消
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[nexxt0722]

but some make other arrangement, provisioning their cells and nests with caterpillars and spiders that they have paralyzed with their venom and stored in a state of suspended animation so that their larvae might have a supply of fresh food when they hatch.

但有些昆蟲採取其他方式,就是將那些它們已經用毒液麻痺
並且處在昏迷不醒狀態下的毛蟲或蜘蛛拿到巢穴裡當食物
如此一來,當它們孵出幼蟲時,幼蟲就能有新鮮的食物供給

大致意思是這樣,翻的不通順請勿見笑,據此,答案可以選擇A,而排除BCD選項.

[kimomans]

謝謝NEXXT0722大大
句子太長一下沒意會過來

豁然開朗看完您詳解後

感激不盡

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