单选题:C(阅读文章回答第65到68题)People diet to look more attractive. Fish di

  • 题目分类:英语
  • 题目类型:单选题
  • 查看权限:VIP
题目内容:
C(阅读文章回答第65到68题)
People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.
The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding (繁殖) rights within the group,” explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation.”
The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.
It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.
The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.
While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.
The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”
When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it . A.faces danger
B.has breeding rights
C.eats its competitor
D.leaves the group itself
参考答案:
答案解析:

Which of the following is the result of the volcanic eruptio

Which of the following is the result of the volcanic eruption?A.People stop trav

查看答案

A. in B. out C. over D. on

A. in B. out C. over D. on

查看答案

A. Shouts B. Laughter C. Applause D. Cheers

A. Shouts B. Laughter C. Applause D. Cheers

查看答案

影响表2汉代至宋代南北方户数变化的主要因素是(  )。

影响表2汉代至宋代南北方户数变化的主要因素是(  )。A.朝代时间长短 B.王朝力量强弱 C.疆域面积大小 D.经济格局变化

查看答案

建设工程健康安全与环境管理工作很复杂的原因之一是建筑产品在生产过程中受不同外部环境影响的因素多,主要表现为(  )。

建设工程健康安全与环境管理工作很复杂的原因之一是建筑产品在生产过程中受不同外部环境影响的因素多,主要表现为(  )。 A.露天作业多 B.气候变化的影响 C.工

查看答案