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Mammals vary enormously in size, from weighing less than a penny to measuring more than three school buses in length. Some group
Mammals vary enormously in size, from weighing less than a penny to measuring more than three school buses in length. Some group
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2017-02-17
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Mammals vary enormously in size, from weighing less than a penny to measuring more than three school buses in length. Some groups of mammals have become very large, such as elephants and whales,【C1】______others have always been small, like primates. A new theory developed by an international team, led by Jordan Okie,【C2】______an explanation for why and how【C3】______groups of organisms are able to evolve【C4】______sizes, whereas others are not.
The research team【C5】______information on how quickly an individual animal grows and used it to【C6】______how large it may get【C7】______evolutionary time. Their research was published recently.
The new theory developed from the observation that some animals【C8】______fast and die young, while others take their time and mature much later. "Fast" animals-such as mice—breed very quickly, while humans mature slowly and are relatively older when they first have children. The theory【C9】______that those species that are relatively faster are more likely to evolve a large size quicker than slow species, and that their maximum size will be greater.
The research team tested their theory using the【C10】______records of mammals over the last 70 million years, examining the maximum size of each mammal group【C11】______that time, including whales, elephants, seals and primates. They found that their theory was very well【C12】______.
"Primates have evolved very slowly, and never got bigger than 1,000 pounds," said Okie, "The【C13】______was true of whales, which evolved their large size at the fastest【C14】______recorded."
The theory also makes predictions about the relative risks of extinction for large animals【C15】______small. The maximum size of an animal is limited by the rate of mortality in the【C16】______. Because larger animals【C17】______breed less frequently than smaller animals,【C18】______the mortality rate doubles, the maximum size is predicted to be 16 times smaller.
"This is a really surprising【C19】______," said Okie. "It points to another reason why many of the large animals went【C20】______after the last Ice Age, and their high risk of extinction in modern environments."
【C17】
选项
A、lead to
B、tend to
C、stick to
D、object to
答案
B
解析
本句说明就繁殖频率而言,大型动物会比小型低。根据常识可知,这样的说法不是绝对的.有可能存在某种大型动物的繁殖率跟某种小型动物一样、甚至是比某种小型动物还高的情况。B项tend to do sth.“倾向于做某事”,说明这是一种普遍的而非绝对的说法,符合语义逻辑。
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考研英语一
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