Re: [請益] TPO11 Begging by Nestlings

看板TOEFL_iBT作者 (Arizona)時間13年前 (2010/09/07 21:07), 編輯推噓0(002)
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※ 引述《chingting (有回憶的人最幸福)》之銘言: : As these experiments show, begging apparently provides a signal of need that : parents use to make judgments about which offspring can benefit most from a : feeding. But the question arises, why don't nestlings beg loudly when they : aren't all that hungry? By doing so, they could possibly secure more food, : which should result in more rapid growth or larger size, either of which is : advantageous. The answer lies apparently not in the increased energy costs of : exaggerated begging—such energy costs are small relative to the potential : gain in calories— but rather in the damage that any successful cheater would : do to its siblings, which share genes with one another. An individual's : success in propagating his or her genes can be affected by more than just : his or her own personal reproductive success. : 11. In paragraph 6, the author compares the energy costs of vigorous begging : with the potential gain in calories from such begging in order to : A) explain why begging for food vigorously can lead to faster growth and : increased size : B) By begging loudly for food it does not need, a nestling would : unnecessarily expose itself to danger from predators. : C) point out a weakness in a possible explanation for why nestlings do not : always beg vigorously : D) argue that the benefits of vigorous begging outweigh any possible : disadvantages : 我自己選D 答案是C 可以問一下為什麼D錯嗎?謝謝!! 這種題目叫做'修辭目的題' 問你為什麼作者要說出某些話或例子的用意是在於要達成什麼目的 好 先了解題目在問什麼之後 進到題目裡面看: 作者比較1)騙人大叫花更多力氣所須付出的能量engery costs 和2)由於這樣大叫可能獲得的食物所能攝取的熱量calories 作這樣的比較 作者的用意何在?? 答案是C 很清楚 作者做出這樣的比較是要告訴讀者 大叫付出的engert costs不是 這一段的一開始提出的問題(為何小鳥(不論餓不餓)並沒有全部都大聲叫吵糖吃)的解答 因為可能騙到手的食物能帶來更多熱量 所以這樣比較的目的 是在指出這個可能原因/解釋所不能成立的緣故 也就是C 選項D是說 做這樣比較的目的是在聲明 大聲叫的好處遠超過其可能的壞處 顯然跟文意違背 如果大聲乞叫好 所有的幼鳥就都會大聲乞討 那就不會有本段一開始說的QUESTION ARISES -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 123.193.34.160

09/07 23:00, , 1F
非常感謝您的解答!!感恩感恩!
09/07 23:00, 1F

09/07 23:15, , 2F
welcome, 加油! :)
09/07 23:15, 2F
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