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ity. C.enables wheel-chair users to climb up and down stairs. D.can transport heavy goods over uneven terrain. 2、Night of the Living Ants When an ant dies, other ants move the dead insect out of the nest. This behavior is interesting to scientists, who wonder how ants know for sure - and so soon-that another ant is dead. Dong-Hwan Choe, a scientist at the University of California found that Argentine ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, "I'm dead - take me away." But there's a twist to Choe's discovery. These ants are a little bit like zombies. Choe says that the living ants - not just the dead ones - have this death chemical. In other words, while an ant crawls around, perhaps in a picnic or home, it's telling other ants that it's dead. What keeps ants from hauling away the living dead? Choe found that Argentine ants have two additional chemicals on their bodies, and these tell nearby ants something like, "wait -I'm not dead yet. "So Choe's research turned up two sets of chemical signals in ants: one says, "I'm dead," the other set says, "I'm not dead yet." Other scientists have tried to figure out how ants know when another ant is dead. If an ant is knocked unconscious, other ants leave it alone until it wakes up. That means ants know that unmoving ants can still be alive. Choe suspects that when an Argentine ant dies, the chemical that says "Wait - I'm not dead yet" quickly goes away. Once that chemical is gone, only the one that says "I'm dead" is left." It's because the dead ant no longer smells like a living ant that it gets carded to the graveyard, not because its body releases new unique chemicals after death," said Choe. When other ants detect the "dead" chemical without the "not dead yet" chemical, they haul away the body. This was Choe's hypothesis. To test his hypothesis, Choe and his team put different chemicals on Argentine ant pupae. When the scientists used the "I'm dead" chemical, other ants quickly hauled the treated pupae7 away. When the scientists used the "Wait - I'm not dead yet" chemicals, other ants left the treated pupae alone. Choe believes this behavior shows that the "not dead yet" chemicals override the "dead" chemical when picked up by adult ants. And that when an ant dies, the "not dead yet" chemicals fade away. Other nearby ants then detect the remaining "dead" chemical and remove the body from the nest.
参考答案： A 答案解析：
1What is the result of the test on Choe's hypothesis?
A.It proves that his hypothesis is time. B.Not enough evidence has been found to support his hypothesis. C.It shows that his hypothesis is wrong. D.It indicates that his hypothesis needs revising.
参考答案： D 答案解析：
2According to Choe's hypothesis,
A.an ant still smells like a living when it dies. B.the "I am dead" chemical leaves the ant's body when it dies. C.the "I am not dead yet" chemical is left when an ant dies. D.the "I am not dead yet" chemical leaves the ant's body when it dies.
参考答案： A 答案解析：
3What is NOT true about Choe's finding?
A.When an ant dies, it produces a "I am dead" signal. B.Living ants have the death chemical on their bodies. C.Ants have two sets of chemicals on theft bodies. D.Ants have the "I am not dead" chemical on their bodies.
参考答案： B 答案解析：
4Which of the following is closest in meaning to the question "What keeps ants from hauling away the livin
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