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1、 2022年职称英语考试阅读理解习题(十五)Flight Distance Any observant person has noticed that a wild animal will allow a man or other potential enemy to approach only up to a given distance before it flees. “Flight distance” is the terms used for this interspecies spacing. As a general rule, there is a positive relat
2、ionship between the size of an animal and its flight distancethe larger the animal, the greater the distance it must keep between itself and the enemy. An antelope will flee when the enemy is as much as five hundred yards away. The wall lizards flight distance, on the other hand is about six feet. F
3、light is the basic means of survival for mobile creatures. Critical Distance Critical distance apparently is present wherever and whenever there is a flight reaction. “Critical distance” includes the narrow zone separating flight distance from attack distance. A lion in a zoo will flee from an appro
4、aching man until it meets a barrier that it cannot overcome. If the man continues the approach, he soon penetrates the lion”s critical distance, at which point the cornered lion reverses direction and begins slowly to stalk the man. Social Distance Social animals need to stay in touch with each othe
5、r. Loss of contact with the group can be fatal for a variety of reasons including exposure to enemies. Social distance is not simply the distance at which an animal will lose contact with his groupthat is, the distance at which it can no longer see, hear, or smell the groupit is rather a psychologic
6、al distance, one at which the animal apparently begins to feel anxious when he exceeds its limits. We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group. Social distance varies from species to species. It is quite shortapparently only a few yardsamong some animals, and quite long among others.
7、 Social distance is not always rigidly fixed but is determined in part by the situation. When the young of apes and humans are mobile but not yet under control of the mother”s voice, social distance may be the length of her reach. This is readily observed among the baboons in a zoo. When the baby ap
8、proaches a certain point, the mother reaches out to seize the end of its tail and pull it back to her. When added control is needed because of danger, social distance shrinks. To show this in man, one has only to watch a family with a number of small children holding hands as they cross a busy stree
9、t. 1. Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of Flight Distance? A. Distance between animals of the same species before fleeing. B. Distance between large and small animals before fleeing. C. Distance between an animal and its enemy before fleeing. D. Distance between certain anim
10、al species before fleeing. 2. If an animals critical distance is penetrated, it will A. begin to attack. B. try to hide. C. begin to jump. D. run away. 3. According to the passage, social distance refers to A. physical distance. B. psychological distance. C. physiological distance. D. philosophical
11、distance. 4. Which of the following could best replace the word “band” in “We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group” (in Paragraph 3)? A. Strip of land B. Distance C. Society D. Community 5. The example of the children holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows that A. social distance is not always needed. B. there is no social distance among small children. C. humans are different from animals in social distance. D. social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.
