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课时作业 课时作业（十六） Amazing art I.阅读理解：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、: And Dr.Farine emphasizes this particular bird's C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 tiny brain size:"They don't only have small brains A relative to mammals(哺乳动物)，they also have quite A group of blue-faced birds step through the small brains relative to other birds,"he said. grass shoulder to shoulder,red eyes looking According to him,living in this kind of society around.They look like middle schoolers seeking a might actually make it easier to keep track of the cafeteria table at lunchtime.Perhaps they're not so social order.For example,if groups are stable and different. a bird can identify just one or two individuals with- A new study,led by Damien Farine,an orni-:in a group,it knows which group it's looking at- thologist who studies collective behaviour,shows no need for a brain that can recognize every single that the vulturine guineafowl of eastern Africa,like animal.Multilevel societies also let animals adjust humans,have multilevel societies.In the past,sci-their group sizes based on whatever challenges entists assumed such social structures required a they're facing.Depending on what enemies or re- lot of brainpower.But the pea-brained guineafowl sources are around,it might make sense to travel in are revealing the faults in that assumption. a combined group rather than a smaller one. These large birds wander across the landscape "Having a multilevel structure may not re- in packs,often walking so closely that their bodies quire having a large brain,"Dr.Farine said.There touch.They may fight each other to maintain their may be more birds and other animals out there strict hierarchies(等级制度)，but at other times;that,although small-brained,have societies as they engage in friendly behaviours like sharing many-leveled as our own. food. 1.According to the passage,what inspired Dr.Fa- Suspecting the guineafowl might have a social rine to carry out the study? structure,Dr.Farine and his colleagues began a A.The guineafowl's social