Parasitic wasps lay their eggs directly into the eggs of various host insects in exactly the right numbers for any suitable size of host egg.If they laid too many eggs in a host egg, the developing wasp larvae would compete with each other to the death for nutrients and space.If too few eggs were laid, portions of the host egg would decay, killing the wasp larvae. Which of the following conclusions can properly be drawn from the information above?
(A) The size of the smallest host egg that a wasp could theoretically parasitize can be determined from the wasp's egg-laying behavior. (B) Host insects lack any effective defenses against the form of predation practiced by parasitic wasps. (C) Parasitic wasps learn from experience how many eggs to lay into the eggs of different host species. (D) Failure to lay enough eggs would lead to the death of the developing wasp larvae more quickly than would laying too many eggs. (E) Parasitic wasps use visual clues to calculate the size of a host egg.
答案选A。 明白BCDE的错处,但不明白为什么A对,请NN们指点迷津,就此谢过! B 原文没有涉及 C PS可以决定好how many eggs to lay, 但原文没说是learn from experience D more quickly--原文没有比较哪个快,无从得知 E 原文没说PS是如何计算下多少个卵。 选A的解释是:因为不同的HI有不同的最适SIZE,所以判别不同HI的不同最适size的最佳方式就是通过看W的放卵行为来得到那个平衡值。注意!!这里不是从W的角度来得知最适size,而是从旁观者得研究角度来看的!