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chenjm

The passage suggests that Jarvis’ work has called into question which of the following explanatory variables for naked mole rat behavior?
(A) Size
(B) Age
(C) Reproductive status
(D) Rate of growth
(E) Previously exhibited behavior
我怎么觉得D是对的，答案是B

谢谢

hcxdx

call (something) into question
to make people uncertain about whether something is right, good, or true

而今迈步从头越

请参考如下定位，并仔细琢磨OG的解释。

In naked mole rat societies, on the other hand,

differences in behavior are related primarily to reproductive

status (reproduction being limited to the queen and a few

males), body size, and perhaps age. Smaller nonbreeding

(25) members, both male and female, seem to participate pri-

marily in gathering food, transporting nest material, and

tunneling. Larger nonreaders are active in defending the

colony and perhaps in removing dirt from the tunnels.

Jarvis’ work has suggested that differences in growth rates

(30)may influence the length of time that an individual performs

a task, regardless of its age.

chenjm

多谢，我感觉这里也不是很清楚，regardless of its age.

我觉得是说不考虑age，。。。，这个能对age因素构成否定吗？

wangyu73cn

The best answer is B. All that the passage reveals about Jarvis’ work is that it suggested that “differences in growth rates may influence the length of time that an individual performs a task, regardless of its age” (lines 29-31). Thus, in Jarvis’ view, age may not be a crucial variable in explaining what naked mole rats do.

供参考。

chenjm

谢谢各位，我觉得hcxdx说的call into question的意思在这里很关键，如果是引入一个新的因素，题目应该怎么表述？