求教Prep逻辑1题

Miyari

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Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture virtually any nonflying insect.  However, when running toward an insect, the beetles intermittently stop, and then, a moment later, resume their attack.  erhaps they cannot maintain their pace and must pause for a moment's rest; but an alternative hypothesis is that while running tiger beetles are unable to process the resulting rapidly changing visual information, and so quickly go blind and stop.


Which of the following, if discovered in experiments using artificially moved prey insects, would support one of the two hypotheses and undermine the other?

(A) When a prey insect is moved directly toward a beetle that has been chasing it, the beetle immediately turns and runs away without its usual intermittent stopping.

(B) In pursuing a moving insect, the beetles usually respond immediately to changes in the insect's direction, and pause equally frequently whether the chase is up or down an incline.

(C) The beetles maintain a fixed time interval between pauses, although when an insect that had been stationary begins to flee, the beetle increases its speed after its next pause.

(D) If, when a beetle pauses, it has not gained on the insect it is pursuing, the beetle generally ends its pursuit.

(E) When an obstacle is suddenly introduced just in front of running beetles, the beetles sometimes stop immediately, but they never respond by running around the barrier.

答案选C，我觉得应该选B。求各位指点！谢谢！

sunhaowen

这道题我以前也错选了B 试着解释一下 题目说对beetles有两种猜测 一个是它跑一段就要休息 另一个是它看不清 B说它可以respond immediately to changes in the insect's direction 说明它看得清 pause equally whether the chase is up or down an incline. 如果是跑一段就要休息 那上坡应该跑的时间间隔更短 下坡应该跑的时间间隔长 而pause equally说它休息的时间还一样 否定了第一个假设 两个假设都否定 所以错

Miyari

有道理，谢谢哈