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1、专题02阅读理解之说明文（二）一、（河北省衡水中学2021届高三联考）Sometermite(白蚁)specieshavefiguredouthowtoenjoytheshelterofthehugecomplexneststhattheinsectsbuildwithoutcontributingtotheirconstruction.Theyavoidthefullangeroftheirbuilderhostsbybeingextremelyeasy-going.Animalsthatliveinthenestsofanotherspec
2、ieswithoutaffectingthemareknownasinquilines.Inquilinetermitesareuniqueamongtermitesinbeingunabletomaketheirownnests.Instead,theyliveinthehallwaysbuiltbyanothertermite,Constrictotermescyphergaster.Untilnow,ithasbeenunclearhowthetwopartieskeptpeacefulinsuchtightquartersbecause
3、termitesaretypicallyveryaggressivetowardsoutsiders.HelderHugoattheUniversityofKonstanzinGermanyandhiscolleaguescollectedConstrictotermescyphergaster’snestsintheBrazilianCerradoandbroughtthemintothelaboratory.Theythenplacedhostandtenant(房客)termitesineitheropenornarrowareasand
4、usedvideototrackandrecordthewaysinwhichthetwospeciesreactedtoeachother.Rightfromthestart,theinquiline’termitesmovedaroundlessthantheirhostsandinteractedlittlewiththem,eveninthemuchnarrowerarea.“Manytimes,”saysHugo,“whentwounrelatedgroupsareputtogetherinalimitedspace—suchasan
5、experimentalarea—theoutcomeisconflictwithlossesfrombothsides.”Butthatdidn’thappenhere.Despiteattacksfromhosttermites,thetenanttermiteswereobedient.Hostswouldbiteorattacktheinquilineswithstrongchemicals,buttheirtargetsneverrespondedinthesameway,choosingtoflee.Someignoredtheho
6、stscompletely.“Wedidnotexpectthattheywouldneverfightback,”saysHugo,notingthattheinquilinesarecapableofprotectingtheirownplacewithmouths.“Bypreventingconflictgoingworse,inquilinetermitesmayconsiderablyimprovetheirchancesoflivingtogetherwiththeirhosttermitespeacefully.”“Passiv
7、enessdoesnotnecessarilyleadtodefeat,butcanbeaveryusefulstrategy,savingenergyandresources,”sheadds.“Naturemaynotalwaysberedintoothandclaw,andaggressionisnotanymoresuccessfulastrategythan‘cowardice’(儒弱).”12．Whatisthefeatureoftheinquilinetermites?A．Theyliveinanothertermitespeci
8、es’nests.B．Theyareaggressivetowardsoutsiders.C．Theyliketobuildtheirownnests
