六级Three-quarters of the world's flamingos fly over from other salt lakes in the Rift Valley and nest on salt-crystal islands that appear when the water is at a specific level一too high and the birds can't build their nests, too low and predators can move bri

世界上四分之三的火烈鸟从裂谷的其他盐湖飞过来，在特定水位时出现的盐晶岛上筑巢一太高了，鸟儿就不能筑巢；太低了，食肉动物就可以移动

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考And unplanned human activities have proved the idea of top-down control by top predators to be true.

而无计划的人类活动证明了由顶级捕食者自上而下控制的想法是正确的。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators.

她还从之前对鸟类和海豚进行的研究中了解到，这些动物一次会让一半的大脑进入睡眠状态，这样它们就可以休息，同时保持足够的警觉以躲避捕食者。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考And if a predator can move on to another species that is easier to find when a prey species becomes rare, the switch allows the original prey to recover.

如果一个捕食者可以转移到另一个物种，而当一个猎物变得稀少时，这个物种更容易被发现，那么这个转换就允许原来的猎物恢复。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Mathematical models have also revealed that food webs may be unstable, where small changes of top predators can lead to big effects throughout entire ecosystems.

数学模型还表明，食物网可能是不稳定的，顶级捕食者的微小变化可能会对整个生态系统产生重大影响。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考When a predator always eats huge numbers of a single prey, the two species are strongly linked; when a predator lives on various species, they are weakly linked.

当一个捕食者总是吃掉大量的单一猎物时，这两个物种是紧密相连的；当捕食者生活在不同的物种上时，它们之间的联系很弱。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考In the 1960s, scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other species - including species they did not directly attack.

20世纪60年代，科学家提出，食物网顶端的捕食者对其他物种的种群数量有着惊人的控制力，包括它们没有直接攻击的物种。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研It is only in recent years that we hear It is only in recent years that we hear the more honest argument that predators are members of the community, and that no special interest has the right to exterminate them for the sake of a benefit ,real or fancied ,to itself.

只是在最近几年，我们才听到，只是在最近几年，我们才听到更诚实的论点，即捕食者是社会的一员，没有任何特殊利益集团有权为了自身的实际或想象的利益而消灭他们。

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六级But, as the human study suggests, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for predators while asleep.

但是，正如人类研究所表明的那样，海豚在睡觉时睁大眼睛的另一个原因是它们可以在睡觉时留意捕食者。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

高考The species they indirectly attack will turn into top predators.

它们间接攻击的物种将变成顶级捕食者。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

六级This idea is based on the principle that lions and other predators are far less likely to attack when they feel they are being watched.

这个想法是基于这样一个原理：狮子和其他食肉动物在感到被监视时，攻击的可能性要小得多。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级When the water hits the right level, the baby birds are kept safe from predators by a corrosive ditch.

当水位达到合适的高度时，幼鸟会被腐蚀性的沟渠保护起来，免受捕食者的攻击。

2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考A strong link is found between two species when a predator sticks to one prey species.

当一个捕食者粘在一个被捕食物种上时，两个物种之间存在着很强的联系。

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四级As one of the most brutal predators (食肉动物), killer whales may not fit the image of a cultured creature.

作为最残忍的捕食者之一(食肉动物), 虎鲸可能不符合养殖生物的形象。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考If a predator can eat several species, it can survive the extinction of one of them.

如果一个捕食者能吃掉几个物种，它就能在其中一个物种灭绝后生存下来。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级She also knew from previous work conducted on birds and dolphins that these animals put half of their brains to sleep at a time so that they can rest while remaining alert enough to avoid predators (捕食者).

她还从之前对鸟类和海豚的研究中了解到，这些动物一次将一半的大脑投入睡眠，这样它们就可以休息，同时保持足够的警惕，以躲避捕食者(捕食者).

2017年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第1套）

考研According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation.

根据他们在《自然》杂志上发表的最新论文，在一个新的渔场中，大型捕食者（杀死和吃掉其他动物的动物）的生物量在开始开采后的15年内平均减少了80%。

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