2014年考研英语新概念必背作文精选是本能还是机智
<p> <span word="Lesson">Lesson</span> 54 <span word="Instinct">Instinct</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="cleverness">cleverness</span>? 是本能还是机智</p><p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="insects">insects</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="regard">regard</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="asunnecessary">asunnecessary</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="good">good</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="continually">continually</span> <span word="wage">wage</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="onthem">onthem</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="contaminate">contaminate</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="carry">carry</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="devour">devour</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="crops">crops</span>. <span word="Theysting">Theysting</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="bite">bite</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="provocation">provocation</span>; <span word="they">they</span> <span word="fly">fly</span> <span word="uninvited">uninvited</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="summernights">summernights</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> <span word="ageist">ageist</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="lighted">lighted</span> <span word="windows">windows</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="dread">dread</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="ofunpleasant">ofunpleasant</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="spiders">spiders</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="wasps">wasps</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="harmless">harmless</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="moths">moths</span>.<span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="increases">increases</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="dispelling">dispelling</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="fears">fears</span>.<span word="Knowing">Knowing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="industrious">industrious</span> <span word="ant">ant</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="highly">highly</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="doesnothing">doesnothing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="filled">filled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="revulsion">revulsion</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="hordes">hordes</span> <span word="ofthem">ofthem</span> <span word="crawling">crawling</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="picnic">picnic</span> <span word="lunch">lunch</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="welike">welike</span> <span word="honey">honey</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="uncanny">uncanny</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="direction">direction</span> <span word="whichbees">whichbees</span> <span word="possess">possess</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horror">horror</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="stung">stung</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="fears">fears</span> <span word="areunreasonable">areunreasonable</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="erase">erase</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="however">however</span>,<span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="strangely">strangely</span> <span word="fascinating">fascinating</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="enjoy">enjoy</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="whenwe">whenwe</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="praying">praying</span> <span word="mantis">mantis</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="perfectly">perfectly</span> <span word="horrible">horrible</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="Weenjoy">Weenjoy</span> <span word="staring">staring</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="entranced">entranced</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="business">business</span>, <span word="unaware">unaware</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="presence">presence</span>. <span word="Who">Who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="awe">awe</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sight">sight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spiderpouncing">spiderpouncing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fly">fly</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="column">column</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ants">ants</span> <span word="triumphantly">triumphantly</span> <span word="bearing">bearing</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="enormousdead">enormousdead</span> <span word="beetle">beetle</span>?</p><p> <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="garden">garden</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antscrawling">antscrawling</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trunk">trunk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="prize">prize</span> <span word="peach">peach</span> <span word="tree">tree</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="warmwall">warmwall</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sheltered">sheltered</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="proud">proud</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="onlybecause">onlybecause</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="survived">survived</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="winters">winters</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="occasionallyproduces">occasionallyproduces</span> <span word="luscious">luscious</span> <span word="peaches">peaches</span>. <span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thetree">thetree</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wither">wither</span>. <span word="Clusters">Clusters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="aphides">aphides</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="tobe">tobe</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="underside">underside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="visited">visited</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="colony">colony</span> <span word="ofants">ofants</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="obtained">obtained</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="honey">honey</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="embarked">embarked</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="anexperiment">anexperiment</span> <span word="which">which</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="rid">rid</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ants">ants</span>, <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="mefascinated">mefascinated</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="twenty">twenty</span>-<span word="four">four</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="base">base</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="stickytape">stickytape</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ants">ants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aphides">aphides</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="tape">tape</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sostick">sostick</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="dare">dare</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cross">cross</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="watched">watched</span> <span word="themscurrying">themscurrying</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="base">base</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bewilderment">bewilderment</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="atmidnight">atmidnight</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="torch">torch</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="noted">noted</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="satisfaction">satisfaction</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="antswere">antswere</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="swarming">swarming</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sticky">sticky</span> <span word="tape">tape</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="anythingabout">anythingabout</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="morning">morning</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ants">ants</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="upin">upin</span> <span word="despair">despair</span>. <span word="Instead">Instead</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="route">route</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="wereclimbing">wereclimbing</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wall">wall</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span>. <span word="Irealized">Irealized</span> <span word="sadly">sadly</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="completely">completely</span> <span word="defeated">defeated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ingenuity">ingenuity</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="antshad">antshad</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="quick">quick</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="thoroughly">thoroughly</span> <span word="unscientific">unscientific</span> <span word="methods">methods</span>!</p>
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