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   Biomimicry, a combination of the words, bio (life) and mimic (imitate), is ascience imitating life. Although Biomimicry became a formal discipline in the 1980s,inventions based on the University of Mother Nature are far from new. Thousands ofyears ago, the Chinese, inspired by spiders, tried to make artificial silk.   “The survival of the fittest” is the fundamental principle of Biomimicry becauseevolutionary pressure has been forcing the natural system to become highly functionaland efficient. Today scientists are increasingly searching out interesting animals andplants to gain design insights that will help them create novel materials andcompounds.    Take the following products for example. In 1948, a Swiss engineer, George deMestral came home from walking his dog and found burrs sticking to his pants. As hepulled them off, a light bulb went on in his head. He examined one of these burrsunder the microscope and found tiny hooks on the end of it. Shortly after, Velcro wasborn. In addition, the waterproof adhesive produced by the blue mussel has inspiredscientists to make such glue which enables surgeons to operate without stitches. Stillanother amazing endeavor was made at Daimler-Chrysler. The automobile engineersteamed up with Biomimicry engineers to study the behavior of boxfish living inconfined space such as coral reefs. This stimulated the creation of Mercedes-BenzBionic Concept Car, which focuses on drivers’ maneuvering in tight areas and goodcollision handling.    People normally think technology constantly moves human beings away fromnature, but on the contrary, Biomimicry is showing us that people can learn fromnature and take it as a guide.
62. What is the main idea of this passage?
(A) Scientists are working hard to look for something lost in nature.
(B) Nature has inspired people and led them to many inventions.
(C) One of the basic rules in Biomimicry is “the survival of the fittest.”
(D)Advances in technology make a terrific contribution to human beings.

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答案：B
難度：適中0.6
統計：A(0),B(3),C(0),D(1),E(0)

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