阅读下面的短文,文章中有5处空白,文章后面有6组文字,请根据文章的内容选择5组文字,将其分别放回文章原有位置,以恢复文章原貌。 Time in the Animal World Rhythm controls
everything in Nature. (46) The sun provides
a basic time rhythm for all living creatures including humans. Nearly all
animals are influenced by sun cycles and have developed a biological clock in
their bodies following these cycles. The moon also exerts its force and
influence on the sea. Its gravitational attraction causes the rising of the
tide. (47) When the moon is behind the Earth, centrifugal
force causes the second tide of the day. Animals living in tidal
areas must have the instinct of predicting these changes, to avoid being
stranded and dying of dehydration. Since the time of the dinosaurs, the king
crab has been laying eggs at the seaside in a set way. To avoid predator fish,
the eggs are always far from seawater and protected by sand. In the following
two months, the eggs undergo dramatic changes related to the cycles of the moon.
When the second spring tide comes, the young king crabs have matured.
(48) Most of the mammals, either the giant
elephant or the small shrew, have the same average total number of heartbeats in
their lifetime. Shrews live only for two and a half years, and spend their life
at a high speed and high tempo. Animals like shrews with a pulse rate of 600 per
minute have an average total of eight hundred million heartbeats throughout
their life. The African elephant has a pulse rate of 25 beats per minute, and a
life span of 60 years. The size of the body determines the speed of life.
(49) As we get older, our sense of time is
being influenced by the physiological changes of our body. The elderly spend
more time resting, and do few sports. (50) For a child, a
week is seen as a long time. A. For an adult, time goes fast year by
year. B. It controls, for example, the flapping of birds’ wings, the
beating of the heart and the rising and setting of the sun. C. The
larger the animal is, the longer its life span is and the slower its life tempo
is. D. The tide goes out when the moon moves away and its attraction is
weaker. E. We always tend to think all the animals have the same sense
of time as human beings. F. The second spring tide takes them back to
the sea.