大学英语四级阅读练习题：动物中的声音.docVIP

2019 年 6 月大学英语四级阅读 200 篇汇总 Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echolocation ( 回声定位 ) in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly practical role. To get a full appreciation of what this means we must turn first to some recent human inventions. Everyoneknows that if he shouts near a wall or a mountainside, an echo will come back. The further off this solid obstacle, the longer time it will take for the return of the echo. A sound made by tapping on the main body of a ship will be reflected from the sea bott