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Male lions are rather reticent about expanding their energy in hunting more than three-quarters of kills are made by lionesses. Setting off dusk on at hunt, the lionesses are in front, tensely scanning ahead, the cube lag playfully behind and the males bring up the rear, walking slowly their massive heads nodding with each step as if they were bored with the whole matter. But slothfulness may have survival value. With lionesses busy hunting, the males function as guards for the cubs, protecting them, particularly from hyenas.

According to the passage male lions generally do not go hunting because

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Male lions are rather reticent about expanding their energy in hunting more than three-quarters of kills are made by lionesses. Setting off dusk on at hunt, the lionesses are in front, tensely scanning ahead, the cube lag playfully behind and the males bring up the rear, walking slowly their massive heads nodding with each step as if they were bored with the whole matter. But slothfulness may have survival value. With lionesses busy hunting, the males function as guards for the cubs, protecting them, particularly from hyenas.

When lionesses go in search of their prey, they are very

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Male lions are rather reticent about expanding their energy in hunting more than three-quarters of kills are made by lionesses. Setting off dusk on at hunt, the lionesses are in front, tensely scanning ahead, the cube lag playfully behind and the males bring up the rear, walking slowly their massive heads nodding with each step as if they were bored with the whole matter. But slothfulness may have survival value. With lionesses busy hunting, the males function as guards for the cubs, protecting them, particularly from hyenas.

Male lions protect their cubs

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The crouching position which the restricted space of his hiding place had forced him to assume and the pain he still felt in the ankle made it seem like hours that his pursuers searched in the area where he lay concealed, although it was probably not more than a matter of minutes. He dared not move; nor dared he gives way to his overwhelming desire to sneeze for fear of revealing his presence. When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance, he allowed himself to shift his position and finally, when he could hear no more, to crawl, half-paralyzed, from between the two rocks in whose shelter he had managed to escape capture. Cautiously he peeped out to see if it was safe for him to continue his escape, and discovering no sign of life about him, he started to creep painfully in the direction he had come, hoping in this way to deceive his pursuers. He had not gone above a hundred yards when a movement in the undergrowth nearby made him stand stock-still. Could it be that, after all, some of his enemies were still searching the neighbourhood? A few seconds passed and then, from behind a stump of a tree, there appeared a small black and white dog. Man and dog eyed each other suspiciously for a moment, until, to the man's immense relief, it rushed up to him wagging its tail.

The writer crouched in his hiding place because

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The crouching position which the restricted space of his hiding place had forced him to assume and the pain he still felt in the ankle made it seem like hours that his pursuers searched in the area where he lay concealed, although it was probably not more than a matter of minutes. He dared not move; nor dared he gives way to his overwhelming desire to sneeze for fear of revealing his presence. When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance, he allowed himself to shift his position and finally, when he could hear no more, to crawl, half-paralyzed, from between the two rocks in whose shelter he had managed to escape capture. Cautiously he peeped out to see if it was safe for him to continue his escape, and discovering no sign of life about him, he started to creep painfully in the direction he had come, hoping in this way to deceive his pursuers. He had not gone above a hundred yards when a movement in the undergrowth nearby made him stand stock-still. Could it be that, after all, some of his enemies were still searching the neighbourhood? A few seconds passed and then, from behind a stump of a tree, there appeared a small black and white dog. Man and dog eyed each other suspiciously for a moment, until, to the man's immense relief, it rushed up to him wagging its tail.

'When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance' means

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The crouching position which the restricted space of his hiding place had forced him to assume and the pain he still felt in the ankle made it seem like hours that his pursuers searched in the area where he lay concealed, although it was probably not more than a matter of minutes. He dared not move; nor dared he gives way to his overwhelming desire to sneeze for fear of revealing his presence. When eventually the voices became fainter in the distance, he allowed himself to shift his position and finally, when he could hear no more, to crawl, half-paralyzed, from between the two rocks in whose shelter he had managed to escape capture. Cautiously he peeped out to see if it was safe for him to continue his escape, and discovering no sign of life about him, he started to creep painfully in the direction he had come, hoping in this way to deceive his pursuers. He had not gone above a hundred yards when a movement in the undergrowth nearby made him stand stock-still. Could it be that, after all, some of his enemies were still searching the neighbourhood? A few seconds passed and then, from behind a stump of a tree, there appeared a small black and white dog. Man and dog eyed each other suspiciously for a moment, until, to the man's immense relief, it rushed up to him wagging its tail.

The writer decided to come out of his hiding place when

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One often comes across the remark, 'It's not what you know that gets you ahead; it's who you know.' We do not subscribe to this cynical remark, but neither do we wish to minimize the importance of having influential people back you up in your application. Often the recommendation of a person whose word is respected is a deciding factor in getting a job. This is perhaps especially true when an employer is considering a number of applications from graduates who do not have professional experience. The academic records alone might not provide a clear basis for a choice.

Recommendation letter of an influential person _____.

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One often comes across the remark, 'It's not what you know that gets you ahead; it's who you know.' We do not subscribe to this cynical remark, but neither do we wish to minimize the importance of having influential people back you up in your application. Often the recommendation of a person whose word is respected is a deciding factor in getting a job. This is perhaps especially true when an employer is considering a number of applications from graduates who do not have professional experience. The academic records alone might not provide a clear basis for a choice.

A recommendation letter is important because it _____.

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One often comes across the remark, 'It's not what you know that gets you ahead; it's who you know.' We do not subscribe to this cynical remark, but neither do we wish to minimize the importance of having influential people back you up in your application. Often the recommendation of a person whose word is respected is a deciding factor in getting a job. This is perhaps especially true when an employer is considering a number of applications from graduates who do not have professional experience. The academic records alone might not provide a clear basis for a choice.

The writer does not affirm; he makes a tentative statement by using expressions like _____.