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单选题Besides human beings, who is able to alter environment by engineering feats?

A．Ant-lion.
B．Beaver.
C．Spider.
D．Insect.

细节题。根据关键词”engineering feats”可定位至最后一段倒数第二句a power possessed to some extent even by the beaver,and preeminently by man．可知海狸和人类具备这种能力。因此，正确答案是B。

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