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【題目】 We usually see ancient plants or insects in amber(琥珀). But recently, a group of researchers found something unusual in amber — a feathered tail!

The tail includes bones, soft tissue and even feathers. It is 37 mm long, which is about the length of a matchstick. It looks like a plant at first sight. But researchers later identified(確定) it as part of the tail of a dinosaur that couldn’t fly almost 100 million years ago.

Xing Lida of Beijing’s China University of Geosciences discovered the amber in a market in Myanmar in 2015. “It is an amazing fossil(化石) and the finest details of feathers can be seen in 3-D.” he said.

The researchers note in their paper that this finding is particularly special because, although dinosaur feathers have been found in amber before, we don’t know which dinosaurs they came from. But this time researchers know more.

The tail is likely to belong to a tiny dinosaur called coelurosaur. Famous coelurosaurs include the T-rex(霸王龍) and Velociraptor(迅猛龍) — the latter of which would finally evolve into birds.

So with the “once in a lifetime” finding, can we hope for the possibility of a real Jurassic Park (侏羅紀(jì)公園)? In the movie series, scientists bring dinosaurs back to life by getting their DNA from blood found in amber.

But Canadian scientist Ryan Mckellar said that although soft tissue and blood of the tail were found in the amber, no genetic material was kept. “The Jurassic Park answer is still a ‘no’ — this is in the science fiction.” he said.

【1】What do you know about the amber?

a. It is about 100 million years old. b. It was discovered in Myanmar.

c. It was discovered this year. d. It is a valuable fossil.

A.abB.bcC.acD.bd

【2】What does the underlined phrase “evolve into” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.come intoB.break intoC.grow intoD.get into

【3】The movie Jurassic Park is mentioned to ________ .

A.talk about the use of DNA in this areaB.call on people to watch it

C.compare different dinosaursD.talk about science fiction

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報(bào)道類閱讀，主要介紹我們通常在琥珀中看到古老的植物或昆蟲。但是最近，一群研究者發(fā)現(xiàn)琥珀中有一種不尋常的東西——羽毛尾巴。它可能是一種小型恐龍的尾巴�？苹秒娪袄锟茖W(xué)家通過從琥珀中發(fā)現(xiàn)的血液中獲取DNA，使恐龍復(fù)活。但是現(xiàn)實(shí)中科學(xué)家說，這是不可能的。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Xing Lida of Beijing’s China University of Geosciences discovered the amber in a market in Myanmar in 2015.”可知，琥珀是在緬甸發(fā)現(xiàn)的；根據(jù)“It is an amazing fossil(化石)”可知，它是一種有價(jià)值的化石。故選D。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)“But researchers later identified(確定) it as part of the tail of a dinosaur that couldn’t fly almost 100 million years ago.”可知，以前這些恐龍不會(huì)飛；根據(jù)“the latter of which would finally evolve into birds.”后來成為鳥，會(huì)飛，這表示進(jìn)化了，成長為鳥。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“In the movie series, scientists bring dinosaurs back to life by getting their DNA from blood found in amber.”句子談到：從琥珀中發(fā)現(xiàn)的血液中獲取DNA，使恐龍復(fù)活�？芍�，討論的應(yīng)該DNA方面的使用。故選A。