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: Q* \/ {3 e Q5 ]7 E5 |Questions 40-43 Listen to a museum guide describing one of the museum exhibits A D b# {" U( D
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We’ve just seen two contemporary large birds that cannot fly: the emu and the ostrich鸵鸟, over here (that) is an interesting specimen from the past. This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin企鹅 as it appears to be, but an auk海雀. This is particular kind of auks very (where) rare, only 78 (giants) skins are (now) known to exist, and most are not preserved as well as this one. The great auk, as you can see, was a rather large bird and it couldn’t fly either. However, evidence suggests the auk was an excellent swimmer and diver. Unfortunately, those abilities did not protect it from being easy (perferer) pry for hungry (sellers) sailors (two) who years ago sailed the very cold and often icy waters of Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. In fact, records indicate the auk was rather tasty and (their) that its eggs…excuse me, that its eggs and fathers were useful as well. Still, it isn’t clear what other factors (let) led to the big bird’s (demand) demise (the round) around 1844, the last time anyone reported (thing) seeing one. Of course, we believe it is important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining great auk skins. After all, these specimens should (be) prove invaluable for future scientific research. Does anyone have any questions before we move on to our next bird exhibit?
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分类下 biology 5
! p n4 g3 q1 } D. u* }又遇上一篇较容易的。。。除了那个名词。。。
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5 l, B: n0 k {2 c" ZQuestions 44-46 Listen to part of a lecture in a zoology class
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% ]- u0 K' ~6 x' \! I( O+ w; SBefore I tell you about the interesting discovery related to Tyrannosaurus暴龙 rex雷克斯, I need to review you something we studied last semester-the difference between what are commonly called cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals. In warm-blooded animals, birds and mammals, for example, the body temperature normally stays within a narrow range, no matter what the outside temperature is. As a result, a warm-blooded animal will usually active in both cold and hot weather because its body temperature can adjust to the temperature of (the) its environment. # c4 @8 J" f* S& I( m E# A
& {" Z5 @8 @4 W# L" S& C7 W) \4 MOn the other hand, cold-blooded animals such as most reptiles, amphibians and insects are unable to create enough heat internally to raise their temperature above the temperature of the environment. So, for example, the temperature of a cold-blooded animal falls when the environment is cool. 3 j' w1 v3 H# s3 O3 E$ o
2 I- k) k3 I' K4 Z3 rI hope this distinction is clear, now, moving on to Tyrannosaurus rex. You may know (the) that dinosaurs being reptiles are generally believed to have been cold-blooded. (While) Well, a recent research study found that the chemical composition of the bones of Tyrannosaurus rex was (consisted) consistent with the bones of an animal that has a very narrow range of internal temperature, indicating that it was probably warm-blooded.7 g5 x3 h4 H+ m1 k" _