A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur bones lying about. "How old are these bones?" the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide. "Exactly one hundred million and three years old. "How can you be so sure?" inquired the tourist. "Well," replied the guide, " a geologist came by here and told me these bones were one hundred million years old, and that was exactly three years ago. Notes: (1) New Mexico 新墨西哥(美国州名) (2) be amazed at 对…感到惊诧 (3) dinosaur n.恐龙(已绝迹的巨大爬行动物) Exercises: 根据短文判断下列句子正(T)、(F): ① The tourist was frightened by the dinosaur bones lying about. ② The elderly native American served as a guide. ③ The guide knew exactly how old the bones were. ④ The guide told the tourist the history of the bones. ⑤ The guide believed what the geologist had said. 103.准确数字 一位游客在新墨西哥游览。他对随处可见的恐龙化石甚感惊奇。 “这些化石有多长的历史?”游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人。他是作向导的。 “整整十亿零三年了。” “你怎么这么肯定?”游客问道。 “哦,”向导回答道,“一个地质学家来过这儿,他告诉我说这些化石有十亿年了,再加上那是整整三年前的事了。” 练习参考答案: ①F②T③F④F⑤T
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