Detectives often look for footprints when they try to solve crimes. Scientists use footprints, too—dinosaur footprints when they try to figure out how dinosaurs lived and moved.

Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. Today scientists work to solve the mysteries of these ancient animals.

Footprints, or tracks(脚印), are an important way to learn about dinosaurs. Christian Meyer of the Natural History Museum in Basel, Switzerland, calls dinosaur tracks “the closest thing to a movie” of dinosaurs.

“They tell us something about the size of the animal, the way they were walking…they tell us something about their speed,” Meyer said.

Tracks also show that dinosaurs sometimes traveled in groups. Traveling in groups probably helped dinosaurs protect themselves from enemies. Plus, some meat-eating dinosaurs may have hunted in groups, much like wolves do today. Being in a group could help dinosaurs work together to kill large animals.

Dinosaur footprints can be as small as a few inches across, but they can also be as big as a few feet across. Dinosaur footprints have been found throughout the world at over 1,500 sites, including a T. Rex footprint in New Mexico. “Trackways” are groups of footprints.

And scientists aren’t the only ones finding dinosaur tracks—kids can, too! Eleven-year-old Mark Turner and nine-year-old Daniel Helm discovered dinosaur tracks in British Columbia, anada. Soon scientists began studying the tracks.

Scientists and other people interested in studying dinosaurs are working to save the trackways from activities like construction and mining.

The passage mainly tells us that_______.

there were really dinosaurs on the earth millions of years ago

dinosaurs were the most frightening animals in the past

C. dinosaur footprints are important in learning about dinosaurs

why dinosaurs died out millions of years ago

By studying footprints scientists can know the following EXCEPT _______.

A. how big the dinosaur was             B. what color the dinosaur was

C. how fast the dinosaur could run        D. how the dinosaur walked

By working in groups, some meat-eating dinosaurs_______.

   A. made the hunting of large animals easily

   B. could travel a long way without being lost

   C. could protect themselves from being hunted by wolves

   D. could get to a place faster

From the last paragraph we can infer that some human activities like mining_______.

   A. are helpful to the study of dinosaurs

   B. can help scientists solve many mysteries

   C. can lead to the discovery of the footprints

   D. can destroy the footprints of the dinosaur

Detectives often look for footprints when they try to solve crimes. Scientists use footprints, too—dinosaur footprints when they try to figure out how dinosaurs lived and moved.
Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. Today scientists work to solve the mysteries of these ancient animals.
Footprints, or tracks(脚印), are an important way to learn about dinosaurs. Christian Meyer of the Natural History Museum in Basel, Switzerland, calls dinosaur tracks “the closest thing to a movie” of dinosaurs.
“They tell us something about the size of the animal, the way they were walking…they tell us something about their speed,” Meyer said.
Tracks also show that dinosaurs sometimes traveled in groups. Traveling in groups probably helped dinosaurs protect themselves from enemies. Plus, some meat-eating dinosaurs may have hunted in groups, much like wolves do today. Being in a group could help dinosaurs work together to kill large animals.
Dinosaur footprints can be as small as a few inches across, but they can also be as big as a few feet across. Dinosaur footprints have been found throughout the world at over 1,500 sites, including a T. Rex footprint in New Mexico. “Trackways” are groups of footprints.
And scientists aren’t the only ones finding dinosaur tracks—kids can, too! Eleven-year-old Mark Turner and nine-year-old Daniel Helm discovered dinosaur tracks in British Columbia, anada. Soon scientists began studying the tracks.
Scientists and other people interested in studying dinosaurs are working to save the trackways from activities like construction and mining.
【小题1】The passage mainly tells us that_______.
A. there were really dinosaurs on the earth millions of years ago
B. dinosaurs were the most frightening animals in the past
C. dinosaur footprints are important in learning about dinosaurs
C. why dinosaurs died out millions of years ago
【小题2】By studying footprints scientists can know the following EXCEPT _______.

A．how big the dinosaur was	B．what color the dinosaur was
C．how fast the dinosaur could run	D．how the dinosaur walked

【小题3】 By working in groups, some meat-eating dinosaurs_______.

A．made the hunting of large animals easily

B．could travel a long way without being lost

C．could protect themselves from being hunted by wolves

D．could get to a place faster

【小题4】 From the last paragraph we can infer that some human activities like mining_______.

A．are helpful to the study of dinosaurs

B．can help scientists solve many mysteries

C．can lead to the discovery of the footprints

D．can destroy the footprints of the dinosaur

Detectives often look for footprints when they try to solve crimes. Scientists use footprints, too—dinosaur footprints when they try to figure out how dinosaurs lived and moved.

Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. Today scientists work to solve the mysteries of these ancient animals.

Footprints, or tracks(脚印), are an important way to learn about dinosaurs. Christian Meyer of the Natural History Museum in Basel, Switzerland, calls dinosaur tracks “the closest thing to a movie” of dinosaurs.

“They tell us something about the size of the animal, the way they were walking…they tell us something about their speed,” Meyer said.

Tracks also show that dinosaurs sometimes traveled in groups. Traveling in groups probably helped dinosaurs protect themselves from enemies. Plus, some meat-eating dinosaurs may have hunted in groups, much like wolves do today. Being in a group could help dinosaurs work together to kill large animals.

Dinosaur footprints can be as small as a few inches across, but they can also be as big as a few feet across. Dinosaur footprints have been found throughout the world at over 1,500 sites, including a T. Rex footprint in New Mexico. “Trackways” are groups of footprints.

And scientists aren’t the only ones finding dinosaur tracks—kids can, too! Eleven-year-old Mark Turner and nine-year-old Daniel Helm discovered dinosaur tracks in British Columbia, anada. Soon scientists began studying the tracks.

Scientists and other people interested in studying dinosaurs are working to save the trackways from activities like construction and mining.

1.The passage mainly tells us that_______.

A.  there were really dinosaurs on the earth millions of years ago

B.  dinosaurs were the most frightening animals in the past

C. dinosaur footprints are important in learning about dinosaurs

C.  why dinosaurs died out millions of years ago

2.By studying footprints scientists can know the following EXCEPT _______.

A. how big the dinosaur was             B. what color the dinosaur was

C. how fast the dinosaur could run        D. how the dinosaur walked

3. By working in groups, some meat-eating dinosaurs_______.

   A. made the hunting of large animals easily

   B. could travel a long way without being lost

   C. could protect themselves from being hunted by wolves

   D. could get to a place faster

 

4. From the last paragraph we can infer that some human activities like mining_______.

   A. are helpful to the study of dinosaurs

   B. can help scientists solve many mysteries

   C. can lead to the discovery of the footprints

   D. can destroy the footprints of the dinosaur

 

 

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，从每题所给四个选项中选出最佳答案。

　　Is there a strange something high up in the world's tallest mountains? If so, is it a big bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?

　　No one knows. This mystery(神秘) has puzzled(迷惑) the world for years.

　　In 1887, a mountain climber found giant footprint(脚印) in the snow. They looked like the footprint of a very large man. But men don't walk barefoot (光脚) in the snow!

　　In 1906, another climber saw more than footprints. Far off, he saw a great hairy animal standing on two legs. As he watched, it ran out of sight.

　　Fifteen years later, newspapers had new stories about the “something”. A mountain climber said he had seen the “Snow man” walk slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large hairy man.

　　From then on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back pictures of giant footprints. The pictures showed clearly that Snow man walked on the snow.

　　And the mystery keeps on growing. Brave men still hunt the Snow man in the high mountain. Some day we will find out just what it is that makes the giant footprints.

1．When did the climber say that he had seen a “Snow man”?

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2．What is the meaning of the word “giant” in the second paragraph?

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3．What is the difference between the monkey and the Snow man mentioned in the passage?

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A．The monkey is small, while the Snow man is big.

B．The monkey is thin, while the Snow man is fat.

C．The monkey walks on four legs, while the Snow man walked on two legs.

D．The monkey is easy to see, while the Snow man is hard to see.

4．Which sentence is right?

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A．A mountain climber saw a hairy animal in 1887.

B．A mountain climber only saw footprints in the snow in 1906.

C．People want to know more about the Snow man.

D．People have found out what the footprints are.

5．What may be the title of the passage?

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A．Climbers Saw the Snow Man.

B．Mystery of the Snow Man.

C．The Snow Man in the Mountains.

D．Stories About the Snow Man.

书面表达

请根据下面四幅图，以“An Easy－made Picture”为题，写出Tom跟爷爷学画时发生的事。

注意：1．短文必须包括四幅图的所有内容；

　　　2．词数100--120左右；

　　　3．可根据图适当发挥；

　　　4．参考词汇：footprint脚印。

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