初中英語閱讀題:準確數字

　　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(美國州名)

　　(2) be amazed at 對…感到驚詫

　　(3) dinosaur n.恐龍(已絕跡的巨大爬行動物)

　　Exercises:

　　根據短文判斷下列句子正(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.準確數字

　　一位游客在新墨西哥游覽。他對隨處可見的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。

　　“這些化石有多長的歷史?”游客問一個上了年紀的當地美國人。他是作向導的。

　　“整整十億零三年了。”

　　“你怎么這么肯定?”游客問道。

　　“哦，”向導回答道，“一個地質學家來過這兒，他告訴我說這些化石有十億年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”

　　練習參考答案：

　　①F②T③F④F⑤T

（育路中小學教育）