初中英語(yǔ)閱讀題:準(zhǔn)確數(shù)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(guó)州名)

　　(2) be amazed at 對(duì)…感到驚詫

　　(3) dinosaur n.恐龍(已絕跡的巨大爬行動(dòng)物)

　　Exercises:

　　根據(jù)短文判斷下列句子正(T)、(F)：

　�、� The tourist was frightened by the dinosaur bones lying about.

　　② The elderly native American served as a guide.

　�、� The guide knew exactly how old the bones were.

　　④ The guide told the tourist the history of the bones.

　�、� The guide believed what the geologist had said.

　　103.準(zhǔn)確數(shù)字

　　一位游客在新墨西哥游覽。他對(duì)隨處可見(jiàn)的恐龍化石甚感驚奇。

　　“這些化石有多長(zhǎng)的歷史?”游客問(wèn)一個(gè)上了年紀(jì)的當(dāng)?shù)孛绹?guó)人。他是作向?qū)У摹?/p>

　　“整整十億零三年了。”

　　“你怎么這么肯定?”游客問(wèn)道。

　　“哦，”向?qū)Щ卮鸬溃?ldquo;一個(gè)地質(zhì)學(xué)家來(lái)過(guò)這兒，他告訴我說(shuō)這些化石有十億年了，再加上那是整整三年前的事了。”

　　練習(xí)參考答案：

　�、貴②T③F④F⑤T

（育路中小學(xué)教育）