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新托福阅读词汇150题(3):moving forward&staying afloat

2015-08-10 17:19:34来源:网络

  【新托福阅读词汇150题(3):moving forward&staying afloat】新托福TPO阅读中,词汇题是重要托福阅读题型。托福阅读词汇题做题需要考生掌握一定的词汇量和做题技巧。本文中新东方在线托福网汇总了新托福阅读词汇150题:moving forward&staying afloat。

  aragraph 5: An even more exciting find was reported in 1994, also from Pakistan. The now extinct whale Ambulocetus natans ("the walking whale that swam") lived in the Tethys Sea 49 million years ago. It lived around 3 million years after Pakicetus but 9 million before Basilosaurus. The fossil luckily includes a good portion of the hind legs. The legs were strong and ended in long feet very much like those of a modern pinniped. The legs were certainly functional both on land and at sea. The whale retained a tail and lacked a fluke, the major means of locomotion in modern cetaceans. The structure of the backbone shows, however, that Ambulocetus swam like modern whales by moving the rear portion of its body up and down, even though a fluke was missing. The large hind legs were used for propulsion in water. On land, where it probably bred and gave birth, Ambulocetus may have moved around very much like a modern sea lion. It was undoubtedly a whale that linked life on land with life at sea. 【OG- The Origins of Cetaceans】

  11. The word “propulsion” in the passage is closest in meaning to

  ○staying afloat

  ○changing direction

  ○decreasing weight

  ○moving forward

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