SAT文章阅读模拟一篇
<p> 下面为大家整理的是<span word="SAT">SAT</span>文章阅读模拟题一篇，后面附有正确答案。<span word="SAT">SAT</span>文章阅读对于一般的中国考生来说都是非常有难度的，所以需要大量的练习才能真正的掌握。下面我们就一起来看看这些题目的详细内容吧。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fossil">fossil</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="vertebrates">vertebrates</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="intrigued">intrigued</span> <span word="paleontologists">paleontologists</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>. <span word="How">How</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="weighed">weighed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="piloted">piloted</span> <span word="hang">hang</span>-<span word="glider">glider</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="wingspans">wingspans</span> <span word="from">from</span> 8 <span word="to">to</span> 12 <span word="meters">meters</span>, <span word="solved">solved</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="powered">powered</span> <span word="flight">flight</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="exactly">exactly</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="creatures">creatures</span> <span word="were">were</span>--<span word="reptiles">reptiles</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="birds">birds</span>-<span word="are">are</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ques">ques</span>- <span word="tions">tions</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="puzzled">puzzled</span> <span word="over">over</span>. <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="assertion">assertion</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reptiles">reptiles</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="skulls">skulls</span>, <span word="pelvises">pelvises</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hind">hind</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reptilian">reptilian</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="anatomy">anatomy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="wings">wings</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="evolve">evolve</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="birds">birds</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="greatly">greatly</span> <span word="elongated">elongated</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="finger">finger</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="forelimb">forelimb</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="winglike">winglike</span> <span word="membrane">membrane</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reptilian">reptilian</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="claws">claws</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="finger">finger</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="principal">principal</span> <span word="strut">strut</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wing">wing</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="consists">consists</span> <span word="primarily">primarily</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="feathers">feathers</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="fours">fours</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="employed">employed</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="grasping">grasping</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pterosaur">pterosaur</span> <span word="walked">walked</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="stationary">stationary</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="finger">finger</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wing">wing</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="upward">upward</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="inverted">inverted</span> <span word="V">V</span>-<span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="body">body</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="resembled">resembled</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bats">bats</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="overall">overall</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="proportions">proportions</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="sur">sur</span>- <span word="prising">prising</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="vertebrate">vertebrate</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="aerodynamic">aerodynamic</span> <span word="constraints">constraints</span>. <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="hollow">hollow</span> <span word="bones">bones</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="feature">feature</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="repre">repre</span>- <span word="sents">sents</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="savings">savings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="weight">weight</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="birds">birds</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="bones">bones</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reinforced">reinforced</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="massively">massively</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="struts">struts</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="scales">scales</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="reptiles">reptiles</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="hairy">hairy</span> <span word="coats">coats</span>. <span word="T">T</span>.<span word="H">H</span>. <span word="Huxley">Huxley</span> <span word="rea">rea</span>- <span word="soned">soned</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="vertebrates">vertebrates</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="warm">warm</span>- <span word="blooded">blooded</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="implies">implies</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="metabolism">metabolism</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="implies">implies</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="tem">tem</span>- <span word="perature">perature</span>. <span word="Huxley">Huxley</span> <span word="speculated">speculated</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="coat">coat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hair">hair</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="insulate">insulate</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="loss">loss</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="streamline">streamline</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="drag">drag</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="flight">flight</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pterosaur">pterosaur</span> <span word="specimen">specimen</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="long">long</span>, <span word="dense">dense</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="thick">thick</span> <span word="hairlike">hairlike</span> <span word="fossil">fossil</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="correct">correct</span>. <span word="Efforts">Efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="air">air</span>- <span word="borne">borne</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suggestions">suggestions</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="them">them</span>- <span word="selves">selves</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="jumping">jumping</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="cliffs">cliffs</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="dropping">dropping</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="trees">trees</span>. <span word="or">or</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="winds">winds</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crests">crests</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="waves">waves</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="hypothesis">hypothesis</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="difficulties">difficulties</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="wrongly">wrongly</span> <span word="assumes">assumes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="hind">hind</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="rese">rese</span>- <span word="mbled">mbled</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bats">bats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="hooks">hooks</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="hang">hang</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="preparation">preparation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="flight">flight</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="hypothesis">hypothesis</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="unlikely">unlikely</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="landed">landed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="wings">wings</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="channel">channel</span> <span word="updrafts">updrafts</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="wind">wind</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pterosaurs">pterosaurs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="airborne">airborne</span>.</p>
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