2015考研英语阅读谁吃了恐龙
<p> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="ate">ate</span> <span word="dinosaurs">dinosaurs</span>?</p><p> 谁吃了恐龙</p><p> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="crocs">crocs</span></p><p> 古鳄鱼</p><p> <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="heyday">heyday</span>, <span word="dinosaurs">dinosaurs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="dominant">dominant</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="myth">myth</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="outto">outto</span> <span word="be">be</span></p><p> 即便是在全盛时期,恐龙并非像民间传说所理解的那样占绝对统治地位</p><p> <span word="ONE">ONE</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="question">question</span>, <span word="What">What</span> <span word="ate">ate</span> <span word="dinosaurs">dinosaurs</span>? <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="obviously">obviously</span>, <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="dinosaurs">dinosaurs</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ropodpredators">ropodpredators</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Tyrannosaurus">Tyrannosaurus</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Allosaurus">Allosaurus</span> <span word="loom">loom</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="lover">lover</span> <span word="ofprehistoric">ofprehistoric</span> <span word="monsters">monsters</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="animatronic">animatronic</span> <span word="fights">fights</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="likes">likes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Diplodocus">Diplodocus</span> <span word="andStegosaurus">andStegosaurus</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="clich">clich</span>. <span word="Science">Science</span>, <span word="though">though</span>, <span word="tries">tries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="atthis">atthis</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Society">Society</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Vertebrate">Vertebrate</span> <span word="Palaeontology">Palaeontology</span>, <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Las">Las</span> <span word="Vegas">Vegas</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thespeakers">thespeakers</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="predators">predators</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mesozoic">Mesozoic</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="dinosaurs">dinosaurs</span>. <span word="Theirconclusion">Theirconclusion</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span>. <span word="Another">Another</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reptiles">reptiles</span>, <span word="until">until</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="neglected">neglected</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="importantcarnivores">importantcarnivores</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="today">today</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="crocodiles">crocodiles</span>.</p><p> 谁吃恐龙很明显,其中一个答案是:其它恐龙每个史前怪兽爱好者的脑海里浮现出的是像霸王龙、翼龙这样的兽脚类掠食者,电脑制作的它们与梁龙、剑龙的打斗也成为俗套。而科学试图不落窠臼。今年,在拉斯维加斯召开的古脊椎生物学会会议上,一些发言人问到中生代顶级掠食者是否全是恐龙,结论是否。直到最近还被忽视的一类爬虫,同样是重要的食肉动物,正是仍然存活于今的一个族群:鳄鱼。</p>
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