2008年雅思阅读模拟试题
<p> ★<span word="Dont">Dont</span> <span word="wash">wash</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span>!</p><p> <span word="Standard">Standard</span> <span word="museum">museum</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="wash">wash</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span>.</p><p> 1.<span word="Washing">Washing</span>，<span word="brushing">brushing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="varnishing">varnishing</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span><span word="all">all</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span> <span word="treatments">treatments</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="fossil">fossil</span> <span word="hunters">hunters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="museum">museum</span> <span word="curators">curators</span> <span word="alike">alike</span><span word="vastly">vastly</span> <span word="reduces">reduces</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chances">chances</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="recovering">recovering</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span>.</p><p> 2.<span word="Instead">Instead</span>，<span word="excavators">excavators</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="handling">handling</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="bounty">bounty</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gloves">gloves</span>，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="freezing">freezing</span> <span word="samples">samples</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="found">found</span>，<span word="dirt">dirt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="all">all</span>，<span word="concludes">concludes</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Proceedings">Proceedings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sciences">Sciences</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p> 3.<span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="palaeontologists">palaeontologists</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="anecdotally">anecdotally</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="odds">odds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extracting">extracting</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span>，<span word="Eva">Eva</span>-<span word="Maria">Maria</span> <span word="Geigl">Geigl</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jacques">Jacques</span> <span word="Monod">Monod</span> <span word="Institute">Institute</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Paris">Paris</span>，<span word="France">France</span>，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span> <span word="practices">practices</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="information">information</span>，<span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span>，<span word="needs">needs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="hammered">hammered</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="digging">digging</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="bones">bones</span>.</p><p> 4.<span word="Geigl">Geigl</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="colleagues">colleagues</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> 3，200-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="fossil">fossil</span> <span word="bones">bones</span> <span word="belonging">belonging</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="individual">individual</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extinct">extinct</span> <span word="cattle">cattle</span> <span word="species">species</span>，<span word="called">called</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="aurochs">aurochs</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="dug">dug</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="times">times</span><span word="either">either</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1947，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="stored">stored</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="museum">museum</span> <span word="collection">collection</span>，<span word="or">or</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004，<span word="and">and</span> <span word="conserved">conserved</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="sterile">sterile</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="at">at</span> -20 <span word="C">C</span>.</p><p> 5.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="teams">teams</span> <span word="attempts">attempts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extract">extract</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1947 <span word="bones">bones</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="failed">failed</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="excavated">excavated</span> <span word="fossils">fossils</span>，<span word="however">however</span>，<span word="all">all</span> <span word="yielded">yielded</span> <span word="DNA">DNA</span>.</p>
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