天山-4-5 criticisms = unconvinced?

wangyu73cn

In any case, failure to find fossils of a predicted kind does not rule out their existence in an undiscovered deposit.
意思是：未能发现某种推测物种的化石，并不能排除其存在于未知埋藏地的可能。

oookk

Q7，不明白为什么是D啊，我选的是B

Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an argument made by scientists
who are unconvinced that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs?

A. There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils dating from a period after the time of Archaeopteryx.

B.  There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils that indicate the structure of those dinosaurs’ lungs.

C.  Theropod dinosaurs appear in the fossil record about 150 million years ago.

D. Theropod dinosaurs did not have fused clavicles.

      E.Theropod dinosaurs had certain bones that look just like those of Archaeopteryx. Answer:

wangyu73cn

Although many lines of evidence indicate that birds evolved from ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs, some scientists remain unconvinced.
尽管有很多证据表明鸟源自陆生兽脚恐龙，但一些科学家仍有异议。

They argue that theropods appeared too late to have given rise to birds, noting that Archaeopteryx lithographica— the oldest known bird— appears in the fossil record about 150 million years ago, where-as the fossil remains of various nonavian maniraptor theropods— the closest known relatives of birds— date only to about 115 million years ago.
他们认为，兽脚恐龙的出现较鸟类还要晚些。

But investigators have now uncovered bones that evidently belong to nonavian maniraptors dating to the time of Archaeopteryx.
但调查发现了一类兽脚恐龙的骨骼，他们于始祖鸟同代。

In any case, failure to find fossils of a predicted kind does not rule out their existence in an undiscovered deposit.
无论如何，未能发现某种推测物种的化石，并不能排除其存在于未知埋藏地的可能。

Skeptics also argue that the fused clavicles (the “wishbone”) of birds differ from the unfused clavicles of theropods.
持怀疑态度的人还认为鸟和兽脚恐龙的锁骨不同。

This objection was reasonable when only early theropod clavicles had been discovered, but fossilized theropod clavicles that look just like the wishbone of Archaeopteryx have now been unearthed.
只有在早起兽脚恐龙的锁骨被发现时，这一异议才能成立，但已有化石仅表明其锁骨类似于始祖鸟的。

Finally, some scientists argue that the complex lungs of birds could not have evolved from theropod lungs, an assertion that cannot be supported or falsified at the moment, because no fossil lungs are preserved in the paleontological record.
最后，肺有差异一点，也没有考古发现支持。

Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an argument made by scientists who are unconvinced that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs?

A. There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils dating from a period after the time of Archaeopteryx. 反

B.  There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils that indicate the structure of those dinosaurs’ lungs. 反

C.  Theropod dinosaurs appear in the fossil record about 150 million years ago. 反

D. Theropod dinosaurs did not have fused clavicles. 是论据

E.Theropod dinosaurs had certain bones that look just like those of Archaeopteryx. 反

Jackie2005

Could someone post the question 6 and the answer? I do not have it.

Thanks a lot!!!

fatlara

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我爱欧洲

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-7-21 12:06:00的发言：

Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an argument made by scientists who are unconvinced that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs?

A. There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils dating from a period after the time of Archaeopteryx. 反

B.  There are no known theropod dinosaur fossils that indicate the structure of those dinosaurs’ lungs. 反

C.  Theropod dinosaurs appear in the fossil record about 150 million years ago. 反

D. Theropod dinosaurs did not have fused clavicles. 是论据

E.Theropod dinosaurs had certain bones that look just like those of Archaeopteryx. 反

觉得这样理解比较好:

A.相反

B.和怀疑者观点相反,但没有提到.

C.是新发现的内容,和作者观点一致.

D.论据

E.是新发现的内容,和作者观点一致.

XUANYA2005

     Although many lines of evidence indicate
     that birds evolved from ground-dwelling
     theropod dinosaurs, some scientists remain
Line unconvinced. They argue that theropods
(5) appeared too late to have given rise to birds,

noting that Archaeopteryx lithographica—the
oldest known bird—appears in the fossil
record about 150 million years ago, whereas
the fossil remains of various nonavian
(10) maniraptor theropods—the closest known
relatives of birds—date only to about 115
million years ago. But investigators have
now uncovered bones that evidently belong
to nonavian maniraptors dating to the time of
(15) Archaeopteryx. In any case, failure to find
fossils of a predicted kind does not rule out
their existence in an undiscovered deposit.
Skeptics also argue that the fused clavicles
(the “wishbone”) of birds differ from the
(20) unfused clavicles of theropods. This
objection was reasonable when only early
theropod clavicles had been discovered,
but fossilized theropod clavicles that look
just like the wishbone of Archaeopteryx
(25) have now been unearthed. Finally, some
scientists argue that the complex lungs of
birds could not have evolved from theropod
lungs, an assertion that cannot be supported
or falsified at the moment, because no fossil
(30) lungs are preserved in the paleontological
record.
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Q6

In the context of the passage, the phrase “fossils of a predicted kind” (line 16) most likely
refers to which of the following?
A. Theropod fossils with fused clavicles
B. Theropod fossils that are similar in structure to Archaeopteryx fossils

C. Theropod fossils dating back more than 150 million years
D. Fossils indicating the structure of theropod lungs
E. Fossils indicating the structure of Archaeopteryx lungs

ans: C

Mine: A

那话的上面是有关于化石的年代的，文中说到dating to the time of Archaeopteryx,那只能说明是150，不可能是more than 150

而那句话下面说的关于clavicles的，just like the wishbone(fused clavicles) of Archaeopteryx have now been unearthed.,所以我认为A更加正确。

随便路过走过的，给点建议，先谢啦。

titatita

6题就时c

注意时back more than 150。。。。

They argue that theropods
(5) appeared too late to have given rise to birds,
15
noting that Archaeopteryx lithographica—the
oldest known bird—appears in the fossil
record about 150 million years ago, whereas
the fossil remains of various nonavian
(10) maniraptor theropods—the closest known
relatives of birds—date only to about 115
million years ago. 怀疑者认为始祖鸟化石发现再150million年前，而那种獣115million所以怀疑鸟不是起源于那种獣But investigators have
now uncovered bones that evidently belong
to nonavian maniraptors dating to the time of
(15) Archaeopteryx.现在发现那种獣的骨头再始祖鸟的时期有，也就是150million年的那个时期，写到者作者其实暗含着假设：既然说鸟起源于那种獣，那么那种獣的化石肯定要比鸟还早，但现在没有发现比150million更早的那种獣的化石。解下来引出下面一句，没发现不代表没有。所以预测的化石指的是比150million早的獣的化石。否则不能反对怀疑者的论点 In any case, failure to find
fossils of a predicted kind does not rule out
their existence in an undiscovered deposit.

lianxyz

Hi,

Could you put the article on the net?

Thank you very much.

lianxyz

Sorry,I didn't find that the articlhad been posted.I've got it already.