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令学利科购 学科网原创，让学司更客易！ JP.ZXXK.COM 学科网精品频道全力推荐 备战2023高考英语阅读理解热点话题分类训练 (高考模拟真题+名校最新真题) 专题15考古发现 (2023辽宁校联考一模)A new four--legged whale species was recently discovered by a team of researchers in Egypt.The fossil which was encased in a tomb of rock dates back to over 43 million years ago! This ancient creature had four functional legs,so it could dwell on both land and in water.Ironically,Egypt's Fayum Depression,the desert where the fossil was discovered,was an ocean millions of years ago. Researchers believe this fossil is an example from an era when land animals were adapting to marine life. Modern whales evolved from deer-like land mammals (over the course of millions of years,and this unique whale could travel across land and swim in the ocean. The new species is named Phiomicetus Anubis because the whale's skull (resembles the Egyptian jackal-headed god of death,Anubis.Scientists have also been able to recover the whale's partial skeleton(). They inferred that the ancient whale was about three meters in length and weighed 1.300 pounds.The mammal had a long mouthful of teeth,which indicated that it fed on smaller mammals and other sea life. After analyzing the remains at Mansoura University in the Nile River Delta,scientists supposed that P. Anubis is the oldest semi-aquatic whale species found in Africa.Although the fossil itself was discovered thirteen years ago,researchers just completed the analysis and made the exciting announcement of a new species.Other whale fossils with legs have been found before,but the P.Anubis is the earliest,of its kind found in Africa. 1.Where did the researchers find the fossil? A.In the India Ocean B.On the Rock Islands. C.In the Fayum Depression. D.In the Nile River Delta. 2.What helped scientists figure out Phiomicetus Anubis's diet? A.Its weight B.Its length C.Its teeth D.Its legs. 3.What can we infer from the text? A.The study of Phiomicetus Anubis is time-consuming. B.The analysis of Phiomicetus Anubis has a long way to go. C.P