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Ceratopsia

Ceratopsia thrived in North America and Asia during the Cretaceous Period (about 146 to 65.5 million years ago). Their name means "horned face" and indeed many of them did feature bony horns projecting from their skulls. ■

• (A) The horns may look quite predatory, but Ceratopsians were herbivores¹, so their horns were defensive in nature and may have been used to enforce order in the group. ■
• (B) Not all Ceratopsians had horns, but all had beaklike mouths. ■
• (C) The fossil record has revealed three distinct families among Ceratopsia: Psittacosaurids, Protoceratopsids, and Ceratopsids. Triceratops, a member of the Ceratopsid family, is probably the best known species of Ceratopsia. With its facial horns and neck display, it exhibits many of the features commonly associated with this dinosaur group. ■
• (D) However, there are species of Ceratopsia that are quite different from the fami
  A. first family.
  B. dinosaur face.
  C. first horned lizard.
  D. first horned fac
  

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Ceratopsia thrived in North America and Asia during the Cretaceous Period (about 146 to 65.5 million years ago). Their name means "horned face" and indeed many of them did feature bony horns projecting from their skulls. ■

• (A) The horns may look quite predatory, but Ceratopsians were herbivores¹, so their horns were defensive in nature and may have been used to enforce order in the group. ■
• (B) Not all Ceratopsians had horns, but all had beaklike mouths. ■
• (C) The fossil record has revealed three distinct families among Ceratopsia: Psittacosaurids, Protoceratopsids, and Ceratopsids. Triceratops, a member of the Ceratopsid family, is probably the best known species of Ceratopsia. With its facial horns and neck display, it exhibits many of the features commonly associated with this dinosaur group. ■
• (D) However, there are species of Ceratopsia that are quite different from the fami
  A. Not all Ceratopsian species had horns.
  B. Ceratopsians were vegetarians.
  C. The behavior of similar species indicates other purposes.
  D. Other physical features were better adapted for huntin
  

[填空题]Peoples occupied North America before the arrival of the (1)______
European in the 15th century have long been known as Indians because (2)______
of the belief prevalent at time of Columbus that the Americas were the (3)______
outer reaches of the Indies. Most scholars agree that Native Americans
came into the Western Hemisphere from Asia by the Bering Strait in a (4)______
series of migrations. From Alaska they spread to the east and south. (5)______
Several separate waves of migration are said to count for the many native (6)______
linguistic families, while the common origin used to explain the physical (7)______
characteristics that Native Americans have in common--Mongoloid
features, coarse, straight, black hair, dark eyes, sparse body hair, and
a skin colour range from yellow-brown to reddish brown. Many scholars (8)______

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EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA

1 The large-scale settlement of North America by Europeans began in the seventeenth century. France took the early lead in the contest for the temperate regions of North America. In 1608, the first permanent French colony was established at Quebec. In 1682, La Salle explored the Mississippi River and claimed the entire river system for France. But despite these early successes, there were never enough French settlers to make French North America a large center of population.
2 The Dutch under Henry Hudson explored the eastern coast of the continent and claimed a large area, including the river that was named after him. The Dutch colony of New Netherlands started with a few trading posts on the Hudson River, where New York City is now located, and expanded into enterprises in New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut. The Dutch settlements suffered a lot of competition from the English,
A. The European powers wanted to conquer the native population.
B. There was great competition for control of land and resources.
C. The French and English armies wanted to test their new weapons.
D. The European nations were trying to spread their political systems.