听力语法组合练全球到底有多少只蚂蚁？
听力填空
Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global 1 of ants — insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet — and the estimated total is a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion of them.The ants’ biomass was higher than that of 2 mammals and birds 3 , and it reaches 20 percent of the human biomass.They have thrived since the age of dinosaurs, with the oldest-known ant fossil dating back about 100 million years to the Cretaceous Period.There are more than 12,000 known 4 of ants, which generally are black, brown or red in color and 5 bodies segmented into three parts.
双语新闻
研究人员对全球蚂蚁的数量进行了迄今为止最彻底的评估，一种遍布地球上几乎所有地方的昆虫，总数令人震惊，约有2亿亿只。所有蚂蚁的生物量超越野生哺乳动物和鸟类的总和，达到了人类生物量的20%。自恐龙时代以来，它们就一直繁衍生息，已知最古老的蚂蚁化石可以追溯到大约1亿年前的白垩纪时期。已知的蚂蚁种类超过12000种，它们的颜色一般为黑色、棕色或红色，身体分为三部分。
Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants — insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet — and the estimated total is a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion of them.The ants’ biomass was higher than that of wild mammals and birds combined, and it reaches 20 percent of the human biomass.They have thrived since the age of dinosaurs, with the oldest-known ant fossil dating back about 100 million years to the Cretaceous Period.There are more than 12,000 known species of ants, which generally are black, brown or red in color and possess bodies segmented into three parts.
【词汇积累】
thorough adj. 彻底的；全面的；详尽的
colonize v. （动植物）大批繁殖于；大批生长于
estimate v. 估计，估算 n. 估计，估算；（对建造或修理费用的）估价，报价
mind-blowing adj. 非常令人兴奋的；给人印象极深的；非常令人吃惊的
quadrillion 千万亿
biomass n. （提供动力或能量的）生物量
fossil n. 化石
date back (to...) 追溯到；始于；自……至今
the Cretaceous Period 白垩纪时期
语法填空
Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants — insects that have colonized almost everywhere on 1 planet — and the estimated total is a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion of them.The ants’ biomass was 2 (high) than that of wild mammals and birds combined, and it reaches 20 percent of the human biomass.They
3 (thrive) since the age of dinosaurs, with the oldest-known ant fossil 4 (date) back about 100 million years to the Cretaceous Period.There are more than 12,000 known species of ants, which 5 (general) are black, brown or red in color and possess bodies segmented into three parts.
【参考答案】
听力填空
1. population 2. wild 3. combined 4. species 5. possess
语法填空
1. the 2. higher 3. have thrived 4. dating 5. generally
