reconstruct 重新组建，重现

bloom 花朵

primitive-looking 看着很原始、很简单的

complex 复杂的

emerged 呈现出来

concentric 有同一中心轴的

petal-like 像花瓣一样的

floral relics 花的遗迹

测验 请听报道并回答下列问题。

1. What kind of plants are roses and lilies?

2. Is the ancestral flower a very primitive looking plant?

3. True or false? Scientists have found evidence of the first flower from fossils.

4. Which word in the text means ‘a distinctive attribute or aspect of something’?

答案

1. What kind of plants are roses and lilies?

Roses and lilies are flowering plants.

2. Is the ancestral flower a very primitive looking plant?

No, according to the text, the ancestral flower is a complex, multi part organism.

3. True or false? Scientists have found evidence of the first flower from fossils.

False. There are no floral relics from this ancient period yet.

4. Which word in the text means ‘distinctive attributes or aspects of something’?

Features.

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