Task A - Answer the questions about Dinosaurs Alive! - SHS Explore English 8 page 108

1. Nội dung câu hỏi

1. Which statement is NOT true about fossils?

a. Fossils can tell us how dinosaurs lived.

b. Scientists don’t know the way dinosaurs hunted through fossils.

c. Filmmakers dig for different types of fossils.

2. In line 3, what does “them” refer to?

a. fossils           b. dinosaurs           c. robots

3. What do scientists NOT know for certain about dinosaurs?

a. how big they were

b. when they lived on Earth

c. how they hunted

4. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

a. Filmmakers use research and their imaginations to build dinosaurs.

b. Fossils aren't always complete.

c. Paleontologists don't know what color dinosaurs were.

5. What is another word for “animate”? (line 18)

a. move           b. use           c. scan

DINOSAURS ALIVE!

In all Jurassic Park movies, dinosaurs are the real stars of the show. But dinosaurs haven't lived on our planet for the last 65 million years. So how do filmmakers bring them to life? They ask paleontologists—or fossil experts—for help.

Paleontologist Tyler Lyson says the best way to learn about dinosaurs is to look at fossils. Fossils and footprints help scientists understand how dinosaurs looked, moved, and lived. Still, they do not know how dinosaurs hunted and what they ate.

Filmmakers use fossils and other research from paleontologists to build dinosaurs for their movies. But they have to use their imaginations, too, because the animal's skin usually disappeared from the fossil. The dinosaur builders have to ask many questions about the dinosaur’s appearance—for example, did it have feathers? A tail? Stripes?

To bring dinosaurs to life, dinosaur builders first make a robot model of the animal. Then they can make the model turn, move, and even roar! After that, the builders scan pictures of these robot dinosaurs and use computers to animate them.

All this work helps filmmakers create dinosaurs that are more realistic than ever.

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3. Lời giải chi tiết

1. b. Scientists don’t know the way dinosaurs hunted through fossils.

Thông tin: Fossils and footprints help scientists understand how dinosaurs looked, moved, and lived. Still, they do not know how dinosaurs hunted and what they ate.

2.  b. dinosaurs     

Thông tin: But dinosaurs haven't lived on our planet for the last 65 million years. So how do filmmakers bring them to life? They ask paleontologists—or fossil experts—for help.

3. c. how they hunted

Thông tin: Fossils and footprints help scientists understand how dinosaurs looked, moved, and lived. Still, they do not know how dinosaurs hunted and what they ate.

4. a. Filmmakers use research and their imaginations to build dinosaurs.

Thông tin: Filmmakers use fossils and other research from paleontologists to build dinosaurs for their movies. But they have to use their imaginations, too, because the animal's skin usually disappeared from the fossil. 

5. a. move           

Thông tin: After that, the builders scan pictures of these robot dinosaurs and use computers to animate them.