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1. Dinosaurs _ _ _ _ _ on the earth from some time in the Triassic (三疊紀) to the end of the Cretaceous (白堊紀). The period spanned over 160 million years.

2. The Tyrannosaurus rex (暴龍, also called T Rex) lived in the _ _ _ _ that is western North America of today's Earth.

3. It is often said that the Stegosaurus (劍龍) had a brain the _ _ _ _ of a walnut.

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4. Some scientists estimate that the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of a dinosaur could have ranged between 75 years and 300 years.

5. The word "dinosaur" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from two Greek words: "deinos" (which means terrible, powerful and wondrous) and "sauros" (which means "lizard").

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■ Glossary

walnut (n) 核桃

wondrous (adj) 絕妙的

lizard (n) 蜥蜴