(单选题)

The underlined word “archaic” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______

A.abnormal

B.ancient

C.obsolete

D.solitary

参考答案：B

参考解析：

词义猜测题。从第四段第二句“They analyzed the mouth of a 34-million-year-old fossil of one of the earliest baleen whales, called Llanocetus denticrenatus,”可知Llanocetus已有于三千四百万年了，所以第五段的the only archaic whale，指的是古老的鲸鱼化石。abnormal意为“反常的”；ancient意为“古老的”；obsolete意为“老式的，废弃的”；solitary意为“孤独的，独居的”。结合题干及选项，故选B。

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