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canberra(reuters)—australia’s kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in china, australian researchers said tuesday.
scientists said they had for the first time mapped the genetic code of the australian marsupials(有袋类)and found much of it was similar to the genome for humans, the *** backed center of excellence for kangaroo genomics said.
“there are a few differences, we have a few more of this, a few less of that, but they are the same genes and a lot of them are in the same order,”center director jenny graves told reporters in melbourne.
“we thought they’d be completely scrambled, but they’re not. there is great chunks of the human genome which is sitting right there in the kangaroo genome,” graves said, according to aap.
humans and knagaroos last shared an ancestor at least 150 million years ago, the researchers found, while mice and humans separated and went in different ways from one another only 70 million years ago.
kangaroos first evolved in china, but migrated across the america to australia and antarctica, they said.
“kangaroos are hugely informative about what we were like 150 million years ago,” graves said.
68.where does the kangaroo first develop according the scientists?
a.in china. b.in america. c.in australia. d.in antarctica.
69.what does the passage mainly tell us?
a.how the kangaroo first evolved. b.kangaroo’ genetic code have been mapped.
c.kangaroos’genes are close to humans’. d.scientists did much research into kangaroos.
70.what does the underlined word “scrambled” probably mean in the fourth paragraph?
a.funny. b.wrong. c.curious. d.right.

I’m Lisa. I’m a Chinese girl. I go to Canberra, Australia this month. 小题1: I stay there for about a month. I live with Mr. White, my dad’s old friend. His family members are very friendly to me. They take me to many places of interest in Canberra. 小题2: .
The schools in Canberra are a little different from those in China. There are about twenty students in each class. 小题3: Most students go to school by school bus. Classes usually begin at 8:00 in the morning and end at about 4:00 in the afternoon. Usually, students can sit anywhere they like in the classroom. 小题4: They often let the students talk about questions, or sometimes they play games with the students in class. 小题5: I think it is really happy to go to school in Canberra.
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canberra is the capital of austrlia. it is a modern and lively city with a pupulation of over 345,000.

history canberra is the eighth largest city in australia it is 238 km from sydney and 507 km from melboume. melbourne was once the capital of australia. sydney people also wanted to make their city the capital. it was difficult for the govement to make the decision. then n 1911, the *** chose a pl.ace to build the new apital. it w.as between sydney and melbourne, the two argest cities in australia. jt took more than 14 years to build the city, in 1927, the city was set up.it became the apital and was named canberra. “canberra” means “a place for friends to get together”.

cutture canberra is a beautiful city with trees and flowers everywhere. there’s a flower festival in septem ber each year. people can enjoy aii kinds of beautiful flowers and welcome the spring to amve. a man-made lake –lake burley griffin is in the centerof the city, it’s about 25 km fong. people like to ride bikes, walk or run around the lake. in canberra, there’re many famous universities like the australian nationa/ university and the university of canberra. the national library and the national museum of australia are also famous places that people like to visit.

小题1: how far is canberra from sydneyt?

a．25 knl

b．238 km.

c．345 km. .

d．507 km.

小题2:tboword “canbena means ______.

a．the largest city	b．beautiful man-made lake
c．the old capital city	d．a place for friends to get together

小题3: canberra flower festival is a festival to .

a．ride bikes	b．visit universities
c．welcome the spring	d． walk around the lake .