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Someone in Hollywood should snap up the movie rights to the

backstory of Falcarius utahensis, the 125 million-year-old dinosaur

with 10-cm claws and spoon-shaped molars __1__ last week.

Scientists say it offers the first glimpse into how dinos made the

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__2__ from small, agile meat eaters to elephant-size vegetarians.

Falcarius, as it turns out, was dug up by a black-market fossil

collector named Lawrence Walker, who found it on US government

land in Utah while digging at night under a tarpaulin. Convinced he

was onto something big, the poacher tipped __3__ a paleontologist

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he knew, James Kirkland, and led him to the site. Kirkland tried to

protect his source but, asked under oath how the dinosaur was

discovered, reluctantly __4__ Walker in. Kirkland got his 15 minutes

of fame last week. Walker served five months in prison.

( ) 1. (A) concealed (B) unveiled (C) restored (D) explored

( ) 2. (A) movement (B) flowing (C) transition (D) gap

( ) 3. (A) off (B) over (C) up (D) into

( ) 4. (A) handed (B) told (C) took (D) turned