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The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rain forest home. Sloths are identified by the number of long, __16__ claws that they have on each front foot. All sloths are built for life in the treetops. They spend nearly all of their time __17__, hanging from branches with a powerful grip aided by their long claws. Sloths even sleep in trees, and they sleep a lot—some 15 to 20 hours every day. On land, sloths' weak hind legs provide no power and their long claws are a hindrance. They must dig into the earth with their front claws and use their strong front legs to pull themselves along, __18__ across the ground. If caught on land, these animals have no chance to evade predators. Though they __19__ on land, sloths are surprisingly good swimmers. They sometimes fall directly from rain forest trees into rivers and stroke efficiently with their long arms.Sloths have risen to stardom recently due to the movie Zootopia, which features slow sloths. The beauty of this scene is that the sloths in Zootopia are running the DMV, a place that is known in the real world for its slow-moving employees. Adding to the __20__ of this scene is that a fast-moving bunny Judy Hopps is trying to get some work done. Unfortunately, the worker she has to work with is a slow sloth whose name is Flash. So dilatory is Flash that the work is not done until it is dark. While most Walt Disney animation likes moving fast to share as many teases as possible, Zootopia takes a very different route: it’s slow. Sloth slow
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(A) discerning
(B) sinuous
(C) redoubtable
(D) prominent

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.4
統計：A(2),B(7),C(1),D(8),E(0)

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