多选题 Brachiopods, clamlike bivalves of prehistoric times, were one of the most ______ forms of life on the Earth: more than 30,000 species have been ______ from fossil records.

A、 ornate
B、 multifarious
C、 anachronistic
D、 subtracted
E、 catalogued
F、 extrapolated

【正确答案】 B、E

【答案解析】[解析] ●冒号表示前后同义重复。
●第一空与more than 30,000(超过30,000种)重复，填入一个表示“种类多”的词。ornate华丽的，multifarious多种多样的，anachronistic过时的。答案选B。
●subtract拿走，catalogue列入/编入，extrapolate推断。代入第二空，答案选E。