When you’re curious （好奇） about something, and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The steps below can guide you during the research （研究）.

Step 1　 On a notecard or piece of paper, write down the subject that you are interested in. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write: Discover more about dinosaurs.

Step 2 　Next, stop and think for a moment about what you already know about your subject. List what you already know like the sentences below:

（1） Dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared.

（2） Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years.

（3） Some dinosaurs fed on plants, some on meat.

Step 3　 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions. On your paper, start writing down questions about the dinosaurs as you think of them:

（1）What’s the best weather for dinosaurs to live in?

（2）How many kinds of dinosaurs are there?

（3）Have dinosaurs really disappeared?

Step 4　 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions. For example, you might discover that dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago. Why? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.

The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize （組織） your thinking by asking good questions. And remember — learning more always brings more questions.

1．When you do some research, you should take the following steps:　　　 .

① list what you want to know　　　　 ② choose a research subject

③ list what you already know　　　　 ④ discover new problems

A．④③①②　　　 B．①④③②　　　 C．②③①④　　　 D．③②④①

2．From the passage, we know .

A．dinosaurs appeared after human beings

B．not all the dinosaurs fed on meat

C．dinosaurs lived on the earth for 65 million years

D．dinosaurs liked warm seasons

3．What does “Armed with your list of questions” mean?

A．Putting your list of questions under your arm

B．Discussing your questions with your classmates

C．Writing down your list of questions

D．Taking your list of questions with you

4．According to the passage, which one is true?

A．You can find all the answers online

B．Learn more, and you’ll have no questions

C．Asking questions is the only way for research

D．During the research, you may keep finding new questions

5．The best title for this passage is “ 　　　　　　　　　　　 ”.

A．Discovering Dinosaurs　　　　　 　　 B．Asking Good Questions

C．Finding Subjects　　　　　　　 　　 D．Learning Steps

A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just lost her mother. Her pink clothes are full of blood and her eyes look at something only she can see.

Every day we see pictures like this on TV. We see Iraqi（伊拉克的）children asking for food and water from American and British soldiers when they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad. We see these children following parents, carrying bags of almost the same as their small bodies when they escape from their homes in Baghdad.

They show just some of the young lives that have been turned upside down by ongoing war.

“Dad, why are the Americans fighting against us? Are we going to be killed ?” asked the son of Abu, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain（解釋）this war to his eight-year-old son.

He tries to make him feel safe by saying, “The bombs（炸彈）are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We’re going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows it isn’t always true, nothing else can be done. In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape from the sound of bombs. And all the schools are closed.

Now things are worse, and the ongoing war makes it impossible to count the number who are hungry, sick, hurt or even dead.

（　 ）61．What is happening to the children in Iraq because of the war?

　　 A．The children will get better than before.

　　 B．The children ask for food and water from American and British soldiers.

　　 C．The children in Iraq go back to their homes in Baghdad.

　　 D．The children live a most terrible life.

（　 ）62．The underlined word “ongoing” means “__________” in Chinese.

　　 A．正在進(jìn)行的 B．非正義的　　　 C．未授權(quán)的 D．即將進(jìn)行的

（　 ）63．The father does NOT tell the truth to the son because __________.

　 A．he will lose his country and his home

　　B．he wants to make his son not feel dangerous

　C．he is afraid to lose his son

　D．he is afraid of the American soldiers

（　 ）64．The war in Iraq tells us that __________.

　 A．the Iraqi people in the war are much hungrier and

　 B．we should help the Iraqi people build their country again　

　C．nothing can be done except fighting　

　 D．Both A and B.

（　 ）65．What’s the best title（標(biāo)題）for this passage?

　 A．A Father and A Son　　　　　　 　　　 B．The Iraqi War

　 C．Iraqi Children During the War　　　D．A Dishonest Father

One morning in August 1888，Bertha Benz and her two sons．Eugen and Richard，woke up early．They got dressed very quietly，so as not to wake up the head of the family，Karl Benz．They left a note that said，“We are going to visit Grandma．” They walked quietly put to Mr. Benz’s workshop，opened the door，and pushed out a three-wheeled car．

It was the fruit of Mr. Benz’s long and hard work--the first engine（發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)）car：a wooden construction（結(jié)構(gòu)）more like a horse carriage（馬車）than the cars we have now．The car had gone through a great deal of development，but Mr.．Benz felt it needed even more work and improvement．He believed that most people would not trust（信任）such a new thing enough to want to buy it．But his loving wife believed greatly in his abilities，and was certain that the fruit was ripe enough to be picked．Her plan was to make a long trip in the car to prove the reliability（可靠性）of her husband’s invention．

After pushing the car far away enough from their house，they jumped in and set off on their trip．It was a long and troublesome journey，65 miles from their home over the hills of the Black Forest to the children's Grandma's．The car failed many times on the way and there were no gas（汽油）stations，no repair workshops．They managed to solve（解決）all the problems themselves．

It was already dark as they arrived，tired and covered with dirt，but happy and pound．They had managed to make the first tong trip by car．The reliability of the horseless carriage had been proven．

1．Ms. Benz and her sons tried not to wake up Mr. Benz because _________．

A．it was too early

B．Mr. Benz was too tired

C．Mr. Benz got along badly with Grandma

D．Mr. Benz possibly wouldn’t allow them to drive the car

2．Ms. Benz and her sons made the trip mainly to _________．

A．visit Grandma                                          B．see the countryside

C．try a new way of travel                              D．test if the car was good enough

3．What does the underlined word “ripe”    in the second paragraph mean?

A．成熟的                B．碩大的                C．鮮美的                D．喜人的

4．In which way is the first engine car different from modern cars?

A．It was reliable．                                      B．It had three wheels．

C．It didn’t use gas．                                      D．It couldn't be repaired．

5．What's the best title of the passage?

A．The First Car                                          B．A Great Invention

C．The First Road Trip                                 D．A Trip to the Grandma's