Unlike modern animal scientists, dinosaur scientists cannot sit on a hillside and use telescopes to watch dinosaurs in order to know how they lived and whether they were good parents. Instead, they have to search hard for information from dinosaurs’fossils(恐龍化石) because dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.
It’s very difficult for the scientists to reach an agreement because different results can be got from the same fossils, Many fossils of the same kind of dinosaurs have been dug out from one place. They might have formed when an entire group of dinosaurs got stuck(陷入)all at once, or they might have been the result of dinosaurs getting stuck one after another over a course of a few centuries. Thus we can say that dinosaurs might have in the first case lived in big groups and in the second lived alone.
Though there are two different results, dinosaur scientists now generally agree that at least some kinds of dinosaurs lived in big groups. “That’s pretty much settled at this point.” Says Paul Sereno, A kind of dinosaurs called Sauropods left behind tracks in the western United States that appear to run north and south, suggesting that they even moved long distances together.
As to whether dinosaurs cared for their young, dinosaur scientists have turned to the closest living relatives of dinosaurs ― birds and crocodiles ― for possible models. Birds give a lot of care to their young, while crocodiles just help their young to the water. The discovered fossils of dinosaurs sitting on their eggs and staying with their young suggest the parents were taking care of their babies, but we still cannot say that all dinosaurs did the same.
There is still a long way to go before the above questions could be answered. Dinosaur scientists will have to find more proof to reach an agreement.
60.Dinosaur scientists can get information directly by           .
A.  studying dinosaur fossils                B. examining modern animals
C. watching dinosaurs                         D. using telescopes
61.What is pretty much settled according to Paul Sereno?
A. Half of the dinosaurs lived alone.    B. Most dinosaurs moved long distances.
C. Many dinosaurs settled in the north. D.Some dinosaurs lived in big groups.
62.Dinosaur scientists can probably know whether dinosaurs were good parents by              .
A. watching many kinds of animals      B. studying dinosaurs’living relatives
C. following the tracks left behind              D. working on dug-out dinosaur eggs
63.Which of the following the according to the paragraph?
A. Birds hardly ay attention to their young.  B. Baby crocodiles can look after themselves well.
C. Some dinosaurs took care of their young.       D. Birds and crocodiles take good care of their young.

60---63    ADBC  

60．解析：這是一道細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第一段第二行“Instead, they have to search hard for information from dinosaur’s fossils because dinosaurs died out millions of years ago.”，恐龍已經(jīng)滅絕了億萬年了，所以科學家只能研究化石得出結論。
61．解析：這是一道細節(jié)推斷題，根據(jù)第三段“Though there are two different results, dinosaur scientists now generally agree that at least some kinds of dinosaurs lived in big group.”說明研究恐龍的科學家同意至少部分恐龍是群居的，選D.
62．解析：這是一道細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)“As to whether dinosaurs cared for their young, dinosaur scientists have turned to the closest living relatives of dinosaurs-birds and crocodiles-for possible models.”可知科學家通過研究恐龍的近親鳥和鱷魚來推斷恐龍是否照顧小恐龍。
63．解析：這是一道判斷正誤題。根據(jù)第四段，鳥會照顧幼體，但是鱷魚不會。從恐龍孵蛋以及和幼體在一起的化石可以推斷出部分恐龍照顧幼體，但不能得出所有恐龍都照顧幼體的結論，選C.
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