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N单元天津 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　N [2013·天津卷] 阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。sitting in science class. Id finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine.A piece of news caught my eye: NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探测器)．Before I even knew anything else about it, a single word flooded my 11－year－old mind: Curiosity.I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached.“Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyones mind….” Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face. On August 5，2012, at 10：31 pm, the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front－row seat in NASA.the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. Shed tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas，but the stars kept us together even when we were apart.They were always there, yet there was so much I didnt know about them.Thats what I love so much about space. People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars.My answer is simple: because were curious. We human beings do not just hole_up in one place.We are constantly wondering and trying to find out whats over the hill and beyond the horizon. 56．How did Clara get the news about the essay contest？(no more than 10 words)－row seat in NASA？(no more than 10 words) (no more than 15 words) ________________________________________________________________________ 59．What does the underlined phrase “hole up” mean？(1 word)why is curiosity important？(no more than 20 words)_____________________________________________________________________ 【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。叙述了Clara回想自己11岁时参加为火星探测器命名的比赛一事。当她从杂志上看到这则消息时，她脑海中立刻出现了curiosity这一单词。结果这个名字被NASA采用。Clara以自己的经历告诉读者：好奇心非常重要，它使我们发现未知的东西，并创造新的东西。 g a TIME for Kids magazine./ From a TIME for Kids magazine. 细节理解