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Unlikemodernanimalscientists，dinosaurscientistscannotsitonahillsideandusetelescopestowatchdinosaursinordertoknowhowtheylivedandwhethertheyweregoodparents.Instead，theyhavetosearchhardforinformationfromdinosaurfossils(恐龙化石)becausedinosaursdiedoutmillionsofyearsago.

Itsverydifficultforthescientiststoreachanagreementbecausedifferentresultscanbegotfromthesamefossils.Manyfossilsofthesamekindofdinosaurshavebeendugoutfromoneplace.Theymighthaveformedwhenanentiregroupofdinosaursgotstuck(陷入)allatonce，ortheymighthavebeentheresultofdinosaursgettingstuckoneafteranotheroveracourseofafewcenturies.Thuswecansaythatdinosaursmighthaveinthefirstcaselivedinbiggroupsandinthesecondlivedalone.

Thoughtherearetwodifferentresults，dinosaurscientistsnowgenerallyagreethatatleastsomekindsofdinosaurslivedinbiggroups.“Thatsprettymuchsettledatthispoint，”saysPaulSereno.AkindofdinosaurscalledSauropodsleftbehindtracksinthewesternUnitedStatesthatappeartorunnorthandsouth，suggestingthattheyevenmovedlongdistancestogether.

Astowhetherdinosaurscaredfortheiryoung，dinosaurscientistshaveturnedtotheclosestlivingrelativesofdinosaurs—birdsandcrocodiles—forpossiblemodels.Birdsgivealotofcaretotheiryoung，whilecrocodilesjusthelptheiryoungtothewater.Thediscoveredfossilsofdinosaurssittingontheireggsandstayingwiththeiryoungsuggesttheparentsweretakingcareoftheirbabies，butwestillcannotsaythatalldinosaursdidthesame.

Thereisstillalongwaytogobeforetheabovequestionscouldbeanswered.Dinosaurscientistswillhavetofindmoreprooftoreachanagreement.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了有关恐龙的一些学问。

1．Dinosaurscientistscangetinformationdirectlyby________．

A．studyingdinosaurfossils

B．examiningmodernanimals

C．watchingdinosaurs

D．usingt