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“Nothing is okay, Mom.” said the boy, “Today in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the ．She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are ．She wants us to think of something we can do to help them．I thought all the way home．But there is nothing I can do to make a difference.”
“ Let me tell you a story,” the mother said after thinking for a while. “One morning a man was walking down a beach，there he saw dying starfish covering the beach，they were pushed up by the waves and it was too far up for them to make their way back by themselves. The man shook his head as he walked along. ‘What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach.’ The man felt very for those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as as he could．‘How silly you are! My son,’ the man said, ‘there are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. ‘Though I can’t help them all, I can help this one，and this one, and this one.’ said the boy. Thinking for a moment, the man to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself ‘Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the person.’”
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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（发动机）car：a wooden construction（结构）more like a horse carriage（马车）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（解决）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．硕大的 C．鲜美的 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
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