When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers ‘What?’ and ‘How?’ and ‘Why?’
They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know．
When they couldn’t tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself．
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, ‘That is Ben Franklin! He’s always finding out something new!’
Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water．
One day Ben said to himself: ‘Why can’t the wind help me float across the water? And I’m going to try.’ Ben got his big kite．He took hold of the kite string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air．Then Ben jumped into the water．
The wind blew the kite high into the air．Ben began to float across the water．Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all．
One boy shouted, ‘Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!’
‘Yes,’ said another. ‘He’s always finding new ways to do things.’
小题1: When he was only a child, Ben____________.
A．liked to fly a kite by himself
B．always asked easy questions
C．always liked to play with water
D．always liked to find out how things worked小题2:His father and brothers_____________.
A．couldn’t answer all his questions
B．could answer all his questions
C．tried hard to find out something new for him
D．were too busy to answer his questions小题3: How did Ben Franklin float across the water? _______________.
A．The other boy took him across it.
B．The water carried him across it.
C．The flying kite took him across it.
D．A boat took him across it.小题4:He found out many things that______________.
A．children didn’t know
B．his father knew
C．people didn’t know
D．most people knew小题5: From the story we can see that young Ben Franklin liked____________.
A．using his mind
B．using his hands
C．making kites
D．flying kites
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C
小题5:A
题目分析：文章介绍了热爱学习探索事物原理的科学家Ben Franklin小时候的经历，以及他利用风力和风筝穿过河面的轶事。
小题1:细节题。根据第一段he always wanted to know about things可知Ben小的时候，总是想知道事情是怎么回事，D正确。
小题2:细节题。根据They couldn’t always tell him what he wanted to know.可知他的爸爸和哥哥不能回答他的所有的问题，A正确。
小题3:细节题。根据The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water.可知是风筝带他过去的。选C。
小题4:细节题。根据Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before.可知他发现很多人们不知道的事情，C正确。
小题5:主旨大意题。根据文章整体内容，以及最后一句He’s always finding new ways to do things可知他勤于动脑和思考，所以A正确。