Question

Man must eat in order to live; therefore, one of the most important problems man has is how to have enough food for eating.

At first man didn’t have any way to control food supply. When he had killed the animals in one place and all the natural foods had been used up, he had to move to another place to find new sources of food. If there was no rain, or if the weather was too hot or too cold plants would not grow, and man had little or no food. However, man gradually learned to grow plants and raise animals himself. From that time on, man didn’t depend so much on nature conditions and didn’t have to worry so much about always having enough food. The kinds of plants which are raised by man are different in different regions. In the cold regions, very few plants can be grown in the warmer parts of the world, many varieties of plants are found. For example, in Asia rice is the most important crop. In the New World, the major grain is corn. In Europe and North Africa, wheat, oats(燕麦) and barley are grown. In the tropical(热带) regions of the world, many kinds of fruits grow naturally or are raised by man.

As man has learned more about plants and animals, man now uses modern methods to produce different kinds of food. However, there are still some areas in the world where plants and animals are raised in much the same ways as were used thousands of year ago.

1．The sentence “At first man didn’t have any way to control his food supply” means that man

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A. didn’t know how to cook his food at first

B. sometimes had more than enough to eat and sometimes had not enough to eat

C. didn’t know how to produce food at that time

D. was afraid that animals would control his food

2．In the second paragraph “natural food” means　　    .

A. food which are given by animals

B. food which was give by God

C. plants, animals, vegetables and fruits, etc. which grow naturally

D. crops and plants which were raised by man.

3．When man gradually learned ways to grow plants and raise animals, man　　   .

A. no longer depended on nature

B. could control the natural conditions

C. still depended on natural conditions, but not so much as before

D. began to look down upon natural conditions

4．Which of the following is not true?

A. Man knew how to produce foods and keep them at first.

B. At the very beginning man knew he needed food but didn’t now how to control his food supply.

C. Before man learned ways to grow crops and raise animals, he had to move from place to place in order to get food.

D. How to have enough to eat has always been a problem for man.

5．In the sentence “In the New World, the major grain is corn”, “the New World” refers to　　   .

A. Asia　　　　   B. Australia　　   C. The Middle East　　　　  D. America

 

Answer 1

答案：B;C;C;A;D
解析：

1、人们无法自己控制，有时多，有时没有。 2、根据常识可以知道什么是“natural food”。 3、从第二段“From that time on…”开始及下句可以判断：人类仍然还要依靠自然，虽然程度已经减小。 4、从第二段可以看出，人们开始时只是依靠自然，自己并不懂得种粮食。 5、因为上句已经提到Asia,下文还提到Europe, North Africa及tropical regions(热带地区)。

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