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1．One day，Mr．Arnold was teaching a lesson，and things were going as normally as ever．He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils．He told them that，in the beginning，men were nomads； they never stayed in the same place for very long．Instead，they would travel about，here and there，in search of food，wherever it was to be found．And when the food ran out，they would move off somewhere else．
He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals．This was an important discovery，because by learning to cultivate（耕作）the land，and care for animals，mankind would always have food steadily available．It also meant that people could remain living in one place，and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to complete，like building towns，cities，and all that were in them．All the children were listening attracted by this story，until Lucy jumped up：
"And if that was so important and improved everything so much，why are we nomads all over again，Mr．Arnold？"
Mr．Arnold didn't know what to say．Lucy was a very intelligent girl．He knew that she lived with her parents in a house，so she must know that her family were not nomads； so what did she mean？
"We have all become nomads again，"continued Lucy，"The other day，outside the city，they were cutting the forest down．A while ago a Gsherman told me how they fish．It's the same with everyone：when there's no more forest left the foresters go elsewhere，and when the fish run out the fishermen move on．That's what the nomads did，isn't it？9，
The teacher nodded，thoughtfully．Really，Lucy was right Mankind had turned into nomads．Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it would keep supplying our needs，we kept developing it until the land was bare．And then off we would go to the next place!The class spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to show how to be more civilized．
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green T-shirt，with a message that said"I am not a nomad!"
And，from then on，they set about showing that indeed they were not．Every time they knew they needed something，they made sure that they would get it using care and control．If they needed wood or paper，they would make sure that they got the recycled kind．They ordered their fish from fish farms，making sure that the fish they received were not too young and too small．They only used animals that were well cared for，and brought up on farms．
And so，from their little town，those children managed to give up being nomads again，just as prehistoric men had done，so many thousands of years ago．
41．Why would early humans travel about in the beginning？C
A．To experience different lifestyles．
B．To go sightseeing in different places．
C．To find what they could to feed themselves．
D．To do more exercise to build themselves up．
42．From Paragraph 2，we can know thatD•
A．people got tired of living in the same place
B．people gradually got used to living in cities
C．people spent a long time in learning to keep animals
D．people tended to settle down after learning farming
43．In the teacher's opinion，Lucy's argument wasA
A．reasonable   B．ridiculous  C．puzzling  D．shocking
44．Which of the following agrees with the message"I am not a nomad"（Paragraph 7）？B
A．People eat young fish for its delicious taste．
B．People use recycled materials as much as possible．
C．Fishermen move elsewhere when there is no fish left．
D．Foresters leave the place where wood is not available．
45．The writer tries to make us believe thatB．
A．mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling about
B．it's unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled way
C．if S quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankind．D．in the beginning men were nomads．

分析 本文主要讲述了一位老师给他的学生们讲了游牧民族没有充分利用资源，没有过着绿色环保生活的故事．老师讲完故事的后，学生们都有所启发．从此以后，他们每一个人都过着绿色环保的生活．作者写这篇文章是为了告诉我们要节约使用资源和能源，过绿色环保的生活．

解答 41．C 细节理解题，根据第一段in the beginning，men were nomads； they never stayed in the same place for very long．Instead，they would travel about，here and there，in search of food，可知在开始的时候，人们是游牧民族；他们不会呆在同一个地方很长时间．相反，他们会到处游走，寻找食物，故选C．
42．D理解推断题，根据第二段He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals．This was an important discovery，because by learning to cultivate（耕作）the land，and care for animals，mankind would always have food steadily available．It also meant that people could remain living in one place，and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to complete，like building towns，cities，and all that were in them．可知游牧民族在学会种植和饲养动物后，愿意定居下来，故选D． 
43．A细节理解题，根据第三段Mr．Arnold didn't know what to say．Lucy was a very intelligent girl．He knew that she lived with her parents in a house，so she must know that her family were not nomads；可知老师知道这个学生的想法是很正常很合理的，故选A．
44．B 推理判断题，根据倒数第二段And，from then on，they set about showing that indeed they were not．Every time they knew they needed something，they made sure that they would get it using care and control．If they needed wood or paper，they would make sure that they got the recycled kind．可知游牧民族的生活是不环保的．而这些学生们尽可能地循环利用资源，他们的行为是非常环保的，故选B．
45．B 推理判断题，本文讲述了游牧民族对资源的不充分利用，告诉我们要节约使用资源和能源，过绿色环保的生活，故选B．

点评 本文考察学生的逻辑推理能力，要求学生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．学生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．

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