Long long ago 9 there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from place to place over the land,hunting animals for food.

   No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did,their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

    People began to live near one another. So the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared (出现) ,life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. "The cities grew very big. Today some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?

() 1. The best title of the text should be u ”.

   A. Cities or villages   B. Back to towns

    C. How cities grew   D. People and animals

() 2. The underlined word “they” in the second paragraph refers to .

   A. villages   B. animals C. cities   D. people

() 3. When factories were built, .

   A. more people lived near the factories

   B. people began to live in the factories

    C. many people began to work in villages  

    D. many machines appeared in big factories

() 4. We can learn from the text that.

   A. people like to work only in big cities

   B. some people don't like to live in big cities 

   C. there will be no small towns in the future  

   D. it is better to live in cities than in villages

() 5. In what order did people do the following things?

a. worked in villages b. lived near the factories

c. learned to grow food d. built factories

e. began to live near each other

   A. d—b—a—e-c   B. e—a-c-d-b

    C.c-e-a-d-b    D. a-c-d—e-b

三、 阅读理解。

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() 1. What kind of people can become volunteers?

   A. Only teenagers. B. People from 12 years old to about 80.

     C. Only old people. D. Only students and teachers.


() 2. need (s) volunteers.

   A. Animals without homes   B. Doctors

    C. Nonprofit organization   D. All above

() 3. Volunteers want to get when they help others.

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() 4. This passage is .

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