Question

【题目】Fire was discovered many thousands of years ago. The first time humans saw fire was probably when a tree was destroyed by lightning(闪电). Humans soon learned how to make fire. They probably made the first fire by rubbing (摩擦)two sticks together.

Fire was very important to humans. They needed to keep warm at night. They used fire to cook food. They used fire to keep enemies and wild animals away. In some parts of the world fire was used to send messages. The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of danger.

Fire was also used to give light. Before the invention of the oil lamp(灯), humans burned sticks to get light.

One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal(相等的) parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.

请务必将1-5小题的答案写在答题卡的相应位置！

（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。

【1】How did Indians in America use fire?

【2】What happened to the candle if there was a wind blowing on it?

（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

【3】

【4】

（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

【5】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】They used fire to make smoke as a message.

【2】It burned too quickly.

【3】他们用火使敌人和野生动物不能接近。

【4】火也被用 来照明

【5】Fire./The use of the fire

【解析】

试题分析：火发现于数千年前。人类第一次看到火可能是闪电烧毁一棵大树，人类很快就学会了生火，最初的方式可能是摩擦生火。本文主要讲述的是火的用处：人类用火取暖、做饭、防止敌人和动物、照明、报时等等。

【1】They used fire to make smoke as a message. 题意：美洲印第安人怎样用火？由短文第二段的“The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message.”比如美洲印第安人用火制造烟雾作为信息。可知，本题回答：They used fire to make smoke as a message.

【2】It burned too quickly. 题意：如果有风吹，蜡烛会怎样？由短文最后一句“If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.”如果有风吹要蜡烛上，它会燃烧得太快。可知，本题的回答是：It burned too quickly.

【3】他们用火使敌人和野生动物不能接近。use sth to do sth 用……来做……；keep ……away使……不接近。故译为：他们用火使敌人和野生动物不能接近。

【4】火也被用来照明 be used to do sth被用来做某事，give light照明，发光。故译为：火也被用来照明

【5】Fire./The use of the fire 本文主要讲述的是火及其作用，故标题为：Fire./The use of the fire。