Question

【题目】根据短文理解，选择正确答案。
One day, Mr. Arnold was teaching a lesson, and things were going as normally as ever. He was explaining the story of human being to his pupils. He told them that, in the beginning, men were nomads (游牧); 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. 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 finish, 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 clever 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 fisherman 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?
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 (文明的).
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.
（1）Why would early humans travel about in the beginning?
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.
（2）From Paragraph 2, we can know that _______________.
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 and keeping animals
（3）The teacher thought Lucy's argument was ______
A.reasonable
B.unbelievable
C.puzzling
D.shocking
（4）Which of the following agrees with the underline sentence "I am not a nomad" (Paragraph 7)?
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 there is no wood left.
（5）The writer tries to make us believe that ______.
A.mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling about
B.it's unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled way
C.it's quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankind
D.teachers should encourage students to voice their own opinions bravely

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）C
（2）D
（3）A
（4）B
（5）B
【解析】这篇短文讲述了由于人类对自然环境的破坏，现在的人们可能会像早期的人类一样去过游牧的生活了，从而呼吁人们要保护环境。

（1）细节理解题。根据短文第一段中Instead, they would travel about, here and there, in search of food, wherever it was to be found.可知，早期的人类四处游牧，是为了寻找食物。由此可知应选C。

（2）细节理解题。根据短文第二段中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. It also meant that people could remain living in one place可知，由于早期的人类学会了耕作土地和饲养动物，他们就不用再过游牧的生活，可以定居在一个地方。由此可知应选D。

（3）细节理解题。根据短文中The teacher nodded, thoughtfully. Really, Lucy was right可知，老师觉得Lucy的话是对的，故应选A，reasonable合理的，是形容词，跟原文同义。

（4）推理判断题。根据短文第七段中everyone attended class wearing a green T-shirt, with a message that said "I am not a nomad!"可知，学生们都穿着一件绿色的T恤衫，上面写着：我不是游牧人。下一段有对这句话的解释，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，学生们呼吁人们尽可能地使用可以循环使用的材料。故应选B。

（5）推理判断题。这篇短文讲述的是由于人类对自然环境的破坏，一些人可能又会像早期的人类那样去过游牧的生活。当水里没有鱼的时候，渔民们就要搬走；当森林消失的时候，护林人员就要离开。因此短文中作者是要告诉我们不能无节制的使用土地，要保护环境。由此可知B选项最符合文意。