Question

Long long ago, 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. And so the first village 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 back to small towns. Can you tell why?

1. The best title (题目) of the passage should be ________.

    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(指的是) ________.

    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 village

    D. many machines appeared in big factories

4. We can learn from the passage 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 (将来)

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

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

a. Worked in village.　　　　　　　　　　　　   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

 

Answer 1

答案：C;D;A;B;C
提示：

阅读理解文中都有提示，先通读一遍了解大意，然后仔细读题目和文章，最后确定答案。 1．  这篇文章介绍的就是城市是怎么发展起来的； 2．  第二段的they指的就是“人们”； 3．  文中提示：Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. 4．  文中提示：Today some people are back to small towns. 5．  根据文章内容可以排出顺序：学习种粮食；开始住在彼此附近；在农村劳动；修建工厂；住在工厂附近。