Do you live in a city?Do you know how cities began?Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people．These people moved from place to place．They moved over the land, hunting animals for food．
No one knows how or when those 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 villages grew．Many people came to work in the villages．These villages grew bigger and bigger．
When people had machines, life in the village changed again．Factories were built．More and more people lived near the factories．So the villages grew into cities．Some of them grew very big．
Today, some people are moving back to small towns．Can you tell why?
(1)
From the passage we know that people lived on(以……为食)________ before cities began．
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A．
animals
B．
grass
C．
crops
D．
fruits
(2)
Why could men stay in one place?
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A．
Because they knew how to hunt animals．
B．
Because they built houses．
C．
Because they began growing crops．
D．
Because they had machines．
(3)
What happened when factories were built?
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A．
People began to live in the factories．
B．
More and more people lived near the factories．
C．
There were many machines in the factories．
D．
Machines were very useful．
(4)
Which of the following is true?
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A．
People had to move often before they began growing crops．
B．
People didn’t like to live in big cities．
C．
The villages were bigger than the cities．
D．
All the people like to move back to small towns today．
Entering a university is an important part of a person's life．Today，many people go to study and train for future jobs in subjects like law(法律)，medicine or education．But the university is not a modern invention．It has a history that is over a thousand years．
The world's oldest university，AL-Azhar，is in Cairo，Egypt．It was first built as a mosque for religion(宗教寺院)in A．D．972．A few years later，learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque．They read and talked about the subject of law．Around 988，leaders in the city of Cairo decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded．
At AL-Azhar，there were many university“firsts”．Different subjects were set up．The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were law and religion．In a course, students read and studied with the teacher，but there was also free discussion．Of-ten,students and teachers talked about a topic(题目)，and there was no“right”answer．Finally，famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in．At the university，people studied the past，but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.
Over a thousand years later，AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world．Its library keeps more than 250 000 of the world's oldest and most valuable (有价值的)books．Today，many of the world's most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar．
(1)
From the first paragraph we know that ______．
A．universities are important to the city life
B．the university is a quite new invention
C．university education may help a person find a job
D．the university has a history of a thousand years
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(2)
AL-Azhar was first built for ______．
A．education B．religion
C．a meeting D．law
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(3)
Which of the following are the earliest subjects taught in the University of AL-Azhar?
A．Education and medicine． B．Religion and law．
C．Free discussion． D．History and tradition．
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(4)
Choose the right order according to the passage．
① Then the heads of the city thought of the idea for a school for higher learning．
② One of the earliest subjects taught there was law．
③ A mosque was built in Cairo in A．D．972．
④ Teachers from around the world came to the university to study and teach．
⑤ The mosque was used as a meeting place for teachers and learners．
A．③④①②⑤ B．④⑤①③②
C．②③①④⑤ D．③⑤①②④
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(5)
Which of the following is not true about the University of AL-Azhar?
A．AL-Azhar was built in the city of Cairo in Egypt．
B．AL-Azhar didn't become a university until the year around 988．
C．The University of AL-Azhar was a place to change ideas．
D．Now AL-Azhar is still one of the famous universities in the world．
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