Question

【题目】Choose the best answer and complete the passage.

Men sometimes say,“We are better and cleverer than women. Women _____________ invent things, we do." It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: machines, radios, and guns, too. But scientists and archaeologists

（考古学家）now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed ______________. They invented agriculture. Before the invention of agriculture men were _____________. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grass. Then, one day more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds near her home in the Middle East. They grew, and the first wheat was ______________. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals. Women like baby animals. Archaeologists think that women _____________ the first domestic animals: dogs, cows sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and _____________. Civilization began. Men began civilization after women invented agriculture.

【1】A. everB. neverC. sometimesD. often

【2】A. historyB. ideaC. opinionD. society

【3】A. farmersB. workersC. huntersD. inventors

【4】A. appearedB. bornC. soldD. bought

【5】A. likedB. boughtC. keptD. brought

【6】A. countriesB. nationsC. statesD. cities

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

男人们总是说他们比女人聪明，因为发明家都是男人，没有女人。确实如此，但科学家和考古学家们告诉我们女人发明了最重要的一个东西——农业。

【1】句意：女人从来没有发明过东西，我们发明过。

考查副词辨析及语境。ever曾经；never从不；sometimes有时候；often经常。根据上句话We are better and cleverer than women可知，男人们觉得他们比女人聪明。因此他们说女人从来没有发明过东西，故这里应选B。

【2】句意：它改变了历史。

考查名词辨析及语境。history历史；idea想法，主意；opinion观点；society社会。根据下文的介绍可知，因为女人发明了农业，才有了人类的文明，因此这个发明改变了人类的历史。故应选A。

【3】句意：在农业发明之前，男人们都是猎人。

考查名词辨析及语境。farmers农民；workers工人；hunters猎人；inventors发明家。根据下文They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous…. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat.可知，在没有农业之前，人们都是靠男人外出打猎获取食物，因此他们是猎人。故选C。

【4】句意：他们长大了，然后第一颗小麦诞生了。

考查动词辨析及语境。appeared出现；born诞生；sold卖；bought买。根据文意可知，女人掉在地上的草种长成了麦子。因此这里表达“第一颗小麦诞生了”，故选B。

【5】句意：考古学家们认为女人饲养了最早的家畜：狗、牛、绵羊、山羊。

考查动词辨析及语境。liked喜欢；bought买；kept保存；饲养；brought带来。根据句意和空后的the first domestic animals可知，这里表示“饲养家畜”，故选C。

【6】句意：他们修建了村庄和城市。

考查名词辨析及语境。countries国家；nations国家，民族；states国家，政权；cities城市。A、B和C是近义词，结合句意可知，早期的人类修建了村庄和城市，故应选D。

这是一篇说明文，短文讲述了人类文明的发展历程。文章主题明确，叙述清晰，篇幅适中，比较容易理解。题型是完形填空，考查学生们在具体语境中运用语言的能力，综合性较强。做题时，应先通读短文，了解大意；然后根据上下文语境做题，先易后难，注意空前后的固定搭配，并仔细辨析选项中单词的意思和用法；最后将答案代入原文，再读一遍，检查答案是否正确。例如第3小题，考查名词辨析及语境。farmers农民；workers工人；hunters猎人；inventors发明家。根据下文They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous…. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat.可知，在没有农业之前，人们都是靠男人外出打猎获取食物，因此他们是猎人。故选C。再如第5小题，考查动词辨析及语境。liked喜欢；bought买；kept保存；饲养；brought带来。根据句意和空后的the first domestic animals可知，这里表示“饲养家畜”，故选C。