Question

【题目】任务型阅读（10分）

Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago， there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land， hunting（打猎）animals for food.

A long time passed. These people began growing crops. No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did， their lives changed， they did not have to move houses any more.

They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near each other. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew bigger and bigger. Then people had machines， and lives in the villages changed again. They built factories. So the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big.

Today， some people are moving back to small towns.

【1】How many people were there in the world long long ago?

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【2】When didn’t people have to move houses any more ?

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【3】What did the villages grow into after people built factories?

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【4】Why did people move from place to place long long ago?

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【5】Who knows when people learned about growing food?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】（only）a few thousand

【2】When/ After people learned about growing food.

When / After people began growing crops.

【3】cities

【4】To hunt animals for food

【5】Nobody./ No one.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍了城市的由来，以前就几千人，总是从一个地方搬到另一个地方，后来人们学会了种庄稼，就不再来回搬了。再后来人们有了机器，建了工厂，村庄就变成了城市。

【1】细节理解题。根据Long long ago， there were only a few thousand people in the world.可知，很久以前，世界上就有几千人。故答案为（only）a few thousand。

【2】细节理解题。根据These people began growing crops. No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did， their lives changed， they did not have to move houses any more.可知，当人们学会了种庄稼，他们就不用再搬家了。故回答为When/ After people learned about growing food.或 When / After people began growing crops.。

【3】细节理解题。根据They built factories. So the villages grew into cities.可知他们建了工厂，后来村庄就变为了城市，故回答为cities。

【4】细节理解题。根据These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land， hunting（打猎）animals for food.可知，他们以前来回搬家目的是为了打猎吃食物，故答案为To hunt animals for food。

【5】细节理解题。根据No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food.可知没有人知道人们怎样和什么时候学会的种植食物。故答案为Nobody/No one。