Question

  Long,long ago people made fires from lightening (闪电）. But they had to keep the fire burning,for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightening. Later,they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark(火花）. The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out.    Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦).They made a hole on a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.

Years went by,people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.

  About two centuries ago,people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used,but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course all electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.

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(   ) 1 . What could the spark do according to the passage?

 A. Fire any leaves.

B. Bum anything.

C. Burn dry leaves

D. Keep fire burning.

(   ) 2. TTie underlined word “it” in paragraph 1 refers to “       ”

A. the lightening     B. a spark

C. the fire     D. the match

(   ) 3. How long have matches been used?

A. For about two thousand years.

B. For about two hundred years.

C. Since people began to use fire for cooking.

D. Since people used the heat from the sun.

(   ) 4. What can we know from the passage?

A. Electric fire starter is a very useful way  to make fires.

B. People haven’t used matches since they had electric fire starters.

C. Today there are only two ways to make fire.

D. Some forest fires happen from lightening.

(   ) 5. Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?

a. with a match

b. from the sun

c. from lightening d. by rubbing e. with an electric fire starter A. c,d，a,b,  e  B. b,c, a,e, d C. c,d, b,a, e  D. d,a, c,d, e

Answer 1

 l.C 由第一段第四句 “The spark could fire dry leaves. ” 

2.C由第一段第五句可知“it”指代同一句前半句的“the fire”，故选C.

3.B由第三段第一句可知人们用火柴已有两个世界了，即 two hundred years.选 B.

4. A由最后两段判断B、C均错，D项原文未提及，只有A项在最后一段体现，是正确的，故选A.

5.C通读全文，可知C项为正确顺序。