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【题目】阅读短文，回答问题。

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 one place to another. They moved 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 move any more.

They could stay in one place and grow food there. People began to live near each other, so the first villages appeared. Many people came to work in the villages, and these villages became larger and larger.

Later people had machines. Life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories, so the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big.

Today, it's strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?

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

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

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

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

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【5】Why are some people moving back to small villages?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 only a few thousand people.

【2】 Cities.

【3】 To hunt animals for food.

【4】 Nobody.

【5】 They think the city is noisy and the air is not fresh./They like the country life ./ They become tired of the city and want to be close to nature./……

【解析】

你住在城市里吗？你知道城市是怎么开始的吗？很久以前，世界上只有几千人。这些人从一个地方搬到另一个地方。他们移到陆地上，猎取动物作为食物。

没有人知道这些人是如何或何时学会种植粮食的。但当他们这样做的时候，他们的生活发生了变化。他们不必再搬家了。

他们可以呆在一个地方，在那里种植食物。人们开始住在一起，所以第一个村庄出现了。许多人来到村庄工作，这些村庄变得越来越大。

后来人们有了机器。村里的生活又变了。人们建造工厂。越来越多的人住在工厂附近，所以村庄变成了城市。他们中的一些人长大了。

今天，有些人搬回小村庄真是奇怪。你能告诉我为什么吗？

【1】题意：很久以前世界上有多少人？考查细节理解。根据第一段第3句Long long ago, there were only a few thousand people in the world.（很久以前，世界上只有几千人。）可知答案是only a few thousand people.

【2】题意：人们建工厂后，村庄变成了什么样？考查细节理解。根据第四段第3和4句People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories, so the villages grew into cities.（人们建造工厂。越来越多的人住在工厂附近，所以村庄变成了城市。）可知人们建工厂后，村庄变成了城市；故答案是cities。

【3】题意：为什么很久以前人们从一个地方搬到另一个地方？考查细节理解。根据第一段最后二句These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.（这些人从一个地方搬到另一个地方。他们在陆地上移动，猎取动物作为食物。）可知很久以前人们从一个地方搬到另一个地方是为了猎取动物作为食物。故答案是To hunt animals for food.

【4】题意：谁知道人们什么时候学会了种植粮食？考查细节理解。根据第二段第一句No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food.（没有人知道这些人是如何或何时学会种植粮食的。）可知答案是Nobody。

【5】题意：为什么有些人要搬回小村庄？本题是开放性题，根据本文内容，只要回答合理即可。例如，They think the city is noisy and the air is not fresh./They like the country life ./ They become tired of the city and want to be close to nature.