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 Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting(打猎)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 village grew, Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.

 When machines appeared(出现), life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. Cities began to come into being(产生). Some of them grew very big.

 Today, some people are moving back to small towns, can you tell why?

1 Long ago, people moved from place to place     .

[  ]

A in the sky         B in the trees

C on land          D by flying

2The story says, "But when they did, their lives changed." What does the word "they" mean?

[  ]

A Animals         B. Cities

C. People         D. Villages

3. What happened when factories were built?

[  ]

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 came into being.

4. Which of the following(下面的)does this story make you believe(相信)    .

[  ]

A All people like to live in big cities

B It's good to live near a factory

C Some people do not like to live in big cities

D Factories are good

5 The main idea of the story is that     .

[  ]

A. factories were built after the cities grew big

B. people like to hunt animals

C. cities become bigger

D. cities began when people lived and worked near each other

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  When you are reading something in English, you may often meet up with some new words.How do you know these new words?

  The best way to know them is to look them up(查寻)in the English-Chinese dictionary.It will show you a lot about the new word:(1)the pronunciation(发音)(2)the Chinese meaning(3)how to use the word.But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it quickly and correctly in the dictionary?

  First, you should know people arrange(安排)the English words in the letter order.In the dictionary you can first see the words with letter A, then B, C, D, E…That means, if there are two words “drilly” and “stereo”, “drilly” will be sure before “stereo”.Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter.Then the third, the fourth… For example, “germinant” is before “grunt”, “pidgin” is before “pitch”, etc.

  Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary now? You may know more in the dictionary.It will be your good friend.Please use it as often as possible in your English study.

(1)

What is this passage about?

[  ]

A.

Different dictionaries.

B.

New words in writing.

C.

The best way of reading.

D.

How to use a dictionary.

(2)

What can't we find in the dictionary?

[  ]

A.

How to read the word.

B.

How to write the word.

C.

Who found the word first.

D.

How to use the word.

(3)

In an English-Chinese dictionary, which letter does the last word begin with?

[  ]

A.

Z.

B.

A.

C.

B.

D.

Y.

(4)

Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

[  ]

A.

flatter; fertile; funeral

B.

thrashing; transfuse; trench

C.

claimable; clunk; brigade

D.

nomination; monocracy; orderliness

(5)

What's the main idea about the passage?

[  ]

A.

All English dictionaries are the same.

B.

We have to use a dictionary when we read something in English.

C.

An English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study.

D.

An English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word.

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