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Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. 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 houses any more. They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near each other, so the first village grew. Many people came to work in the villages, and these villages became larger and larger. Then 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.What did the villages grow into after people built factories?

2.Why did people move from place to place long long ago?

3.Why are some people moving back to small villages?

Answer

1.Cities.

2.To hunt animals for food.

3.Because cities have become more and more polluted. / Because the life of villages is free and quiet.

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是城市的形成过程。开始时地球上人很少，慢慢地人聚集在一起形成村庄，然后建立了工厂，在工厂周围就形成了城市。

1.1】Cities.细节理解题。题意：在人们建立工厂后，村庄变成了什么？由文中的：People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. So the villages grew into cities.可知，人们建立工厂后，越来越多的人生活在工厂附近，于是村庄变成了城市。故回答：Cities。

2.2】To hunt animals for food.细节理解题。题意：为什么很久很久以前，人们从一个地方搬到另一个地方？由短文里的：These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food. 可知，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。故回答：To hunt animals for food.

3.3】Because cities have become more and more polluted. / Because the life of villages is free and quiet.题意：为什么一些人搬回到小村子里居住？这是一个开放性题目，只要回答得合理即可。可以答为：Because cities have become more and more polluted.或 Because the life of villages is free and quiet.

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