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 life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another， so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages， and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared， life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today， it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1.People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
2.The story says，“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did， their life changed.” In this sentence， the word “they” means people.
3.When machines appeared， life in the cities changed again.
4.All people like to live only in big cities.
5.People built factories after the cities grew big.
Water is very important to all the living things， water shortage is a big problem in some places when some of us are wasting it.
Teesha is ten years old. She collect water from a ditch(沟渠) near her home. The water was brown. It had a smell. Teesha’s name means “alive and well”. But the bad water often made her feel sick.
Many families in Africa have no clean water. So many people diseases. Teesha’s own brother from cholera（霍乱）. He was only six years old.
Teesha’s village was . They got a new well（水井）. Volunteers from other countries found out the best place to dig the new well. Soon， the people had clean， fresh water. The volunteers taught Teesha’s family how to keep it fresh. taught Teesha’smother how to use different bowls of water for different things. Some water was for vegetables. Other water was their animals.
Teesha’s family will enjoy their clean water. She hopes that children in villages will soon have clean，fresh water. As the Nigerian saying goes， she hopes her country will have “Peace， Rain， Prosperity（繁荣）！”
1.A. because B. and C. but D .so
2.A. used to B. was used to C. uses to D. gets used to
3.A. nice B. terrible C. good D. sweet
4.A. increase B. reach C. hide D. get
5.A. dead B. death C. died D. dying
6.A. lucky B. funny C. interesting D. exciting
7.A. He B. They C. We D. You
8.A. clean B. cleaned C. cleaning D. to clean
9.A. at B .for C. in D. on
10.A. the others B. others C. the other D. other
—It’s very important for us to save water.
—I agree with you. I hope _____ can realize that.
A. nobody B. everybody
C. anybody D. somebody
_____ everyone in our team played well in this football match， we _____ lost it.
A. Although； but B. Although； still
C. Though； and D. Though； but
Too much pollution changes people’s life. Our government has done ____ to stop pollution.
A. useful something B. useful anything
C. something useful D. anything useful
—Would you like to be a volunteer to help clean the room?
—_____ .
A. That’s easy. B. It’s a pleasure.
C. Not at all. D. Of course not.
