河南省B卷阅读理解C：
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 place to place.They moved over the land,hunting 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 villages GREw.Many people came to work in the villages.These villages grew bigger and bigger.
When people had machines,life in the village changed again.Factories were built.More and more people lived near the factories.So the villages GREw into cities.Some of them grew very big.
Today,some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?
61.From the passage we know that people lived on (以 ……为食) _______ before cities began.
A.animals B.grass C.crops D.fruits
62.Why could men stay in one place?
A.Because they knew how to hunt animals.
B.Because they built houses.
C.Because they began growing crops.
D.Because they had machines.
63.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 were very useful.
64.Which of the following is true?
A.People had to move often before they began growing crops.
B.People didn't like to live in big cities.
C.The villages were bigger than the cities.
D.All the people like to move back to small towns today.
65.The main idea of the story is that _______ .
A.how people GREw crops
B.how people built houses
C.how villages GREw
D.how cities began to grow
(Keys:61—65 ACBAD)
《英语辅导报》(初三版)第47期第8版原汁原味：
How cities began
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 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 villages GREw. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.
When machines came along, life in the villages changed again.Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories.The cities GREw very big.
Today, some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?
1.People moved from place to place hunting _______ .
a.animals b.villages c.machines d.factories
2.Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
a.All people like to live only in very big cities.
b.It is good to live near a factory.
c.Some people do not like to live in big cities.
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 are many machines in big city factories.
4.The main idea of the whole story is that _______ .
a.factories were built after the cities GREw big
b.people like to eat when they visit big cities
c.cities began when people lived and worked near each other
(Keys: 1—4 acbc)
