Question

【題目】閱讀表達(dá)

Fire was discovered many thousands of years ago. The first time humans saw fire was probably when a tree was destroyed by lightning (閃電).

Humans soon learned how to make fire. They probably made the first fire by rubbing (摩擦) two sticks together.

Fire was very important to humans. They needed to keep warm at night. They used fire to cook food. They used fire to keep enemies and wild animals away. In some parts of the world fire was used to send messages. The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of dangerous message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of danger.

Fire was also used to give light. Before the invention of the oil lamp(燈), humans burned sticks to get light.

One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal(相等的) parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.

A. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

【1】How did Indians in America use fire?

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【2】What happened to the candle if there was a wind blowing on it?

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B. 將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

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【4】_________________________________________________________________

C. 請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)挠⑽念}。

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】They used fire to make smoke as a message.

【2】It burned too quickly.

【3】他們用火把敵人和野生動物趕走。

【4】火也被用來照明。

【5】Fire./ The use of the fire.

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：本文介紹了火的發(fā)現(xiàn)于數(shù)千年前，人類很快學(xué)會了生活。火對人是非常重要的，可以用來取暖、做飯、趕跑敵人和動物、照明等。

【1】根據(jù)第三段" The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message，可知美洲的印第安人他們用火來制造煙霧傳遞信息。所以答案是They used fire to make smoke as a message.。

【2】根據(jù)文中的最后一句If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.可知如果有風(fēng)吹蠟燭，蠟燭就會燃燒的太快。所以答案是It burned too quickly.

【3】根據(jù)keep away使……離開與use sth. to do用某物做某事，可知該劃線句子的意思是他們用火把敵人和野生動物趕走。

【4】根據(jù)be used to do被用于做……與give light給予光明，可知該劃線句子的意思是火也被用來照明

【5】根據(jù)本文的大意：介紹了火的發(fā)現(xiàn)于數(shù)千年前，人類很快學(xué)會了生活。火對人是非常重要的，可以用來取暖、做飯、趕跑敵人和動物、照明等。所以本文的題目是Fire./ The use of the fire.