No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted(发出呼噜) like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him——water splashing(场所飞溅), bees humming(嗡嗡作响声), a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．What do we mean by language?

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A．Sounds made by man.

B．All the words made by man.

C．Different kinds of sound.

D．The way man learns.

2．From the passage we know that long long ago ________.

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A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．animals taught to learn the language

C．man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on

D．man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words

3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today?

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4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one?

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A．I ________ several dictionary.

B．Sea water ________ salt.

C．A dog ________ four legs.

D．Mr Smith ________ glasses on his nose.

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?

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A．To use the words in every day life.

B．To read more books.

C．To read easy books.

D．To look up new words in the dictionary.

　　No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted (发出呼噜声) like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him－water splashing (飞溅), bees humming (嗡嗡作响声), a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．What do we mean by language?

[　　]

A．Sounds made by man.

B．All the words made by man.

C．Different kinds of sounds.

D．The way man learns.

2．From the passage we know that long long ago ________.

[　　]

A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．animals taught man to learn the language

C．man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on

D．man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words

3．What is the number of languages spoken in the world today?

[　　]

4．In which sentence can the word“contain(s)”be put so that it is a right one?

[　　]

A．I ________ several dictionaries.

B．Sea water ________ salt.

C．A dog ________ four legs.

D．Mr. Smith ________ glasses on his nose.

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?

[　　]

A．To use the words in everyday life.

B．To read more books.

C．To read easy books.

D．To look up new words in the dictionary.

　　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 arc moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?

1．From the passage we know that people lived on(以……为食) ________ before cities began.

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2．Why could men stay in one place?

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A．Because they knew how to hunt animals.

B．Because they built houses.

C．Because they began growing crops.

D．Because they had machines.

3．What happened when factories were built?

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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.

4．Which of the following is true?

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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.

5．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

阅读理解

　　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?

1．From the passage we know that people lived on(以……为食) ________ before cities began.

[　　]

2．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.

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 were very useful.

4．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.

5．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