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阅读理解APeoplecan'tsurvivewithoutfood.Longago,earlypeoplecouldn'tgrowcrops,sotheyhadtolivebyhuntinganimalsandgatheringgrains.Aft

eratribe(部落)hadlivedinanareaforsometime,itsfoodsupplywouldbegintoreduce.Thenthetribehadtomovetonewhuntinggroundswh

eretherewasmorefood.Thiswayoflifecausedspecialproblemsforthetribes.Theywereforcedtodependonluck,aswellasontheirhuntingskills.Ift

heycouldfindnogame,thewholetribewouldbeindangerofstarving.Andwhenthehuntershadgoodluckoneday,theywerenotsuretofindgamethenexttim

e.Thetribesmovedoftenbecausemuchlandwasneededtosupporttheirpeople.Astimepassedby,peoplelearnedthattheycouldgrowtheirfood.Atfirst,the

womenoftribescollectedpatchesofwildgrain.Later,peoplediscoveredthattheycouldplanttheirownseeds.Farmingslowlybecameawayoflife.Asp

eopleturnedawayfromhuntingtofarming,theirlifechanged.Whenthefoodsupplybecamericherandricher,theynolongermovedfromplacetoplace.The

successoftheircropsdependedpartlyontheweather,buttherewerealsothingstheycoulddotohelpcropsgrow.Inthepast,atribehadtotravelmanymile

sforfood.Now,onlyasmallamountoflandwasnecessarytofeedthewholetribe.Theearlytribecouldgrowinsizebecausefar

mingprovidedawaytofeedpeople.人要生存就离不开食物。我们的祖先最初是靠种植来获取食物的吗？本文介绍了农业是如何成为人类的一种生存方式的。1．Whydidtheearlytribesmovesooften?A．Theyenj

oyedtravellingaround.B．Theyhadtofindenoughfood.C．Theydidnotliketostayinoneplace.D．Theylikedtogohuntingeverywhere.答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第三、四句“Afteratribe

(部落)hadlivedinanareaforsometime,itsfoodsupplywouldbegintoreduce.Thenthetribehadtomovetonewhuntinggroundswheretherewasmoref

ood.”可知答案为B。2．Theunderlinedword“game”inParagraph2probablymeans“”．A．游戏B．比赛C．猎物D．赌博答案：C解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段第

二、三句“Theywereforcedtodependonluck,aswellasontheirhuntingskills.Iftheycouldfindnogame,thewholetribewouldbeindangero

fstarving.”得知，他们靠运气和打猎技术活下来，如果找不到猎物，整个部落会处于挨饿的境地。故答案为C。3．Whenfarmingprovidedenoughfoodtopeople,.A．thewomendidn'tdoanyworkatallB．thetrib

ecouldgrowlargerandlifebecamesteadyC．theydidnotmoveatallD．theynolongerwenthunting答案：B解析：细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“Theearl

ytribecouldgrowinsizebecausefarmingprovidedawaytofeedpeople.”可知B项正确。BOneday,apatientcametoseeme.Heworkedasawaiterin

arestaurantandhisproblemwasacidreflux(胃酸倒流),adiseasethatinfluencesasmanyas40percentofAmericans,amarkedincreaseinrecentyears.Refl

uxcanleadtoesophageal(食道的)cancer,whichhasincreasedbyabout50percentsincethe1970s.Thedrugsweusetotreatrefluxdon'talwaysworkandmayev

enincreasetheriskofdevelopingcancerwhenusedinthelongterm.Whatisresponsiblefortheseworryingdevelopments?Forone,ourpoordiet,withitshugeincreasesint

heintakeofsugar,fat,softdrinks,andunhealthyfoods.Butanotherimportantfacthasbeenoverlooked:dinnertime.Overthepasttwentyyear

s,thetimeofmypatients'eveningmealshasbecomelaterandlater.Dinner—alreadypushedbackbylongerworkhours—isoftenfurtherdelayedbyac

tivitiessuchasshoppingandexercise.Inmyexperience,thesinglemostimportanttreatmentforrefluxistoavoidlateeating.Apatientwithreflux

cametoseemebecauseherfatherandunclediedofesophagealcancer,andshewasafraidofgettingittoo.Hernightlyrout

ine(常规)includeda9pmdinnerwithatleasttwobottlesofredwine.Therefluxwasserious,andchangeswereneeded.Shelistened,thendidnotcomebac

ktoseemeforayear.“Forthefirsttwomonths,Ijusthatedyou，”shetoldme,“andforthenexttwomonths,Iwashavingsometrouble

eating.IguessedIwasgoingtodieofesophagealcancer.”Thensheadded,“Youknow,we'vethereasonthatit'snotsoeasytoget6pmreservatio

ns(预约)atthegoodrestaurantsanymore.”Tostoptheincreaseinrefluxdisease,wehavetostopeatingatleastthreehoursbeforebed.Asformywaiterpatient?It

oldhimtoeatdinnerbefore7pm.Withinsixweeks,hisrefluxwasgone.文章主要论述了晚饭吃得太晚的危害。4．Thediseasethewaitercaughtis.A．ontheriseB．e

asytocontrolC．unusualinAmericaD．themostdangerouscancer答案：A解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“Heworkedasawaiter...adiseasethatinf

luencesasmanyas40percentofAmericans,amarkedincreaseinrecentyears.”可知，患胃酸倒流病的人数正在逐年增加。故选A。5．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“overlooked”inParagraph

2mean?A．Talkedaboutalot.B．Paidnoattentionto.C．Carefullylookedinto.D．Takenintoconsideration.答案：B解析：词义猜测题。根据句中的But以及

下文介绍晚饭吃得太晚的弊端可知，晚饭时间是一个被人忽视了的问题。故选B。6．Whydidthewomanpatienthatetheauthor?A．Hespokeofherdeadfatheranduncle

.B．Heaskedhertochangehereatinghabits.C．Hecouldn'tfindawaytodealwithherproblem.D．Hecouldn'tmakeherhealthyagainwithinayear.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段中的“The

refluxwasserious,andchangeswereneeded.”和第四段可知，作者让这位女病人将自己的晚饭时间提前，然而女病人很难做到，因此她恨作者。故选B。7．Theauthorwritesthetexttot

ellus.A．nottoworklateatnightB．toavoideatingatrestaurantsC．unhealthyfoodscausecancerD．thedangerofeatinglateatnight答案：D解析：写作意图题。作者以一个病人的案例引出晚上吃饭太晚容易得胃

酸倒流病，并且给出自己的建议：吃晚饭不要太晚。然后以一个女病人的病例对此加以证明，最后得出结论：睡觉前三个小时不要吃东西。由此可知，作者写此文的目的在于告诫大家晚饭时间很关键，不能吃得太晚，否则会导致疾病，甚至会威胁生命。故选D。获得更多资源请扫码加入享学资源网

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