Question

【題目】Choose the best answer and complete the passage.

Men sometimes say,“We are better and cleverer than women. Women _____________ invent things, we do." It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: machines, radios, and guns, too. But scientists and archaeologists

（考古學家）now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed ______________. They invented agriculture. Before the invention of agriculture men were _____________. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day, too. They collected roots, fruit and grass. Then, one day more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds near her home in the Middle East. They grew, and the first wheat was ______________. The idea grew, too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home and look after the children and the animals. Women like baby animals. Archaeologists think that women _____________ the first domestic animals: dogs, cows sheep and goats. That idea grew, too. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and _____________. Civilization began. Men began civilization after women invented agriculture.

【1】A. everB. neverC. sometimesD. often

【2】A. historyB. ideaC. opinionD. society

【3】A. farmersB. workersC. huntersD. inventors

【4】A. appearedB. bornC. soldD. bought

【5】A. likedB. boughtC. keptD. brought

【6】A. countriesB. nationsC. statesD. cities

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

男人們總是說他們比女人聰明，因為發(fā)明家都是男人，沒有女人。確實如此，但科學家和考古學家們告訴我們女人發(fā)明了最重要的一個東西——農(nóng)業(yè)。

【1】句意：女人從來沒有發(fā)明過東西，我們發(fā)明過。

考查副詞辨析及語境。ever曾經(jīng)；never從不；sometimes有時候；often經(jīng)常。根據(jù)上句話We are better and cleverer than women可知，男人們覺得他們比女人聰明。因此他們說女人從來沒有發(fā)明過東西，故這里應選B。

【2】句意：它改變了歷史。

考查名詞辨析及語境。history歷史；idea想法，主意；opinion觀點；society社會。根據(jù)下文的介紹可知，因為女人發(fā)明了農(nóng)業(yè)，才有了人類的文明，因此這個發(fā)明改變了人類的歷史。故應選A。

【3】句意：在農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)明之前，男人們都是獵人。

考查名詞辨析及語境。farmers農(nóng)民；workers工人；hunters獵人；inventors發(fā)明家。根據(jù)下文They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous…. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat.可知，在沒有農(nóng)業(yè)之前，人們都是靠男人外出打獵獲取食物，因此他們是獵人。故選C。

【4】句意：他們長大了，然后第一顆小麥誕生了。

考查動詞辨析及語境。appeared出現(xiàn)；born誕生；sold賣；bought買。根據(jù)文意可知，女人掉在地上的草種長成了麥子。因此這里表達“第一顆小麥誕生了”，故選B。

【5】句意：考古學家們認為女人飼養(yǎng)了最早的家畜：狗、牛、綿羊、山羊。

考查動詞辨析及語境。liked喜歡；bought買；kept保存；飼養(yǎng)；brought帶來。根據(jù)句意和空后的the first domestic animals可知，這里表示“飼養(yǎng)家畜”，故選C。

【6】句意：他們修建了村莊和城市。

考查名詞辨析及語境。countries國家；nations國家，民族；states國家，政權(quán)；cities城市。A、B和C是近義詞，結(jié)合句意可知，早期的人類修建了村莊和城市，故應選D。

這是一篇說明文，短文講述了人類文明的發(fā)展歷程。文章主題明確，敘述清晰，篇幅適中，比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強。做題時，應先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境做題，先易后難，注意空前后的固定搭配，并仔細辨析選項中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。例如第3小題，考查名詞辨析及語境。farmers農(nóng)民；workers工人；hunters獵人；inventors發(fā)明家。根據(jù)下文They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals and sometimes animals killed them. Life was difficult and dangerous…. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat.可知，在沒有農(nóng)業(yè)之前，人們都是靠男人外出打獵獲取食物，因此他們是獵人。故選C。再如第5小題，考查動詞辨析及語境。liked喜歡；bought買；kept保存；飼養(yǎng)；brought帶來。根據(jù)句意和空后的the first domestic animals可知，這里表示“飼養(yǎng)家畜”，故選C。