Question

long ago people made fires from lightning(閃電)。 But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn’t start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two piece of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.
As years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from sun. they held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.
About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴). Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fire. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fires. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fire starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is more useful.
【小題1】 A spark can _________.

A．fire any leaves	B．burn anything
C．burn dry leaves	D．keep fires burning

【小題2】 We can also get a fire by _________.

A．making a hole on a big piece of wood

B．putting a smaller stick into the hole

C．turning the stick hard for a while

D．doing all the above together

【小題3】 Matches have been used _________.

A．for about two thousand years

B．for about two hundred years

C．since people began to use fire for cooking

D．since people used the heat from the sun.

【小題4】From this passage we know _______.

A．using matches is the easiest and most useful way to make fires

B．people don’t use matches any more since they had electric fire starters

C．today there are only two ways to make fires

D．some forest fires happen from lightning

【小題5】 Choose the right order of the ways to make fires people got to know _________.
a. with a match
b. from the sun
c. from lightning
d. by rubbing
e. with an electric fire starter.

A．d ,b, c, a, e	B．d, c, b, a, e
C．c, d, b, a, e	D．c, b, d, a, e

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：古代的人們經常利用閃電來取火,但那時必須讓火一直燃燒,否則沒有了雷電就沒有了火源.后來人們學會了火石打火,鉆木取火聚焦取火等.后來又發明了火柴.當今世界最流行的就是電子打火.
【小題1】細節理解題，根據文中語句“Later, they found out hitting two piece of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves.”理解可知。火花可以點燃干枯的樹葉,故選C.
【小題2】細節理解題，根據文中語句They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.理解可知，鉆木取火的過程，故選D。
【小題3】細節理解題，根據文中語句“About two centuries ago, people began to make matches (火柴).”理解可知。火柴的應用出現在聚焦取火以后,已有200多年的歷史了,故選B
【小題4】理解歸納題，根據文中語句理解可知,現在很多的森林火災都是雷電引起的,故選D。
【小題5】理解總結題，根據文中語句理解可知人類取火的大致過程是雷電取火,火石取火,鉆木取火,聚焦取火,火柴和電子打火器,故選C。
考點：有關取火發展史的說明文
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