vzlAAA2018年秋季高中英语Unit2WorkingthelandPeriod1WarmingUp

1、Unit 2 Worki ng the land Period 1 Warmi ng Up & Readi ng课堂 10 分钟达标People can t survive without food. Long ago, early people couldn to live byhunting animals and gathering grains. After a tribe（ 部落）had lived in an area forsome time, its food supply would begin to reduce. Then the tribe had to mov

2、e to new hunting grounds where there wasmore food.This way of life caused special problems for the tribes. They were forcedto depend on luck, as well as on their hunting skills. If they could find no game, the whole_tribe would be in dan ger of starvi ng. And whe n the hun ters had good luck one day

3、, they were not sure to find game thenext time. The tribes moved often because much land was needed to support their people.As time passed by, people learned that they could grow their food. At first, the women oftribes collected patches of wild grain. Later, people discovered that they could plant

4、theirown seeds. Farm ing slowly became a way of life.As people turned away from hunting to farming, their life changed. Whenthe food supply became richer and richer,they no Ion ger moved from place to place. /The success of their crops depe nded partly on the weather, but there werealso things they

5、could do to help crops grow.In the past, a tribe had to travel many miles for food. Now, only a small amount of land was necessary to feed thewhole tribe. The early tribe could grow in size because farming provided a way to feed people.【语篇概述】 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？阅读本篇了解一下种植是如何成为人类的一种生存方式的。I

6、. Skim the passage and give the general idea of the passage.1. The passage mainly tells us_答案： how farming became a way of life2. Skim the passage to get the main idea of each part.A. Farm ing cha nged their way of life.B. The early way of life caused special problems for the tribes.C. Farming made

7、the tribe grow in size.Part 1 (Paras. 1、2)Part 2 (Paras. 3、4)Part 3 (Para. 5)答案：BACt grow crops, so they had-2 -n. Read the passage again and choose the best answers.1. Why did the early tribes move so often?A. They enjoyed traveli ng around.B. They had to find eno ugh food.C. Because of the bad wea

8、ther they did not like to stay in one place.D. They liked to go hun ti ng everywhere.【解析】 选 B。细节理解题。根据第一段第三、四句After a tribe had lived in an area for sometime,its food supply would begin to reduce. Then the tribe had to move to new hunting grounds wherethere was more food. 可知答案为 Bo2. The underlined w

9、ord“game in Paragraph 2 probably means “_ ” .A.游戏 B.比赛 C.野味 D.赌博【解析】 选 C。词义猜测题。根据第二段第二、三句They were forced to depend on luck, as well ason their hunting skills. If they could find no game, the whole tribe would be in dan ger of starvi ng.得知，他们主要靠幸运活下来，如果找不到野味(猎物)，整个部落会处于饿死的危险境地。由前面 hunting便知答案为 Co3.

10、When farming provided eno ugh food to people,_ .A. the women didn t do any work at allB. the tribe could grow larger and life became steadyC. they did not move at allD. they no Ion ger went hunting【解析】 选 B。细节理解题。根据文章最后一句The early tribe could grow in size because farmingprovided a way to feed people.

11、便知 B 项内容正确。4. From the passage we can infer that_.A. early tribes liked moving from place to placeB. hunting was interesting in early daysC. the cha nge from hun ti ng to farming happe ned very quicklyD. life was hard and un steady for early tribes【解析】选 0 推理判断题。从第一段中得知，“一个部落在某一地区居住一段时间后，食物量不断减少,该部落不得不搬到有更多食物的地方”；从第二段中得知，“他们主要靠幸运活下来，如果找不到野味（猎-3 -物），整个部落会处于饿死的危险境地”，因此对早期的部落来说，生活是艰辛的，不稳定的。川.Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.1. How did early people get food?2. What would happe n if the early people failed to hunt?3. Why did the ear