One day, Mr. Arnold was teaching a lesson, and things were going as normally as ever. He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils. He told them that, in the beginning, men were nomads; they never stayed in the same place for very long. Instead, they would travel about, here and there, in search of food, wherever it was to be found. And when the food ran out, they would move off somewhere else.
He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals. This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate(耕作)the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily available. It also meant that people could remain living in one place, and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to plete, like building towns, cities, and all that were in them. All the children were listening attracted by this story, until Lucy jumped up:
“And if that was so important and improved everything so much, why are we nomads all over again, Mr. Arnold?”
Mr. Arnold didn’t know what to say. Lucy was a very intelligent girl. He knew that she lived with her parents in a house, so she must know that her family were not nomads; so what did she mean?
“We have all bee nomads again,” continued Lucy, “The other day, outside the city, they were cutting the forest down. A while ago a fisherman told me how they fish. It’s the same with everyone: when there’s no more forest left the foresters go elsewhere, and when the fish run out the fishermen move on. That’s what the nomads did, isn’t it ?
The teacher nodded, thoughtfully. Really, Lucy was right Mankind had turned into nomads. Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it would keep supplying our needs, we kept developing it until the land was bare. And then off we would go to the next place! The class spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to show how to be more civilized.
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green T-shirt, with a message that said “I am not a nomad!”
And , from then on, they set about showing that indeed they were not. Every time they knew they needed something, they made sure that they would get it using care and control. If they needed wood or paper, they would make sure that they got the recycled kind. They ordered their fish from fish farms, making sure that the fish they received were not too young and too small. They only used animals that were well cared for, and brought up on farms.
And so, from their little town, those children managed to give up being nomads again, just as prehistoric men had done, so many thousands of years ago.
【小题1】From Paragraph 2, we can know that .A．people got tired of living in the same placeB．people gradually got used to living in citiesC．people tended to settle down after learning farmingD．people spent a long time in learning to keep animals【小题2】In the teacher’s opinion, Lucy’s argument was A．shockingB．ridiculousC．puzzlingD．reasonable【小题3】Which of the following agrees with the message “I am not a nomad” (Paragraph 7)?A．People eat young fish for its delicious taste.B．Foresters leave the place where wood is not available.C．Fishermen move elsewhere when there is no fish left.D．People use recycled materials as much as possible.【小题4】The writer tries to make us believe that .A．mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling aboutB．it’s unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled wayC．it’s quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankindD．in the beginning men were nomads.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文通过讲述游牧民族对资源的不充分利用，没有过着绿环保的生活，告诉我们要用一种有控制力的方法来生活。要节约使用资源和能源。
【小题1】C 推理题。根据本段前4行He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals. This was an important discovery, because by learning to cultivate(耕作)the land, and care for animals, mankind would always have food steadily available. It also meant that people could remain living in one place, and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to plete, like building towns, cities, and all that were in them.可知在用农场以后，游牧民族已经愿意定居下来了。故C正确。
【小题2】D 细节题。根据第三段前2行Mr. Arnold didn’t know what to say. Lucy was a very intelligent girl. He knew that she lived with her parents in a house, so she must know that her family were not nomads;可知老师知道这个学生的想法是很正常的，也是很合理的。故D正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据下一段And , from then on, they set about showing that indeed they were not. Every time they knew they needed something, they made sure that they would get it using care and control. If they needed wood or paper, they would make sure that they got the recycled kind.游牧民族的生活不绿色环保，那么现在这些学生的行为则是完全不一样，非常环保。故D正确。
【小题4】B 推理题。本文通过讲述游牧民族对资源的不充分利用，没有过着绿环保的生活，告诉我们要用一种有控制力的方法来生活。要节约使用资源和能源。故B正确。