Long 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. Them 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 leavesB．burn anythingC．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,eB．d, c, b, a, eC．c, d, b, a, eD．c, b, d, a ,e

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:C
文章介紹了人類(lèi)使用火的過(guò)程。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四行The spark could fire dry leaves.說(shuō)明C正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后三行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.說(shuō)明ABC都是具體步驟，D是最全面的。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句About two centuries ago,可知B正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一句Long long ago people made fires from lightning(閃電)。說(shuō)明有時(shí)候閃電會(huì)導(dǎo)致火，那么也有可能導(dǎo)致森林大火。故D正確、
小題5:C 排序題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，人們先是通過(guò)閃電，接著摩擦生火，然后是通過(guò)陽(yáng)光，后來(lái)是火柴，最后是an electric fire starter，故C正確。
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