FromHuntingtoFarmingEarlypeoplelivedbyhuntinganimalsandgatheringgrains．Afteratribe(种族)hadlivedinanareaforsometimeitsfoodsupplywouldbegintodwindle(减少)．Then

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From Hunting to Farming

　　Early people lived by hunting animals and gathering grains．After a tribe(种族)had lived in an area for some time its food supply would begin to dwindle(减少)．Then the tribe had to move to new hunting grounds where there was more food．

　　This way of life caused special problems for the tribes．They were forced to depend on luck as well as on their hunting skills．If they could find no game the whole tribe was in danger of starving．And even when the hunters had good luck one day they were not sure to find game the next time．The tribes moved often because much land was needed to support their people．

　　Finally people learned that they could grow their food．At first the women of the tribes raised patches(小块土地)of wild grain．Later people discovered that they could plant their own seeds．Farming slowly became a way of life．

　　As people turned away from hunting to farming their life changed．When the food supply became more constant they no longer moved from place to place．The success of their crops depended partly on the weather but there were also things they 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 the whole tribe．The tribe could grow in size because farming provided a way to feed people．

　　Choose the best answer according to the passage．

(1)

From the passage we can infer ________ ?
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A．	early tribes liked moving from place to place．
B．	hunting was interesting in early days．
C．	the change from hunting to farming happened very quickly．
D．	life was hard and unsteady for early tribes．

(2)

The main idea of this passage is ________．
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A．	how farming became a way of life
B．	why early people had to travel often
C．	how the ancient people grow crops
D．	how the ancient people hunt

(3)

Why did the early tribes move so often?
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A．	They enjoyed traveling around．
B．	They had to find enough food．
C．	Because of the bad weather they did not like to stay in one place．
D．	They liked to go hunting everywhere．

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;