Question

【題目】Fire was discovered many thousands of years ago. The first time humans saw fire was probably when a tree was destroyed by lightning(閃電). Humans soon learned how to make fire. They probably made the first fire by rubbing (摩擦)two sticks together.

Fire was very important to humans. They needed to keep warm at night. They used fire to cook food. They used fire to keep enemies and wild animals away. In some parts of the world fire was used to send messages. The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message. In some other countries people lit fires to warn their friends of danger.

Fire was also used to give light. Before the invention of the oil lamp(燈), humans burned sticks to get light.

One man even used fire to tell the time. He invented a candle clock. He made a candle that took exactly twelve hours to burn. Then he marked this candle in twelve equal(相等的) parts. He lit the candle and could tell the time by counting the number of parts left of the burning candle. But the candle clock did not always work well. If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.

請務(wù)必將1-5小題的答案寫在答題卡的相應(yīng)位置！

（一）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

【1】How did Indians in America use fire?

【2】What happened to the candle if there was a wind blowing on it?

（二）將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

【3】

【4】

（三）請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。

【5】

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】They used fire to make smoke as a message.

【2】It burned too quickly.

【3】他們用火使敵人和野生動物不能接近。

【4】火也被用 來照明

【5】Fire./The use of the fire

【解析】

試題分析：火發(fā)現(xiàn)于數(shù)千年前。人類第一次看到火可能是閃電燒毀一棵大樹，人類很快就學(xué)會了生火，最初的方式可能是摩擦生火。本文主要講述的是火的用處：人類用火取暖、做飯、防止敵人和動物、照明、報(bào)時等等。

【1】They used fire to make smoke as a message. 題意：美洲印第安人怎樣用火？由短文第二段的“The Indians in America, for example, used fire to make smoke as a message.”比如美洲印第安人用火制造煙霧作為信息�？芍�，本題回答：They used fire to make smoke as a message.

【2】It burned too quickly. 題意：如果有風(fēng)吹，蠟燭會怎樣？由短文最后一句“If there was a wind blowing on the candle, it burned too quickly.”如果有風(fēng)吹要蠟燭上，它會燃燒得太快�？芍�，本題的回答是：It burned too quickly.

【3】他們用火使敵人和野生動物不能接近。use sth to do sth 用……來做……；keep ……away使……不接近。故譯為：他們用火使敵人和野生動物不能接近。

【4】火也被用來照明 be used to do sth被用來做某事，give light照明，發(fā)光。故譯為：火也被用來照明

【5】Fire./The use of the fire 本文主要講述的是火及其作用，故標(biāo)題為：Fire./The use of the fire。