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____71_C__ On that particular day, a south wind had been gusting(劲吹) on and off all morning. It was not strong enough to cause us any concern, so we carried on with our daily work, not suspecting what was about to happen.

____72__F__ Black clouds loomed over the distant horizon(地平线) so suddenly that we were taken by surprise. Even then, we were not really worried, as the clouds seemed to be moving over our house and towards the distant mountains. Then, just as the clouds had moved inland, the wind suddenly swung around in a full circle and we were facing a major storm.

Instantly, we were busily preparing for the worst. The whole family had experienced such a storm before and everyone remembered the damage it had caused to stock and crops. ____73_G__ But we needed to protect the animals in case the river flooded again. My older brother called his sheep-dog and began driving our small flock of sheep to higher ground above river. If the river flooded, they should be safe there. In the meantime, my father was mending a shed roof that had partly fallen down after many years of fine service. If the tin flew off, it could damage the house. My younger brother began hurriedly carrying firewood under the shelter. ____74_E__ If the storm developed into a cyclone(旋风), the boards would protect the glass.

The storm raged for four hours, pouring more rain on us than we had seen in the last five years. ____75_A__ Then, just as we were beginning to lose hope, the storm stopped as suddenly as it had begun. The animals were safe, and the roof was still nailed on. “All’s well that ends well,” said my mother.

A. As expected, the river broke its bank and came slowly up towards the house and the stock

B. We were so taken by surprise that we didn’t know what to do.

C. The incident took place on Sunday, the 25th of June.

D. Soon, the river flooded again and our home was completely destroyed.

E. My job was to help Mum board up the windows.

F. The storm gave us very little warning.

G. There was very little we could do about the crops.

B

____71__E_ They lived in caves in very small ' clan' groups. They collected or killed only enough for the clan's survival. Early clans were nomadic（游牧）, which means that they did not stay in one place. Instead, they moved around, following the animals that were their main food source and seeking areas where seasonal plants grew wild. Moving around seasonally helped to protect the environment. The land had time to recover and animals had time to breed (繁殖) before the clan returned for the next season.

As time went by, these small family clans joined with others to form larger groups for protection. Joining with other clans gave them more hunters and more women to help cut up the meat and share it between families. Eventually, people tamed(驯养) wild animals such as dogs and horses. People settled around rivers and fertile plains to share responsibilities and duties. Then, people began to plant crops instead of moving to areas where the plants grew. ____72__G___

____73__A_ Some people were better at performing a particular task than other clan members, so they began to specialize in things they were good at doing. This also meant that they began to exchange their goods for things that others produced.

People began to communicate with distant tribes. Land was cleared for roads. Foreign plants and

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animals were transported to places where they had not existed before. ____74_F__ So art, dance and music became important ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. This was how many great civilizations started. Compared to the past, modern civilization has experienced many changes to become the highly developed society that exists today. ____75_B__ Forests have been cleared for farms. Inventions and technology have made work easier.

However, pollution and other serious problems have also resulted from human progress. As concerned citizens, it is up to us to learn from past mistakes and to help maintain and improve our environment.

A. Traditional forms of work also changed.

B. Populations have increased rapidly.

C. Long age, our ancestors were leading a hard life.

D. Therefore, people could travel far to hunt animals.

E. Early people had very little effect on the environment.

F. Specialization also gave people more free time.

G. This development changed the environment.

C

____71_D__ But in the rich world, children can suffer from a different kind of poverty — of the spirit. For instance , one Western country alone now sees 14, 000 attempted suicides ( 自杀 ) every year by children under 15, and one child in five needs psychiatric (心理) advice.

____72_E___ Take the close and constant relation between children and their parents, relatives and neighbours for example. In the West, the very nature of work puts distance between adults and children. But in most Third World villages, mother and father do not go miles away each day to work in offices. Instead, the child sees mother and father, relations and neighbours working nearby and often shares in that work.

A child growing up in this way learns his or her role through joining in the community's work ：helping to dig or build, look after animals or babies -- rather than through playing with water and sand in kindergarten, keeping pets or playing with dolls.

____73_F___ Their sense of days and time has a lot to do with the change of seasons and positions of the sun or the moon in the sky. Children in the rich world, on the other hand, are provided with a watch as one of the earliest signs of growing up, so that they can worry along with their parents about being late for school times, meal times, bed times, the times of TV shows < …… 此处隐藏：8776字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……