Question

People are very social animals. We need to talk with and do things with other people. We often understand ourselves better when we discuss our ideas and activities with other people. We need to make meaningful connections with friends and family. These connections help us forget our failures and worries. We can focus (集中) on things that are important: the people we care about.
Your community is the area near your home. It’s where you work, play and go to school. It is the neighborhood where your family makes connections with other people. It’s the places you feel like you belong (屬于) to.
Communities grow and change over time. Families move from one city to another because of work or family situations. Older people often move to smaller homes or vacation areas after their children have grown up. Their children move out to start families of their own. New families move in when others leave.
Basic services, such as police, fire, post office, health and public schools are in almost every community. Businesses provide services to the community, too. Stores sell things that people need. Restaurants sell prepared food. Offices provide lots kinds of skilled work.
The job of the city government is to listen to the people of the community and help them connect. Some people may move on, but the community remains.
小題1:Are people very social animals?
小題2:What can these connections help us forget?
小題3:Why do older people move to smaller homes or vacation areas?
小題4:What does the passage tell us?

Answer 1

小題1:Yes, (they are).
小題2:These connections (can) help us forget our failures and worries.
小題3:Because their children move out to start families of their own.
小題4:Why we have communities and what community is.

試題分析：這篇文章主要告訴我們人類是群居動物，為什么我們需要社區以及社區是什么。
小題1:根據文章People are very social animals.可知，人類是群居動物。故回答Yes, (they are).
小題2:根據文章These connections help us forget our failures and worries.可知，這些關系幫助我們忘記我們的失敗和擔憂。故回答These connections (can) help us forget our failures and worries.
小題3:根據文章Their children move out to start families of their own.可知，因為他們的孩子搬出去開始他們自己的家庭，所以老人就搬到更小的房子或者去度假。故回答Because their children move out to start families of their own.
小題4:這篇文章主要告訴我們人是群居動物，為什么我們需要社區以及社區是什么。故回答Why we have communities and what community is.
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