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ThespreadofthisrivervalleyagricultureinvariouspartsofAsiaandAfricawasthedecisivefactorintheriseofthefirstcivilizations.Theincreaseinfoodproductionintheseregionsledtoasignificantgrowthinpopulation,whileeffortstocontroltheflowofwatertomaximizetheirrigationofcultivatedareasandtoprotectthelocalinhabitantsfromhostileforcesoutsidethecommunityprovokedthefirststepstowardcooperativeactivitiesonalargescale.Theneedtooverseetheentireprocessbroughtabouttheemergenceofanelitethatwaseventuallytransformedintoagovernment.

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Thefirstclearstepsintheriseofthefirstcivilizationstookplaceinthefourthandthirdmillennia.inMesopotamia,northernAfrica,India,andChina.Howthefirstgovernmentstookshapeintheseareasisnotcertain,butanthropologistsstudyingtheevolutionofhumancommunitiesinvariouspartsoftheworldhavediscoveredthatonecommonstageintheprocessistheemergenceofwhatarecalled“bigmen”withinasinglevillageoracollectionofvillages.Bymeansoftheirmilitaryprowess,dominantpersonalities,orpoliticaltalents,thesepeoplegraduallyemergeastheleadersofthatcommunity.Intime,the“bigmen”becomeformalsymbolsofauthorityandpassonthatauthoritytootherswithintheirownfamily.Asthecommunitiescontinuetogrowinsizeandmaterialwealth,the“bigmen”assumehereditarystatus,andtheiralliesandfamilymembersaretransformedintoahereditarymonarchy.

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Theappearanceofthesesedentarysocietieshadamajorimpactonthesocialorganizations,religiousbeliefs,andwayoflifeofthepeopleslivingwithintheirboundaries.Withtheincreaseinpopulationandthedevelopmentofcentralizedauthoritycametheemergenceofthecities.Whilesomeoftheseurbancenterswereidentifiedwithaparticulareconomicfunction,suchasproximitytogoldorirondepositsorastrategiclocationonamajortraderoute,othersservedprimarilyasadministrativecentersorthesiteoftemplesfortheofficialcultorotherritualobservances.Withinthesecities,newformsoflivelihoodappearedtosatisfythegrowingneedforsocialservicesandconsumergoods.Somepeoplebecameartisansormerchants,whileothersbecamewarriors,scholars,orpriests.Insomecases,thephysicaldivisionwithinthefirstcitiesreflectedthestricthierarchicalcharacterofthesocietyasawhole,witharoyalpalacesurroundedbyanimposingwallandseparatefromtheremainderoftheurbanpopulation.Inotherinstances,suchastheIndusRiverValley,thecitieslackedaroyalprecinctandtheostentatiouspalacesthatmarkedtheircontemporarieselsewhere.

1.Thephrase“culminatedin”inthepassageisclosestinmeaningto

A）reachedahighpointwith

B）logicallyfollowedfrom

C）partlycontributedto

D）marked

2.Accordingtoparagraph2,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueofearlyfarmers

A）Theyusedfarmingtosupplementotherfoodsources.

B）Theyweredrivenoutofsmallcommunities.

C）Theywerevictimsofflooding.

D）Theyfarmedseveralplotsoflandatonce.

3.Theword“undoubtedly”inthepassageisclosestinmeaningto

A）increasingly

B）certainly

C）ingeneral

D）apparently

4.Accordingtoparagraph2,whatareTWOreasonswhyfarmerschoserivervalleysforcultivationToreceivecredityoumustselectTWOanswerchoices.

A）Thesoilsinrivervalleyswererichinnutrients.

B）Thecropsgrowninrivervalleyswerenotcompletelydependentonrainwater.

C）Farmingtechniquescouldnotbeeasilyappliedtosoilsfarfromrivers.

D）Theheavierweightofriversoilresultedinmorereliableharvests.

5.Theword“enhance”inthepassageisclosestinmeaningto

A）serve

B）improve

C）control

D）protect

6.Theword“provoked”inthepassageisclosestinmeaningto

A）secured

B）coordinated

C）modeled

D）broughtabout

7.Accordingtoparagraph3,whichofthefollowingisNOTareasonwhygovernmentsfirstaroseamongagriculturalcommunities

A）Asignificantincreaseinpopulation

B）Thedesiretocontrolwaterresourcesforirrigation

C）Theneedforprotectionfromoutsideforces

D）Thedemandfororganizedcommunicationwithothercommunities

Thefirstclearstepsintheriseofthefirstcivilizationstookplaceinthefourthandthirdmillennia.inMesopotamia,northernAfrica,India,andChina.Howthefirstgovernmentstookshapeintheseareasisnotcertain,butanthropologistsstudyingtheevolutionofhumancommunitiesinvariouspartsoftheworldhavediscoveredthatonecommonstageintheprocessistheemergenceofwhatarecalled“bigmen”withinasinglevillageoracollectionofvillages.Bymeansoftheirmilitaryprowess,dominantpersonalities,orpoliticaltalents,thesepeoplegraduallyemergeastheleadersofthatcommunity.Intime,the“bigmen”becomeformalsymbolsofauthorityandpassonthatauthoritytootherswithintheirownfamily.Asthecommunitiescontinuetogrowinsizeandmaterialwealth,the“bigmen”assumehereditarystatus,andtheiralliesandfamilymembersaretransformedintoahereditarymonarchy.

8.Accordingtoparagraph4,whatisnotknownabouttheriseofthefirstcivilizations

A）Wherethefirststepstowardcivilizationtookplace

B）Whowasallowedtoreplace“bigmen”afterthe“bigmen”died

C）Whysomeindividualsbecamerecognizedasleaders

D）Howgovernmentsemerged

9.Whatistherelationshipbetweenparagraphs3and4inthepassage

A）Paragraph3explainswhyaneedforleadershiparoseinearlycivilizations,andparagraph4describeshowthatleadershipdeveloped.

B）Paragraph3suggeststhatagriculturewasfirstpracticedinAsiaandAfrica,andparagraph4discusseshowitmighthavelaterspreadtotherestoftheworld.

C）Paragraph3describesseveralmethodsofearlygovernment,andparagrap