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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.

  Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 2 . The alphabet(字母表) we now use 3 down to us over a long period of time . It was 4 from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

  Picture-writing was useful in many 5 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 6 . For example, a drawing of a 7 meant the object“man”. 8 a drawing of a man 9 on the ground with a spear(梭镖) in him meant“ 10 ”.

  Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 11 the American Indians also developed ways 12 writing in pictures. But only 13 much could be said 14 . Thousands of pictures would have been needed 15 all the ideas that people might have. It would 16 many thousands more to express all the objects 17 to men. No one could 18 so many pictures in a lifetime . 19 could anyone learn the meaning of all 20 drawings in a lifetime .

1.

[  ]

A.when
B.why
C.where
D.how

2.

[  ]

A. over
B. more
C. else
D. later

3.

[  ]

A. went
B. put
C. came
D. let

4.

[  ]

A. developed
B. discovered
C. increased
D. grown

5.

[  ]

A. sides
B. colors
C. ways
D. meanings

6.

[  ]

A. stories
B. animals
C. objects
D. subjects

7.

[  ]

A. creature
B. being
C. woman
D. man

8.

[  ]

A. But
B. For
C. Besides
D. Because

9.

[  ]

A. lies
B. lying
C. lay
D. lain

10.

[  ]

A. dying
B. death
C. sleep
D. sleeping

11.

[  ]

A. and
B. with
C. helped
D. followed

12.

[  ]

A. to
B. about
C. on
D. of

13.

[  ]

A. not
B. very
C. so
D. too

14.

[  ]

A. as follows
B. this way
C. that much
D. at least

15.

[  ]

A. to express
B. expressing
C. to be expressed
D. expressed

16.

[  ]

A. take
B. be taking
C. be taken
D. have taken

17.

[  ]

A. known
B. learned
C. called
D. asked

18.

[  ]

A. write
B. draw
C. watch
D. take

19.

[  ]

A. Either
B. So
C. Nor
D. Also

20.

[  ]

A.many
B.some
C.that
D.such
答案:D;B;C;A;C;C;D;A;B;B;A;D;C;B;A;D;A;B;C;D
解析:

本文是谈论文字起源,也就是讲述象形文字形成过程的一篇议论文.文章首句的意思是:“画图是在纸上记录思想的最简单的方法.”本句承接上句的意思,应该说人们早期是如何开始写字的.这是一个带有表语从句的主从复合句.when指时间,why指原因,where指地点,都与前句无关.how才是指方式,而前句讲的就是记录的方式.所以D项是正确选项.答案:D;句子意思是:“……六千年或者更多年代以前……”表示“或者更多”,可用副词词组or more.答案:B;本句意为:“我们现在使用的字母表经过漫长的时间才传到我们这里.”这四个动词都可与down搭配成短语:go down(走下去,下沉),put down(放下,镇压),come down(下来,流传下来),let down(放低,放下)中唯有 come down符合句意.答案:C;句中的picture-writing意为“用图画记载的方法”或“象形文字”.句意为:现在的字母表是从古埃及的象形文字发展而来的.”A项develop的含义是“发展”,符合句意.答案:A;句意为:“象形文字用于许多方式.”C项的ways除了有“方法,方式,手段”的含义外,还有“方面,(某点)的含义.如:①In some ways you are right.(你在某些方面是对的.)②They are in no way similar.(他们无一处相似.)答案:C;句中的as well as连接的应是两个相对应的词语.与idea(思想)相对应的应是object(物体).其他三项都与idea没有对应关系.答案:C;句意为:“画一个人指的是‘人’这个物体.”

答案:D;句意为:“画一个人身中梭镖躺在地上指的却是‘死亡’.”本句与前句意思是转折的.故选用A项(But).答案:A;这四项都是不及物动词lie(躺)的变化形式:lies是它的一般现在时,lying是它的-ing形式,lay是它的一般过去时,lain是它的过去分词.能作前面名词man的定语的只有它的-ing形式lying.

答案:B;句中指的是“死”的抽象概念.答案:B;句意为:“除了埃及人,中国人,美洲印第安人也都发展了象形文字的书写方式.”中国人和美洲印第安人是并列的平行关系.不存在谁为主,谁为次,也不存在谁帮助谁,或者谁跟着谁的问题.所以B项(with),C项(helped)和 D项(followed)都可排除.答案:A;句中 writing in pictures要作前面名词ways的定语,可加介词of.答案:D;本句意思是:“但是能用这种方法说出来的东西只有这么多.”言外之意是用画图记载的方法来表达当然要受到局限.so与much可搭配成词组so much(如此多).答案:C;this way=in this way(用这种方法).答案:B;本句意思是:“要表达人们可能有的想法就要画出几千张图画.”此空应填动词不定式作目的状语. A项(to express)为正确选项.答案:A;本句意思是:“要表达人们所知道的各种事物那就会需要好几万张图画.”此句用的是虚拟语气.表示过去的虚拟填用D项(have taken)是最佳选择.答案:D;A;本句意思是:“没有人一生能画出这么多的图画来.”答案:B;本句意思是:“也没有任何人一生能够学会所有这样的图画所表达的含义.”前一句是否定的,本句也是否定的.用否定词Nor开头,也符合本句的倒装语序.答案:C;本空是修饰名词在drawings的,同时也应包含前面所叙述的内容,用D项(such)能表达出“这样的”的意思.答案:D


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