阅读理解

　　How men first learned to invent words is unknown, All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate (交际) with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to stand for those sounds and which could be written down, Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.

　　The power of words, then, lies in their associations (联系) with the things they bring up before our minds, Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall(想起) to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

1．One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that ________.

[　　]

A．they could agree upon certain signs with each other

B．they could write them down

C．they could communicate with each other

D．they could speak and write

2．What is true about words?

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A．They are used to express feelings only.

B．They can only be written down.

C．They are easy to speak.

D．They are certain sounds or combined letters which have meanings for us.

3．Which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．The more we read, the less we know.

B．The more we learn, the happier we will be.

C．The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.

D．The more we learn, the more meanings all words have for us.

4．According to the passage, we conclude that ________.

[　　]

A．words are the written forms of sounds

B．words can help us to learn more about the past

C．words are just the things we use to express out thoughts and feelings

D．words are only used to bring up something glad and sad in the past

5．The birth of language is ________.

[　　]

A．a question difficult to answer

B．a matter that is hidden or secret

C．a problem not yet solved

D．still unknown to people

阅读理解

　　How men first learned to invent words is unknown, All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate (交际) with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to stand for those sounds and which could be written down, Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words.

　　The power of words, then, lies in their associations (联系) with the things they bring up before our minds, Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall(想起) to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.

1．One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that ________.

[　　]

A．they could agree upon certain signs with each other

B．they could write them down

C．they could communicate with each other

D．they could speak and write

2．What is true about words?

[　　]

A．They are used to express feelings only.

B．They can only be written down.

C．They are easy to speak.

D．They are certain sounds or combined letters which have meanings for us.

3．Which of the following statements is true?

[　　]

A．The more we read, the less we know.

B．The more we learn, the happier we will be.

C．The more we read and learn, the more learned we are.

D．The more we learn, the more meanings all words have for us.

4．According to the passage, we conclude that ________.

[　　]

A．words are the written forms of sounds

B．words can help us to learn more about the past

C．words are just the things we use to express out thoughts and feelings

D．words are only used to bring up something glad and sad in the past

5．The birth of language is ________.

[　　]

A．a question difficult to answer

B．a matter that is hidden or secret

C．a problem not yet solved

D．still unknown to people