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以下资料供同学作为同步练习与检测，适度的当地习题演练对阅读整体水平的提高起到至关重要的作用。
Directions:
In the following article, some
sentences have been removed. For Questions 41—45, choose the most
suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blanks.
There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark
your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
The first two
stages in the development of civilized man were probably the invention
of primitive weapons and the discovery of fire, although nobody knows
exactly when he acquired the use of the latter.
41)______________________ Animals have a few cries that serve as
signals, but even the highest apes have not been found able to pronounce
words, even with the most intensive professional instruction. The
superior brain of man is apparently a necessity for the mastering of
speech. When man became sufficiently intelligent, we must suppose that
he gradually increased the number of cries for different purposes. It
was a great day when he discovered that speech could be used for
narrative. There are those who think that in this respect picture
language preceded oral language. A man could draw a picture on the wall
of his cave to show in which direction he had gone, or what prey he
hoped to catch. 42)_________________________
Two important
stages came not so long before the dawn of written history. The first
was the domestication of animals; the second was agriculture.
Agriculture made possible an immense increase in the number of the human
species in the regions where it could be successfully practiced.
43)___________________________
44)______________________________
These inventions and discoveries—fire, speech, weapons domestic
animals, agriculture, and writing—made the existence of civilized
communities possible. From about 3000 B.C. until the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution less than two hundred years ago there was no
technical advance comparable to these. During this long period man had
time to become accustomed to his technique, and to develop the beliefs
and political organizations appropriate to it. There was, of course, an
immense extension in the area of civilized life. At first it had been
confined to the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Indus, but at
the end of the period in question it covered much the greatest part of
the inhabitable globe. I do not mean to suggest that there was no
technical progress during the time. 45)______________________ (512
words)
Notes: ape 猿。pastoral nomad 田园式的游牧部落的人。the Euphrates 幼发拉底河。the Tigris 底格里斯河。the Indus 印度河。in question所谈的(在名词后作后置定语)。
[A] Probably picture language and oral language developed side by side.
I am inclined to think that language has been the most important single
factor in the development of man.
[B] Another fundamental
technical advance was writing, which, like spoken language, developed
out of pictures, but as soon as it had reached a certain stage, it was
possible to keep records and transmit information to people who were not
present when the information was given.
[C] With the
development of civilization, primitive people who lived in caves at that
time badly needed a language, which would help them to communicate with
one another.
[D] The origin of language is also obscure. No doubt it began very gradually.
[E] In fact, there was progress—there were even two inventions of very
great importance, namely, gunpowder and the mariner's compass—but
neither of these can be compared in their revolutionary power to such
things as speech and writing and agriculture.
[F] These were,
at first, only those in which nature fertilized the soil after each
harvest. Agriculture met with violent resistance from the pastoral
nomads, but the agricultural way of life prevailed in the end because of
the physical comforts it provided.
[G] But industry was a step in human progress to which subsequently there was nothing comparable until our own machine age.
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