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certain sounds, in one way or another, to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that
they could talk with each other. Later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be
put together to show those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken
or written in letters, are called words.
The power of words, then, lies in their associations - the things they bring up to our minds. Words
become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we tire, the more certain words bring
back to us the happy 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.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words
which have powerful effects on our minds and feelings. This clever use of words is what we call literary
style(文体). Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can express his meaning in words which
sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears, We should therefore
learn to choose our words carefully and use them correctly, or they will make our speech silly and
common.
B. sounds
C. signs
D. actions
B. The importance of old words
C. The gradual change and development of words.
D.The learning of new words.
B. Make musical speeches
C. Use words skillfully.
D. Associate with listeners.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解 How words came into being is unknown. All we assume(推测)is that some ear】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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widely accepted today is based on the assumption that drama developed gradually from ceremonies. The
argument for this view goes as follows.
In the beginning, human beings viewed the natural forces of the world as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to control these unknown powers. Those measures which appeared to bring the
desired results were then kept and repeated until they hardened into fixed ceremonies. Eventually stories
arose which explained the mysteries of the ceremonies. As time passed, some of them were abandoned,
but the stories, later called myths (神话), provided materials for art and drama
Those who believe that drama came out of ceremonies also argue that those ceremonies contained the
seed of theater because music, dance, and masks were almost always used. In addition, there were
performers, and, since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the rules of
ceremonies, religious leaders usually assumed that task. Wearing masks, they often impersonated (扮演)
other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and performed the desired effect by gestures -- success in
hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival (复活) of the Sun -- as an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representations were separated from religious activities.
Another theory finds out the theater came from the human Interest in storytelling. According to this
view, tales (about the hunt, war, or other events) are gradually formed, at first through the use of
impersonation, action, and dialogue by a speaker and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person A closely related theory about drama traces to those dances that are primarily rhythmical and gymnastic or that are imitations (模仿) of animal movements and sounds.
B. The majority of people believe drama came from ceremonies.
C. Stories were made up to explain the mysteries of the ceremonies.
D. Religious activities developed gradually from ceremonies.
B. religious leaders usually didn"t perform in the ceremonies
C. mistakes are unavoidable in the religious ceremonies
D. performers usually used languages to reach the desired results
B. is devoted to
C. gives way to
D. is familiar to
B. The History of Drama
C. The Origin of Drama
D. The Popularity of Drama
(独角兽). Descriptions of unicorns have been found dating from ancient times. "The great
philosopher Aristotle theorized that there were two types of unicorn-the so-called Indian Ass and the
Oryx, a kind of antelope. Unicorns are often used in the logo of a noble family, town council or university
as their special sign. Even Scotland is represented by aunicom.
According to the legend, anyone attempting to catch a unicorn had to be extremely cautious as it has
a reputation for being very fierce. A clever trick suggested by unicorn-trappers ,in order to catch this
magnificent beast without being hurt by its horn, was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to
move quickly behind it as the unicorn charged. Hopefully, the creature could then be captured when its
horn was stuck in the tree.
When hollowed out and used as a drinking-cup, the unicorn"s horn was said to have the power to
offer protection against poison. It was believed that nobody could be harmed by drinking the contents
of a unicom"s horn. Right up until the French Revolution in 1789, the French court was said to have used
cups made of "unicorn" horn in order to protect the king. In addition, the horn was said to have medicina
l value,so much so that it could be sold for more than ten times the price of the same weight of gold.
What, then, was " unicorn" horn? We know at times the rhino (犀牛) was confused with this legendary
creature. A drinking-cup supposedly made of "unicorn" horn was discovered to be made of the horn of
a rhino.
B. Its horn was first used in France.
C. It was similar to the Indian Ass and the Oryx.
D. It could be the symbol of a university.
B. making use of the tree as a protection
C. hiding quickly behind the unicorn
D. having quickly behind the unicorn
B. the users of the unicorn horn
C. the price of the unicorn horn
D. the comparison between the unicom horn and the thino horn
B. the unicorn does not exist in reality
C. the unicorn is the rarest animal in the world
D. the medicinal value of the horn is appreciated
broadcasts had found.Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries
since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard
Received.
Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany"s University of Munich , wanted to discover whether
accent (口音 ) changes recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. "As
far as I know,there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of
broadcast records, " he said.
He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels (元音 ) had gradually lost ground as the noble
upper-class accent over the past years. "Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago.
But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don"t notice from year to year.
" We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes, " he told The Daily Telegraph, a British
newspaper. "In 1952 she would have been heard saying "that men in the black hat " . Now it would be
" that man in the black hat " . Similarly, she would have spoken of " the citay " and " dutay " , rather than
" citee " and " dutee " , and " hame " rather than "home". In the 1950s she would have been "lorst", but by
the 1970s "lost"."
The Queen"s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the
l0-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 p. m. in Britain as many families are recovering from their traditional turkey lunch(传统火鸡午餐 ) .
The results were published (发表 ) in the Journal of Phonetics.
B. she has a less upper-class accent now
C. her speeches are familiar to many people
D. her speeches have been recorded for 50 years
B. citee
C. hame
D. lorst
B. Christmas customs
C. TV broadcasting
D. personal messages
B. The Queen"s Christmas speeches on TV.
C. The changes in a person"s accent.
D. The recent development of the English language.
was the increase in population. The development of techniques, primarily irrigation and
flood control, which permitted agriculture in special areas such as the flood plain of the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made possible the support of large population. Once
populations reach a certain number, the older pattern of social organization breaks down
and new ones develop. Specifically the older system, whereby each individual participated
in food production and maintained a similar standard of living and whereby kinship
(家属关系) served as the basic method of social organization, was replaced by the
occupational division of labor, political and religious hierarchies (等级制度) public works
such as road and public building construction, class systems, codes of law, markets,
new forms of warfare, and urban centres. Allied with these important sociological traits
are material traits, such as monumental architecture and the development of science and,
in many cases, metallurgy (冶金学) and writing systems.
The earliest civilization, Sumer, developed in the Middle East. This was the Bronze
Age of the Old World, during which people first developed the art of metallurgy,
civilization also arose in other parts of the Old World first in Egypt, China, and India,
and later in Europe and Africa. At this time, civilization also developed independently in
the New World, in the Mexican area and in Peru and its neighboring areas.
In the Old World the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age, which saw the rise
and fall of great empires and the shift of power from the Middle East to Greece and
Rome and then to Western Europe. In the 1700s the Industrial Age began, leading
directly to the modem civilization of today.
B. suggests that population increase is most important in the development of civilization
C. tries to explain how civilization developed in human history
D. explore the relation between agriculture and industry
B. resulted from the breakdown of old social organization
C. caused the occupational division of labor
D. was impossible without the development of agriculture
B. The Industrial Age started in the Middle East.
C. The Bronze Age developed into the Iron Age.
D. The use of metal instruments started from the Bronze Age.
in the passage?______
B. Both Western and Eastern Europe.
C. African continent.
D. Asian countries.
of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters (上下班往返的人) to leave their
cars at home.
Considered one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals” along with Amsterdam, Copenhagen counts more
bicycles than people and cycling is so popular that its numerous bike paths can become congested.
Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially regular on the main Noerrebrogade thoroughfare (大街)
used by around 36,000 cyclists a day. “You have to elbow your way (挤过去) to go forward and some
cyclists aren’t always thoughtful,” complains 22-year-old university student Lea Bresell.
The creation of bike highways “comes right on time”, says Danish Cyclist Federation spokesman
Frits Bredal. “Copenhagen’s roads are overloaded with people who want to ride their bicycles in all
kinds of weather,” he says.
If in the 1960s Danes viewed the car as the symbol of freedom, the bicycle has assumed that role
today, Bredal says.
"It’s a means of transportation used by all social classes, and even politicians ride bikes,” he says.
It is on crowded Noerrebrogade - the busiest bicycle street in Europe - that city planners have
decided to build the first of Copenhagen’s environmentally friendly streets. The jammed bike paths will
be widened up to four meters on either side of the road, which will itself be reserved for buses only.
The idea is to make Noerrebrogade “Europe’s great cycling street”, says Andreas Roehl, the
Copenhagen city’s bicycle program manager who is also known as “Mister Bike”.
But Roehl is not content with making life easier for Copenhagen’s inner city cyclists: He wants to get
suburbanites (郊区居民) out of their cars and onto two wheels as well.
His goal is to increase the percentage of suburban commuters cycling to and from the city from the 33
percent it is today to more than 50 percent by 2015. Within the city, 55 percent of all commuters already
travel by bike.
Already Copenhagen stands out among other European capitals for its cycling infrastructure, counting
more than 390 kilometers of bike paths.
B. Copenhagen is planning to build highways.
C. Copenhagen is one of Europe’s two “bicycle capitals”.
D. Two-wheeler traffic jams are especially common in Copenhagen.
B. Terrible
C. Cyclists are considerate
D. Bike paths are not made full use of
B. hiking is very common in Copenhagen
C. cars will not be allowed to run on the widened Noerrebrogade thoroughfare
D. Noerrebrogade thoroughfare will be deserted
B. Almost all the suburban commuters take buses.
C. Few suburban commuters travel by car.
D. About one third of the suburban commuters travel by bike.
B. Copenhagen has the longest history among European capitals.
C. Copenhagen has the largest population among European capitals.
D. Copenhagen is the biggest in size among European capitals.
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