题目内容
It was very late when I arrived in London. The railway station was big and dark. I didn't know the way to my hotel, so I asked a man. I spoke English very slowly, but the man still could not understand me. I said my questions again, and at last he understood. He answered me, but I couldn't understand him.
“I'm not English,”I said. Then he spoke slowly. But I still couldn't understand him. My teacher never spoke English like that! The man and I looked at each other(彼此)and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it.“You'll soon learn English!”he said. I thought, in England, each man doesn't speak the same language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them. Do they speak English?(1)When did the man arrive in London?
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A .In the morning. |
B .In the afternoon. |
C .At night. |
D .At noon. |
(2)Where did the man want to go?
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A .To his home. |
B .To the hotel. |
C .To his office. |
D .To his school |
(3)Was the man who asked the way an Englishman?
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A .Yes, he was. |
B .No, he wasn't. |
C .The story doesn't tell us. |
D .We don't know. |
(4)Which of the following statements is true?
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.The English don't speak English.B
.The Englishman understands the writer easily.C
.The English understand each other.D
.The English speak many kinds of languages.(5)What can we know from the story?
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.The English the man learned in class was quite different from that in England.B
.The Englishman at the station couldn't speak good English.C
.People all over the world can speak the same English and understand each other.D
.The Englishman didn't want to tell him the way.
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The Indians invented and developed the system of numbers from 1 to 9 and 0. We can use the ten numbers to make any number from the biggest to the smallest.
However, the ancient Romans invented a different system (系统) of numbers. They used symbols (符号) and replaced them. 1 is “Ⅰ” and 2 is “Ⅱ”. For larger numbers, they invented new symbols—5 is “Ⅴ”, 10 is “Ⅹ”, and so on. But they didn’t have a symbol for zero.
Here’s a table of the Roman numbers.
1 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 100 | 500 | 1,000 |
Ⅰ | Ⅴ | Ⅹ | L | C | D | M |
The Romans combined their symbols. In this way, “Ⅶ” means “5+1+1”, or 7. However, they found that “ⅡⅡ” (for 4) and “ⅤⅡⅡ” (for 9) were too confusing, so they thought out another idea.
If the “Ⅰ” comes after the “Ⅴ”, then you add it (Ⅵ is 6); if the “Ⅰ” comes before the “Ⅴ”, then you subtract (减去) it (Ⅳ is 4). The rule is that you are allowed to add up to three (e.g. Ⅷ is 8), but only subtract one (e.g. XL is 40).
How to remember the symbols?
Ⅰis like a finger. In a whole hand, the thumb (拇指) and the little finger make a V. Ten fingers are both hands, so the two Vs make an X..
Here is a way to remember the other symbols (L, C, D, M):Little Cats Drink Milk.
( ) 51. How many numbers can we make according to the Indians’ system ?
A. three: 0, 9, 1 B. ten C. eleven D. lots of
( ) 52. Which number was not in the ancient Roman’s number system?
A. 1 B. 9 C. 0 D. 5
( ) 53. What does the underlined word “combined” probably mean in the passage?
A. 合并 B. 分离 C. 增加 D. 削减
( ) 54. What does MD mean according to the Romans’ rule of calculating?
A. 500 B. 1000 C. 1500 D. 2000
( ) 55 Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A. “Little Cats Drink Milk” can help us to remember some of the numbers symbols.
B. The Indians invented the system of numbers from 1 to 9 and 0.
C. You are not allowed to make a number like “XXL”
D. The ancient Romans repeated symbols to make any number.