Question

第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空格中的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish（区别）each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems____21___.
The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by ___22___. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River___23___ the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were ___24___ for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture___25___ went overseas to Japan, ___26___ into the Japanese society and ___27___ the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it ___28___ to the same system.
When the two mother rivers gave ___29___ to the eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain--- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well- known as the ___30___ of the European culture. ___31___ the Chinese culture, the European one also ___32___waters. When the colonists of England ___33___down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t ___34___ from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the ___35___ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic languages while the Western languages are ___36___ based on the Latin system, for example, the one I ‘m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference ___37___ as well. However, ____38___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom ___39__ until recent centuries.___40___ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.
21. A. above all            B. on the whole      C. in all                        D. first of all
22. A. mountains           B. plains                C. lakes               D. rivers
23. A. since          B. when         C. while               D. as
24. A. developed      B. improved          C. created             D. protected
25. A. suddenly             B. quietly                     C. gradually         D. naturally
26. A. mixed          B. flowed        C. moved               D. forced
27. A. expanded       B. enriched       C. influenced         D. shaped
28. A. comes           B. belongs       C. amounts           D. adds
29. A. birth                  B. way           C. root               D. origin
30. A. characteristics   B. sign          C. base                  D. content
31. As                  B. Unlike         C. With              D. Like
32. A. passed               B. spread         C. crossed           D. formed
33. A. fell            B. went         C. broke             D. settled
34. A. separate        B. grow         C. move             D. distinguish
35. A. difference            B. use               C. appearance        D. change
36. A. properly        B. partly          C. simply                  D. mostly
37. A. include         B. counts        C. depends           D. worked
38. A. in terms of      B. due to              C. as to              D. in case of
39. A. help            B. connect       C. communicate       D. meet
40. A. But            B. Because       C. So                      D. Yet

Answer 1

21-25 BDCAC          26-30 ADBAC    31-35 DCDDA   36-40 DBBCC

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