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If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each dav．we should be able to give an answer to the question．
It 1s the same in history．Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country．but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago，because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in Central Africa，because they had not learned to write．
Sometimes，of coures，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs, dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung，acted and told for many generations，for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call”remembered history”．Some of it had been written down. If is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history,is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．
1.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A．“Remembered history”，compared with written history．is 1ess reliable．
B. Written records of the past play a most important role in our learning the human history．
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to remember the events that happened in the past．
D．Where there are no written records of the past．there is no history．
2.Why do we know little about what happened in Central Africa 200 years ago?
A．There was nothing worth being written down at that time．
B．People there had not known how to write in those days．
C．The written records were perhaps destroyed in a fire．
D．People there ignored the importance of keeping a record．
3.”Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when ．
A．it is written down B．it proves to be true
C．no written account is available D．people are interested in it
4.It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if our ancestors had ．
A．kept a written record of every past event
B．not burnt their written records in wars
C．told exact stories of the most important happenings
D．made more songs and dances
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.A
名校课堂系列答案完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
On the day before the bass（鲈鱼）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
When his pole 1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with 2 as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. 3 , he very cautiously lifted the 4 fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, 5 it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（鱼鳃）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father 6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours 7 the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
“Dad！” 8 the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere 9 in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. 10 no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could 11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly 12 the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the 13 water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was 14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he 15 a question of ethics(道德).
For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the 17 of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the 18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our 19 . It is a 20 we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
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If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history .Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them .Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．
Sometimes, of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call “remembered history”．Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．
1.Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?
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A．“Remembered history”，compared with written history，is less reliable |
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B．Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history． |
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C．A written account of our daily activities helps US to be able to answer many questions． |
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D．Where there are no written records．there is no history． |
2.We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because ___
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A．there was nothing worth being written down at that time |
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B．the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record |
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C．the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire |
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D．the people there did not know how to write |
3.“Remembered history” refers to ___．
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A．history based on a person’s imagination |
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B．stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth |
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C．songs and dances about the most important events |
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D．both B and C |
4.“Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when ____.
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A．it is written down |
B．no written account is available |
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C．it proves to be time |
D．people are interested in it |
5.The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _____
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A．kept a written record of every past event |
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B．not burnt their written records in wars |
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C．told exact stories of the most important happenings |
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D．made more songs and dances |