题目内容
完形填空
在下面的短文中有10个空格,每个空格有A、B、C、D四个选项,根据上下文选择一个最佳答案。
Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper.That is ___1___ men first began to write six thousand years ago or more.The alphabet we now use ___2___ down to us over a long period of time.It was ___3___ from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.
Picture-writing was useful in many ways.It could be used to express ideas as well as ___4___.For example, a drawing of a man meant the object “man”.___5___ a drawing of a man ___6___ on the ground with a spear in him meant “death”.
Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese and the American Indians also developed ways ___7___ writing in picture.But only so much could be said ___8___.Thousands of pictures would have been needed to express all the ideas that people might have.It would have ___9___ many thousands more to express all the objects ___10___ to men.No one could draw so many pictures in a lifetime.Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all such drawings in a lifetime.
1.
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A.when B.because C.where D.how
2.
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A.went B.showed C.appeared D.came
3.
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A.developed B.discovered C.increased D.grown
4.
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A.stories B.animals C.objects D.subjects
5.
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A.But B.For C.Besides D.Because
6.
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A.lies B.lying C.laying D.lain
7.
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A.to B.about C.on D.of
8.
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A.as follows B.this way C.that much D.at least
9.
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A.drawn B.shown C.done D.taken
10.
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A.known B.with C.called D.in