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People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hun??ted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or per??haps human beings have always wanted to tell stories accord??ing to pictures.
About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet(字母表).
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell sto??ries by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was bur??ied. Some of these pictures are like modem comic-strip sto??ries. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic-strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area a-round the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
These days we can write down a story, or record informa??tion, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the streets, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pic??tures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.
6. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because ________.
A. the hunters wanted to see the pictures B. the painters were animal lovers
C. the painters wanted to show imagination D. the pictures were thought to be helpful
7.The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.
A. the former was easy to write B. there were fewer signs in the former
C. the former was easy to pronounce D. each sign stood for only one sound
8. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.
B. The Egyptians liked to write comic-strip stories.
C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one.
D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyp??tians.
9. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures __________.
A. should be made comprehensible B. should be made interesting
C. are of much use in our life D. are disappearing from our life
查看习题详情和答案>>Welcome to Ontario Parks, a new body set up to manage Ontario's most treasured special places, the parks in our area.
We are entering a very exciting year for Ontario Parks. Last season we asked some 15 000 visitors in 45 parks how we could im-prove our programs and services. We also looked at the thousands of comment cards we received. As a result, new comfort stations have been added, the number of campsites has been increased, and we've made other fa-cility (设施) improvements. In addition, we'll be providing more educational programs. This year, for example, more than 40 parks will offer special day and evening activities to excite your curiosity about nature and history.
Through the Internet, you'll be happy to know that you can now explore all 270 parks on line. Let your family plan your park vaca-tion, study a map or canoe routes, listen to the call of a loon or find up-to-date informa-tion about programs, services and facilities.
So come and discover what Ontario Parks has to offer. Our parks are places to go with families and friends, for relaxation and fun, or simply to get away from it all. They are places where we can enrich our souls and “recharge our internal (内部的) batteries”. They provide chances to explore nature, see wildlife, swim,canoe, camp, hike, picnic, ride a bike . . . You'll enjoy some of the best outdoor experiences avail-able anywhere in the world
We urge you to make this year the year that you come out and have an Ontario Parks experience!
(1) The writer's purpose in writing the text is to________.
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A．tell more people the improvements in Ontario Parks
B．attract more people to explore the parks on line
C．praise the beauty of nature in Ontario Parks
D．have more people visit the parks
(2) The facility improvements of Ontario Parks include________.
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A．new programs and services
B．new comfort stations and campsites
C．comfort stations and special activities
D．new campsites and educational programs
(3) From Paragraph 4, we know that Ontario Parks offers visitors________.
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A．the world's new sports and games
B．the most exciting adventures in the world
C．many choices to relax and refresh them-selves
D．chances to experience all the outdoor ac-tivities
(4) According to the text, we can safely say that________.
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A．some visitors suggested more campsites
B．about 15 000 people visited 45 parks last season
C．many more people will visit Ontario Parks this year
D．the manager of Ontario Parks worries they will have fewer visitors
查看习题详情和答案>>are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer's back- ground, personality,
status, mood, and social outlook.
Since clothes are such an important source of social informa- tion,we can use them to influence people's
impression of us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is
likely to occur. An elderly middle-class man or woman may be alienated (疏远) by a young adult who is
dressed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the person's education, background, or interests.
People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes mean. Adolescent girls can easily agree on the
lifestyles of girls who wear certain outfits (套装), including the number of boyfriends they like- ly have had
and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered
to be more convincing, honest, and competent when they are dressed conserva- tively. And college students
who view themselves as taking an active role in their inter-personal relationships say they are concerned about
the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. Moreover, many of us can relate instances in
which the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we acted. Perhaps you have
used clothing to gain confidence when you waited for a stressful situation, such as a job interview, or a court
appearance.
In the workplace, men have long had clear precedents (先例) and role models for achieving success. It has
been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain aboutthe suitable mixture
of" masculine" and"feminine" charac- teristics they should express by their professional clothing. The vari- ety
of clothing choices to women has also been greater than that available for men. Male administrators tend to
judge women more favorably for managerial positions when the women display less "feminine" grooming (打扮)-shorter hair, moderate use of make- up, and plain tailored clothing.
B. indicates our likes and dislikes in choosing a career
C. has a direct influence on the way people regard us
D. is of particular importance when we get on in age
B. help young people make friends with the opposite sex
C. make them competitive in the job market
D. help them achieve success in their interpersonal relationships
B. women are generally thought to be only good at being fashion models
C. men are more favorably judged for managerial positions
D. they wonder the extent for them to display the feminine qual- ities through clothing
B. How to dress appropriately.
C. Managerial positions and clothing.
D. Dressing for the occasion.
The days of multi-layer air tickets appear numbered, as the China Air Transport Association (CATA) has stopped providing paper tickets and instructed sellers to issue e-tickets. The decision is in line with an International Air Transport Association (IATA) move that requires its 261 member airlines to abandon paper tickets by the end of 2007. E-tickets will be issued once the current batch of paper tickets has been used up. The change currently only applies to domestic flights. “We haven't received notice from the CATA that paper tickets for international flights will be stopped, ”said a ticket agent in Beijing.
Customers will book tickets through airlines or ticket agents as usual, and will be given a booking reference. They will then be able to use automatic check-in facilities at airports, and receive an invoice (发票) for reimbursement (报销凭证). They can also check in as normal at the counter. Special passengers like infants and those flying to airports without automatic check-in machines can still use paper tickets.
The wide use of e-ticketing is expected to lower operational costs, which could lead to lower prices of air tickets, said an expert with the Safety Technology Centre of the General Administration of Civil Aviation. A survey conducted by the civil aviation website, www.CARNOC.com, between August 28 and October 15 showed widespread concern over the new system. Although they had the ability to take part in the online survey,43 percent of the people who answered questions in the survey said they would prefer to receive a paper ticket. While some feel more secure without the worry of a ticket, others said they did not trust sending personal details over the Internet, or worried they would not get reimbursed.
(1) The underlined phrase “in line with” in the first paragraph probably means________.
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A．in possession of
B．in agreement with
C．in aid of
D．in line for
(2) Which of the following is a problem brought about by issuing air e-tickets ac-cording to the passage?
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A．It's inconvenient to use the Internet.
B．It's unsafe to send personal informa-tion through the Internet.
C．Some people worry that they will not get their tickets.
D．Some people worry that they can not board the plane on time.
(3) What would be the best title for the passage?
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A．The Discussion over E-tickets
B．The Advantages of Issuing Air E-tickets
C．How to Book Air E-tickets
D．China to Issue Air E-tickets
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