Question

【题目】 The cultures of the east and the west are really different from each other. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are started by rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan, mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the culture of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also crossed waters. When the colonists（殖民者）of England settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't differ from the European one a lot.

At the same time, the difference of the language system adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic（象形的）language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system, for example, the one I'm using to write this paper.

Other factors（因素）like human race difference counts as well. But what's, more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference from the other.

【1】Are eastern culture and western culture the same system or different ones on the whole?

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【2】How did the Chinese culture and Indian culture start?

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【3】Why doesn't the American culture differ from the European one a lot?

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【4】How many factors of culture differences are mentioned?

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【5】What is the passage mainly about?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】They are different ones.

【2】By rivers.

【3】Because the colonists of England settled down in America with their culture.

【4】Four.

【5】What leads to culture differences between the east and the west？ /Why the cultures of the east and the west are really different from each other？

【解析】

文章主要介绍东西方文化的起源、发展和它们之间的差异性。

【1】根据“This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.”可知中西方文化大体上是两个分开的系统。此问句是一个选择疑问句，因此回答是不同的。故答案为They are different ones.

【2】根据“The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are started by rivers.”可知中西方文化主要来源于两个国家：中国和印度 。他们都是从河流开始。故答案为By rivers.

【3】根据“When the colonists（殖民者）of England settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't differ from the European one a lot.”可知美国文化和英国不同是因为英国殖民者在美国定居，他们是带着他们的文化来的。故答案为Because the colonists of England settled down in America with their culture.

【4】本文第一段总领全文，第二段介绍起源对中西方文化的影响、第三段是欧洲文化、第四段是语言、第五段是人类的差异。因此本文主要介绍4个因素。故答案为Four.

【5】本文第一句话总领全文，根据“The cultures of the East and the West are really different from each other.”可知本文主要介绍中西方的文化差异。故答案为What leads to culture differences between the east and the west？ /Why the cultures of the east and the west are really different from each other？