People have always communicated with 1 .In the past when they couldn't write, they used simple symbols (记号) to send their messages. Some groups of North America Indians were experts 2 messages. For example, a small stone on top of a large one meant “This is the way. ” If there was another small stone on the right, it meant “Turn right.” Some grass with a knot (结)meant “ Danger” 3 .
Maybe you know that in the forests of Africa, it 4 to travel from the village. But drum (鼓) 5 from many kilometers away. So, some groups of Africans made their drums 6 like people. The Incas (印加人)of South America used to send messages by typing knots in a rope. Messages have been found, but 7 can understand 8 they mean. And the Egyptians used picture's as a kind of 9 but only 10 people 11 to understand them.
Today, we also use 12 . When we are in a car and we see a red light, we stop the car. When a mother says.to her child. “Eat your cake!” the child eats the cake sometimes. The red light and the words of the mother are 13 .And it is a 14 that the basic means of communication between people is,of course, sound Maybe you know that there are 15 3,000 languages in the world today. And about 13 of them | are spoken by large groups of people. Languages of the world are both similar (相似的) 16 different. They are similar because we can talk and write about the same things and they are different because we talk and write about these things in 17 ways and we use different 18 .
It is 19 that we have to learn a second language 20 communicate with people who do not speak our language.
1.A.one other B.each other C.one another D.another
2.A.at sending B.is spreading C.at publishing D.is giving
3.A.and other B.and so on C.and the rest D.and like
4.A.used be difficult B.used be easy C.used to be difficult D.used to beeasy
5.A.will be heard B.heard C.could hear D.could be heard
6.A.say B.speak C.tell D.shout
7.A.anybody B.somebody C.everybody D.nobody
8.A.that B.how C.what's D.what
9.A.hearing B.speaking C.writing D.reading
10.A.little B.a little C.few D.a few
11.A.were learned B.were taught C.were teaching D.had been learned
12.A.a lot of symbols B.a lots of symbols C.lot of symbols D.a lot of symbol
13.A.examples B.orders C.language D.symbols
14.A.matter B.fact C.reality D.situation
15.A.rather than B.other than C.more than D.or rather
16.A.or B.but C.and D.as
17.A.same B.similar C.different D.special
18.A.symbols B.signs C.expressions D.words
19.A.no wonder B.not wonder C.not matter for wonder D.a wonder
20.A.in order that B.in order to C.so that D.so as
1.C; 2.A; 3.B; 4.C; 5.D; 6.B; 7.D; 8.D; 9.C; 10.D;
11.B; 12.A; 13.D; 14.B; 15.C; 16.C; 17.C; 18.D; 19.A; 20.B
解析:1. C [提示:each other 与 one another 皆可表达“相互”之意,但each other侧重于两者之间。]
2. A [提示:be an expert at doing sth.意为“是做某事的专家”。]
3. B [提示:and so on意为“等等”,而D项应 为and the like才正确。]
4. C [提示:根据上文“in the forests of Africa”基本常识可知“过去从一个村子到另一个村子是很困难的事”。]
5. D [提示:根据上文可知指的是过去的情况,故用过去时。]
6. B[提示:当时人们是用鼓来代替人“说话” ,故用“speak”。]
7. D[提示:印加人结绳传递信息,那是一种不为很多人所知的交流手段,因而很少有人能理解。]
8. D [提示:what they mean意为“他们的意思是什么”。]
9. C [提示:根据下文和基本常识我们知道埃及人是使 用图片书写文字。]
10. D [提示:only a few people = few people]
11. B [提示: learn应用被动语态而 teach 应用被动语态。]
12. A [提示:a lot of…=lots of既可修饰可数名词又可修饰不可数名词。]
13. D [提示; 根据上文可知,无论是红灯还是母亲的话语都是 “信息的象征符号”。]
14. 13 [提示:It is a fact that…意为“事实是...”。]
15. C [提示:rather than而木是;other than 除了;more than 多于;or rather 更精确 地说,只有more than符合本句句意.故选C。]
16. C [提示:both similar and different 意夫“即相似又不同”。]
17. C [提示:根据上下文可知本句意为“我们用不同的方式谈论和写东西,并且使用不同的语 言。”。]
18. D [提示:本段主要谈论的是语言的交流方式。]
19. A [提示:It is no wonder that".意为“难怪……”。]
20. B [提示:后面接的是动词原形,因而 排除A、C:两项。而D项应为so as to才对。]
I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old. My brother and his friends were all ___36____ of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday. When they ___37____ that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre, they all bought ____38___ for performance. However, at the last minute, one of the friends couldn’t go, so my brother __39_____ me the ticket. I was really ___40____!
I remember the buzz (嘈杂声) of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our __41____ . After a few minutes, the lights went down and everybody became ___42____. I could barely make out the stage in the ___43____. We waited. Then there was a roar from the crowd, like an explosion, as the first members of the band ___44____ the stage. My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear, but I couldn’t ____45___ what he was saying. The first song was already starting and the music was as ____46___ a jet engine. I could ___47____ the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach.
I can’t recall any of the songs that the band played. I just __48_ that I really enjoyed the show and didn’t want it to _ 49_. But in the end, after three encores (加演), the show finished. We left the 50_ and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement. I felt a little dizzy, as if I had just 51_from a long sleep. My ears were still 52_with the beat of the last song.
After the 53 , I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music. Once in a while, 54_, I listen to one of their songs and 55_I’m back at that first show.
40. A. relaxed B. embarrassed C. excited D. encouraged
41. A. seats B. entrance C. spots D. space
42. A. comfortable B. quite C. serious D. nervous
43. A. silence B. noise C. darkness D. smoke
44. A. fell upon B. got through C. broke into D. stepped onto
45. A. forget B. hear C. repeat D. bear
46. A. loud B. heard C. sweet D. fast
47. A. feel B. touch C. enjoy D. digest
48. A. realize B. understand C. believe D. remember
49. A. continue B. delay C. finish D. change
50. A. party B. theatre C. opera D. stage
51. A. escaped B. traveled C. benefited D. woken
52. A. aching B. burning C. ringing D. rolling
53. A. competition B. performance C. interview D. celebration
54. A. though B. otherwise C. instead D. besides
55. A. decide B. regret C. conclude D. imagine