题文
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two systems on the whole.The of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated孕育 by . 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. Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culturewent overseas to Japan, into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same .
When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was on the Mesopotamian Plain美索不达米亚平原 ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also waters. When the colonists of England in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn't from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the difference of the language systems _ the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic 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 like human race difference counts as well. But what’s more, as a result of the far distance and the steep险峻的areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no with the other.
小题1:A．connectedB．separateC．ancientD．remote小题2:A．preservationB．developmentC．resourceD．origin小题3:A．coastsB．lakesC．riversD．mountains小题4:A．stylesB．habitsC．waysD．means小题5:A．hurriedlyB．graduallyC．unfortunatelyD．suddenly小题6:A．madeB．crashedC．mixedD．applied小题7:A．cultureB．nationC．influenceD．system小题8:A．brought upB．brought outC．brought aboutD．brought along小题9:A．bottomB．keyC．baseD．basement小题10:A．crossedB．drunkC．swamD．dived小题11:A．touched down B．put downC．got downD．settled down小题12:A．evolveB．judgeC．distinguishD．rise小题13:A．adds to B．results toC．turns toD．takes to小题14:A．approachedB．contactedC．involvedD．communicated小题15:A．impactB．differenceC．connectionD．familiarity 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:C
解析
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。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。
小题1:考查形容词。A. connected联系的；B. separate分离的；C. ancient古代的；D. remote遥远的。根据前一句The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.可知这是因为两个文化系统是分离的。故选B。
小题2:A. preservation保存；B. development发展；C. resource资源；D. origin起源。根据常识可知，东方文化来源于两个国家。故选D。
小题3:考查名词。根据下文“...the mother river is the Yellow River...”和“...the Hindu River.”可知两国文化都是为河流所孕育。故选C。
小题4:考查名词。A. styles风格；B. habits习惯；C. ways道路；D. means方法，手段。这两种文化发展了几年前，有各自的风格。故选A。
小题5:考查副词。A. hurriedly匆忙地； B. slowly慢地；C. unfortunately不幸地；D. suddenly突然地。在唐朝中国的文化慢慢的到了海外的日本。故选B。
小题6:考查动词。A. made制作；B. crashed碰撞；C. mixed混合；D. applied应用。和日本的社会相融合，形成现在的日本文化。故选C。
小题7:考查名词。 A. culture文化；B. nation国家；C. influence影响；D. system系统。虽然它和中国的文化不同，但是是一个体系的。故选D。
小题8:考查词组。A. brought up养育，出现；B. brought out显现；C. brought in引进；D. brought along带来。另外一个文化在米达米亚平原出现。故选A。
小题9:考查动词。A. bottom根底部；B. key关键；C. base基础；D. basement根基。这两种文化做为欧洲的文化基础而著名。故选C。
小题10:考查动词： A. crossed穿过；B. drunk喝；C. swam游泳；D. dived潜水。象中国文明一样，欧洲的文明也穿越了水域。故选A。
小题11:考查词组：A. touched down降落，着陆；B. put down记下；C. got down下来；D. settled down安顿下来，定居。当欧洲殖民者在美洲定居下来。故选D。
小题12:考查动词。A. evolve进化；B. judge判断；C. distinguish区分，使著名；D. rise升起。所以美洲的文化和欧洲的文化没有多大区别。故选C。
小题13:考查短语辨析。A. adds to增加；B. results to无此短语；C. turns to求助，转向；D. takes to带……去，语言系统的不同也增加了文化差异。故选A。
小题14:考查动词。A. approached靠近；B. contacted联系；C. involved卷入；D. communicated交流。此处指两种文化的交流(communicate)。故选D。
小题15:考查名词。A. impact影响；B. difference区别；C. connection联系；D. familiarity熟悉，它们完全自己发展没有相互的干扰。故选C。
考点
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该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
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