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 rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River _____ 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 culture _____ went 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 ---- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known ______ the base 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 (see the picture below) 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, ______ 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 ______ from the other.
小題1:
A．connectedB．separateC．a(chǎn)ncientD．remote
小題2:
A．preservationB．developmentC．resourceD．origin
小題3:
A．ifB．untilC．whileD．a(chǎn)s
小題4:
A．stylesB．habitsC．waysD．means
小題5:
A．hurriedlyB．slowly C．unfortunatelyD．suddenly
小題6:
A．madeB．crashedC．mixedD．a(chǎn)pplied
小題7:
A．cultureB．nationC．influenceD．system
小題8:
A．brought upB．brought outC．brought inD．brought along
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．a(chǎn)sC．forD．of
小題10:
A．crossedB．drunkC．swamD．plunged
小題11:
A．touched down B．put downC．got downD．settled down
小題12:
A．evolveB．judgeC．distinguishD．rise
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)dds to B．results fromC．turns upD．takes over
小題14:
A．but forB．for allC．due to D．a(chǎn)t all
小題15:
A．relationshipB．differenceC．interferenceD．familiarity

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:B
小題6:C
小題7:D
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:D
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:C

試題分析：文章介紹東西方文化的起源和發(fā)展和它們之間的差異。
小題1:考查形容詞：A. connected聯(lián)系，B. separate分離的，C. ancient古代的，D. remote遙遠(yuǎn)的，這是因?yàn)閮蓚�(gè)文化系統(tǒng)是分離的，選B
小題2:考查名詞：A. preservation保存，B. development發(fā)展，C. resource資源，D. origin起源，東方文化來源于兩個(gè)國家，選D
小題3:考查連詞：A. if如果，B. until 直到，C. while然而，D. as因?yàn)�，正如，中國的母親河是黃河然而印度的母親河是印度河，表示對(duì)比，選C
小題4:考查名詞：A. styles風(fēng)格，B. habits習(xí)慣，C. ways道路，D. means方法，手段，這兩種文化發(fā)展了幾年前，有各自的風(fēng)格，選A
小題5:考查副詞：A. hurriedly匆忙地，    B. slowly慢地，C. unfortunately不幸地，D. suddenly突然地，在唐朝中國的文化慢慢的到了海外的日本，選B
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞：A. made制作，B. crashed碰撞，C. mixed混合，D. applied應(yīng)用，和日本的社會(huì)相融合，形成現(xiàn)在的日本文化，選C
小題7:考查名詞： A. culture文化，B. nation國家，C. influence影響，D. system系統(tǒng)，雖然它和中國的文化不同，但是是一個(gè)體系的，選D
小題8:考查詞組：A. brought up養(yǎng)育，出現(xiàn)，B. brought out顯現(xiàn)，C. brought in引進(jìn)，D. brought along帶來，另外一個(gè)文化在米達(dá)米亞平原出現(xiàn)，選A
小題9:考查介詞：A. after在…后面，B. as做為，C. for為了，D. of …的，這兩種文化做為歐洲的文化基礎(chǔ)而著名，選B
小題10:考查動(dòng)詞： A. crossed穿過，B. drunk喝，C. swam游泳，D. plunged用力插入，使陷入，象中國文明一樣，歐洲的文明也穿越了水域，選A
小題11:考查詞組：A. touched down降落，著陸B(tài). put down記下，C. got down下來，D. settled down安頓下來，定居，當(dāng)歐洲殖民者在美洲定居下來，選D
小題12:考查動(dòng)詞：A. evolve進(jìn)化，B. judge判斷，C. distinguish區(qū)分，使著名，D. rise升起，所以美洲的文化和歐洲的文化沒有多大區(qū)別，選C
小題13:考查詞組：A. adds to增加，B. results from源于，C. turns up出現(xiàn)，聲音調(diào)大，D. takes over接管，語言系統(tǒng)的不同也增加了文化差異，選A
小題14:考查詞組：A. but for要不是，B. for all  盡管， 雖然C. due to因?yàn)�，預(yù)期，D. at all根本，由于中西方的遙遠(yuǎn)距離和險(xiǎn)峻的地形，兩個(gè)文化很少交流，選C
小題15:考查名詞：A. relationship關(guān)系，B. difference不同，C. interference   干涉，干擾，沖突D. familiarity熟悉，它們完全自己發(fā)展沒有相互的干擾，選C
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A．imaginativeB．uncoolC．a(chǎn)ttractiveD．cool
小題13:
A．rememberB．understandC．receiveD．know
小題14:
A．dangersB．questionsC．possibilitiesD．wonders
小題15:
A．secretaryB．traineeC．friendD．boss

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