小卷速测(四) 语法填空+阅读B+D+任务阅读
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Ⅰ.[2019·高考全国III卷改编] 语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
We visited Pearl City several years ago. On our way to the house, it was raining so hard that we couldn't help 1.
(wonder) how long it would take to get there.
We were first greeted with the barking by a pack of 2. (dog), seven to be exact. They were well trained by their masters 3. had great experience with caring for these animals. Our hosts 4. (share) many of their experiences and recommended wonderful places to eat, shop, and visit. For breakfast, we were able 5.
(eat) papaya and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.
When they were free from work, they invited us to local events and let us know of 6. interesting competition to watch, together with the story behind it. They also shared with us many 7. (tradition) stories about Hawaii. And they were hugely popular 8. tourists. On the last day of our week-long stay, we 9.
(invite) to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars,10.
(listen)to musicians and meeting interesting locals.
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Passage 1 [2020·原创]
Today we see writing all around us. There is writing in books, on signs, and on computer screens. Most children learn to read and write at an early age and use these skills to get and share information in books, magazines, letters, and e-mail messages. Businesses depend on written words to communicate and to sell products. Governments depend on written documents as the basis for their laws. We would be lost without writing.
The earliest people had no system of writing. Writing developed over thousands of years in different cultures around the world,like ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, China, and so on.
Long before, drawings were used as a form of communication. Rock drawings are found in many places. One rock drawing in the mountainous part of New Mexico shows a mountain goat standing up and a man riding a horse upside down. Archaeologists(考古学家) believe that the drawing was a warning to riders that the road was too dangerous to walk.
Modern forms of writing began when people learned to use symbols, such as letters and words to stand for ideas. At first, they used pictures that stood for words. For example, a picture might show a hunter, the weapons(武器) the hunter used, and a pair of deer the hunter killed. Then, Sumerians in Mesopotamia learned to use the same symbols to stand for different words. Ancient Egyptians used symbols known as hieroglyphs(象形字). It was similar to the writing of the Sumerians.
Even greater advances were made in China about 3,500 years ago. The Chinese used thousands of signs and they could write proper names and new words. However, this was a knotty system. To make writing easier, things had to be made in easy way. The answer was the development of alphabets. The Phoenicians are often credited with developing one of the first useful alphabets. The Phoenician alphabet used about 20 or 30 signs. They were well on their way to at least one type of modern writing because the modern English alphabet uses 26 letters.
1.What's the purpose of Paragraph 1? ( )
A.To show how important the writing is in our daily lives.
B.To tell that writing is used mostly in business and government.
C.To compare the writing of young people with the writing of adults.
D.To explain where writing to be seen.
2.Modern forms of writing started when people used . ( )
A.symbols like letters and words
B.proper names and new words
C.the Phoenician alphabet
D.the modern English alphabet
