Ⅲ.Cloze(30 points)

　　Directions:For each blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper.That is 21 men first began to write six thousand years ago or 22 .The alphabet we now use 23 down to us over a long period of time.It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

　　Picture-writing was useful in many 24 .It could be used to express ideas as well as 25 .For example, a drawing of a 26 meant the object “man”. 27 a drawing of a man lying on the ground with a spear in him meant “ 28 ”.

　　Besides the Egyptians,the Chinese 29 the American Indians also developed ways 30 writing in pictures.But only 31 much could be said this way.Thousands of pictures would have been needed 32 express all the ideas that people might have.It would have taken many thousand more to express all the objects 33 to men.No one could 34 so many pictures in a lifetime.Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all 35 drawings in a lifetime.

　　21.A.when

　　B.because

　　C.where

　　D.how

　　D 理解推斷題。和前文的way相呼應，表示“那是人們怎樣……”，因此這里引導表語從句的連詞用how。

　　22.A.over

　　B.more

　　C.else

　　D.later

　　B 理解推斷題。數(shù)詞后面加or more表示“或更多一點”。

　　23.A.went

　　B.showed

　　C.appeared

　　D.came

　　D 理解推斷題。come down的意思是“傳下來”。

　　24.A.sides

　　B.colours

　　C.ways

　　D.meanings

　　C 詞義辨析題。in many ways的意思是“在許多方面”，符合題意。

　　25.A.stories

　　B.animals

　　C.objects

　　D.subjects

　　C 理解推斷題。只有objects可以和ideas相對應，一個是物質(zhì)的，一個是精神的，這樣就把各種事物都包括了。

　　26.A.creature

　　B.being

　　C.woman

　　D.man

　　D 理解推斷題。從后面呼應的meant the object “man”可知，此處應該填man。

　　27.A.But

　　B.For

　　C.Besides

　　D.Because

　　A 理解推斷題。本句和上句之間的關(guān)系不是因果關(guān)系，而是一種轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用but。

　　28.A.die

　　B.death

　　C.sleep

　　D.down

　　B 理解推斷題。動詞meant的賓語要用名詞，down是副詞,die是動詞，sleep也可作名詞，但不符合句意。只有名詞death符合句意。

　　29.A.and

　　B.with

　　C.helped

　　D.followed

　　A 語法結(jié)構(gòu)題。兩個并列主語(the Chinese及the American Indians)之間應用連詞and。

　　30.A.to

　　B.about

　　C.on

　　D.of

　　D 語法結(jié)構(gòu)題。在way的后面要用to do sth.或of doing sth.,此處空格后面用的是writing,故用of。

　　31.A.not

　　B.very

　　C.so

　　D.too

　　C 理解推斷題。only not much用在一起不符合語言習慣，且邏輯上不通。only very much邏輯上不通，因為very much指“很多”，前面再加上only(僅僅，只有)意思上就講不通。如果說only too much那意味著象形文字能表達的內(nèi)容太多了，與文意不符，故用so much，意思是指象形文字能夠表達的只有這么多。

　　32.A.to

　　B.for

　　C.possibly

　　D.actually

　　A 理解推斷題。express是動語，前面用不定式符號to，表示目的。

　　33.A.known

　　B.with

　　C.called

　　D.in

　　A 理解推斷題。后面已有介詞to，故不能再選介詞in或with。不能說be called to sb.，因此也不能選C。known to sb.的意思是“為……所知道”。

　　34.A.write

　　B.draw

　　C.watch

　　D.take

　　B 理解推斷題。后面的賓語是pictures,故謂語動詞只能用draw(畫)。

　　35.A.many

　　B.some

　　C.that

　　D.such

　　D 理解推斷題。many和some前面不能用all;that是單數(shù)，后面不能接復數(shù)名詞;只有such前面可以用all，后面可以接復數(shù)名詞。