If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history .Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them .Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．
Sometimes, of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted  and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call  “remembered history”．Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．
小題1:Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?
A．“Remembered history”，compared with written history，is less reliable
B．Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history．
C．A written account of our daily activities helps US to be able to answer many questions．
D．Where there are no written records．there is no history．
小題2:We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because ___
A．there was nothing worth being written down at that time
B．the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record
C．the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D．the people there did not know how to write
小題3:“Remembered history” refers to ___．
A．history based on a person’s imagination
B．stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth
C．songs and dances about the most important events
D．both B and C
小題4:“Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when ____.
A．it is written downB．no written account is available
C．it proves to be timeD．people are interested in it
小題5:The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _____
A．kept a written record of every past event
B．not burnt their written records in wars
C．told exact stories of the most important happenings
D．made more songs and dances

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:A
文章介紹了人類是如何記錄歷史的，有兩種方法，書面記錄和口空相傳。
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。文章并沒有說沒有書面記錄的地方就沒有歷史，根據(jù)文章第三段2,3行They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，可知口口相處也能傳播歷史。故選D。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句because they had not learned to write．故D正確。
小題3:D 指代題。根據(jù)上文的．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings可知這里的Remembered history就是指BC的內(nèi)容，故D正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)2,3,4行It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．可知如果有書面記錄，那么書面記錄更有價值，因為口口相傳容易有誤差。故B正確。
小題5:Ａ推理題。通讀文章可知如果古代人會記錄下所發(fā)生的事情，那么我們會更清楚歷史，故Ａ正確。
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