The cultures of the East and the West really disting?uish from each other a lot.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems ____.

The origin 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 ___ the Indian one is the Hindu River.These two cultures were ____ for several thousand years and formed their own styles.Then in the Tang Dynasty of China，the Chinese culture ____ went overseas to Japan，____ into the Japanese society and ___ the Japanese culture nowadays.Though a bit different from the Chinese one，it ____ to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture，another famous culture was ____ on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不達(dá)米亞平原)—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.____ 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 ____ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences.In the East，most languages belong to the pictographic(象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are ____ based on the Latin system，for example，the one I’m using to write this paper.

Other factors like human race difference ____ as well.However，___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West，the two cultures seldom ___ until recent centuries.____ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干擾) from the other.

1.A.above all? B．on the whole

C．in all? D．in no case

2.A.mountains? B．plains

C．lakes? D．rivers

3.A.or? B．for

C．while? D．when

4.A.developed? B．improved

C．created? D．protected

5.．A.suddenly? B．quietly

C．gradually? D．naturally

6.A.mixed? B．changed

C．decided? D．forced

7.A.expanded? B．interrupted

C．influenced? D．shaped

8.A.comes? B．belongs

C．amounts D．adds

9.A.brought up? B．carried out

C．given out? D．picked up

10.A.result? B．sign

C．base? D．content

11.A.Via? B．Except

C．With D．Like

12.A.affected? B．spread

C．crossed? D．formed

13.A.joined up? B．went up

C．broke down? D．settled down

14.A.come? B．suffer

C．result? D．differ

15.．A.difference? B．development

C．appearance? D．feature

16.A.properly? B．partly

C．simply? D．mostly

17.A.last? B．count

C．reduce? D．change

18.A.in terms of? B．due to

C．as to? D．in case of

19.A.transform? B．display

C．communicate? D．distinguish

20.A.Furthermore? B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore D．However

 

【答案】

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.D

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

1.

解析　下文都是與兩種不同的文化體系有關(guān)，說明這是造就文化差異總的原因，故選擇on the whole。above all首先；in all總共，總計；in no case決不。

2.2】　D

解析　根據(jù)下文“...the mother river is the Yellow River...”和“...the Hindu River.”可知。

3.3】　C

解析　while表示對比。中國的母親河是黃河，而印度的則是印度河。

4.4】　A

解析　與下文“...formed their own styles.”為承接關(guān)系，前者指的是兩種文化的發(fā)展。同時與第三段第二句“This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.”相呼應(yīng)。improve提高；create創(chuàng)造；protect保護(hù)。

5.5】　C

解析　文化傳播應(yīng)是逐漸的。故選擇gradually。

6.6】　A

解析　唐朝文化傳播到日本，與日本文化融合。

7.7】D

解析　中日兩種文化的融合，進(jìn)而形成了現(xiàn)在的日本文化。shape使成為……形狀，塑造，符合語境。expand擴展；interrupt中斷；influence影響。

8.8】　B

解析　根據(jù)上句日本文化的形成可知，中日文化雖有較大差異，但仍屬于同一文化體系。

9.9】　A

解析　與上句中的“When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture...”相對應(yīng)，另一種文化孕育于美索不達(dá)米亞平原。bring up培養(yǎng)，孕育，符合語境。carry out執(zhí)行；give out分發(fā)；pick up學(xué)會。

10.0】　C

解析　古希臘和古羅馬文化是歐洲文化的根基(base)。result結(jié)果；sign跡象；content內(nèi)容。

11.1】　D

解析　由下文中的also可知，西方文化的傳播像中國文化一樣也越過了海洋。

12.2】　C

解析　下文舉的例子說明歐洲文化也跨越了海洋。

13.3】　D

解析　英國殖民者登陸美洲定居下來。settle down定居，符合語境。

14.4】　D

解析　從上文歐洲文明與美洲文明的淵源來看，美洲文化和歐洲文化應(yīng)無很大區(qū)別。

15.5】　A

解析　由下文可知，該段主要說明語言的差異。

16.6】　D

解析　在東方，大多數(shù)的語言屬于象形語言，而大多數(shù)的西方語言都是從拉丁語系演變過來。properly確切地；partly部分地；simply僅僅。

17.7】　B

解析　句意為：其他一些因素諸如人種上的差異(在東西方文化差異形成上)也產(chǎn)生了重要影響。count值得考慮，符合語境。

18.8】　B

解析　因為東西方之間遠(yuǎn)隔千山萬水，路途又頗為險峻，所以直到最近幾個世紀(jì)二者才開始有交流。前半句是原因，后半句是結(jié)果。

19.9】　C

解析　此處指兩種文化的交流(communicate)。transform改變；display展示；distinguish區(qū)分，均與語意不符。

20.20】　C

解析　前面一句提到的是原因。本句提到的是結(jié)果：這兩種文化都是在互不干擾的情況下按照各自的模式形成并發(fā)展。therefore因此，符合語境。

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