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 . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while 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. 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 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, as a result of the far distance and the steep險(xiǎn)峻的areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no with the other.

1.A. connectedB. separateC. ancientD. remote

2.A. preservationB. developmentC. resourceD. origin

3.A. coastsB. lakesC. riversD. mountains

4.A. stylesB. habitsC. waysD. means

5.A. hurriedlyB. graduallyC. unfortunatelyD. suddenly

6.A. madeB. crashedC. mixedD. applied

7.A. cultureB. nationC. influenceD. system

8.A. brought upB. brought outC. brought aboutD. brought along

9.A. bottomB. keyC. baseD. basement

10.A. crossedB. drunkC. swamD. dived

11.A. touched down B. put downC. got downD. settled down

12.A. evolveB. judgeC. distinguishD. rise

13.A. adds to B. results toC. turns toD. takes to

14.A. approachedB. contacted C. involved D. communicated

15.A. impact B. differenceC. connection D. familiarity

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹東西方文化的起源、發(fā)展和它們之間的差異性。

1.考查形容詞。A. connected聯(lián)系的；B. separate分離的；C. ancient古代的；D. remote遙遠(yuǎn)的。根據(jù)前一句The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.可知這是因?yàn)閮蓚�(gè)文化系統(tǒng)是分離的。故選B。

2.A. preservation保存；B. development發(fā)展；C. resource資源；D. origin起源。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，東方文化來(lái)源于兩個(gè)國(guó)家。故選D。

3.根據(jù)下文“...the mother river is the Yellow River...”和“...the Hindu River.”可知兩國(guó)文化都是為河流所孕育。故選C。

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。故選A。

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(guó)的文化慢慢的到了海外的日本。故選B。

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。故選C。

7.考查名詞。 A. culture文化；B. nation國(guó)家；C. influence影響；D. system系統(tǒng)。雖然它和中國(guó)的文化不同，但是是一個(gè)體系的。故選D。

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(lái)。另外一個(gè)文化在米達(dá)米亞平原出現(xiàn)。故選A。

9.A. bottom根底部；B. key關(guān)鍵；C. base基礎(chǔ)；D. basement根基。這兩種文化做為歐洲的文化基礎(chǔ)而著名。故選C。

10.考查動(dòng)詞： A. crossed穿過(guò)；B. drunk喝；C. swam游泳；D. dived潛水。象中國(guó)文明一樣，歐洲的文明也穿越了水域。故選A。

11.考查詞組：A. touched down降落，著陸；B. put down記下；C. got down下來(lái)；D. settled down安頓下來(lái)，定居。當(dāng)歐洲殖民者在美洲定居下來(lái)。故選D。

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(méi)有多大區(qū)別。故選C。

13.考查短語(yǔ)辨析。A. adds to增加；B. results to無(wú)此短語(yǔ)；C. turns to求助，轉(zhuǎn)向；D. takes to帶……去，語(yǔ)言系統(tǒng)的不同也增加了文化差異。故選A。

14.考查動(dòng)詞。A. approached靠近；B. contacted聯(lián)系；C. involved卷入；D. communicated交流。此處指兩種文化的交流(communicate)。故選D。

15.考查名詞。A. impact影響；B. difference區(qū)別；C. connection聯(lián)系；D. familiarity熟悉，它們完全自己發(fā)展沒(méi)有相互的干擾。故選C。

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