Question

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish 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(美索不达米亚平原）—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of 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) language 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（干扰） from the other.

1.A. in all    B. above all    C. in no case    D. on the whole

2.A. rivers    B. lakes    C. mountains    D. plains

3.A. or    B. for    C. while    D. when

4.A. improved    B. developed    C. created    D. protected

5.A. gradually    B. naturally    C. suddenly    D. quietly

6.A. changed    B. mixed    C. decided    D. forced

7.A. expanded    B. interrupted    C. shaped    D. influenced

8.A. comes    B. belongs    C. amounts    D. adds

9.A. carried out    B. given out    C. brought up    D. picked up

10.A. base    B. sign    C. result    D. content

11.A. With    B. Like    C. Via    D. Except

12.A. crossed    B. formed    C. affected    D. spread

13.A. went up    B. joined up    C. settled down    D. broke down

14.A. differ    B. suffer    C. result    D. come

15.A. feature    B. development    C. appearance    D. distinction

16.A. simply    B. mostly    C. properly    D. partly

17.A. counts    B. reduces    C. lasts    D. changes

18.A. in term of    B. in case of    C. due to    D. as to

19.A. communicate    B. distinguish    C. transform    D. display

20.A. However    B. Furthermore    C. Meanwhile    D. Therefore

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍东西方文化的起源、发展和它们之间的差异性。

1.D 考查短语。A. in all总共；B. above all最重要的是；C. in no case绝不；D. on the whole整体上。这里的意思是：这是因为（这两个）文化系统整体上是一个分离的系统。故选D。

2.A 考查名词。A. rivers河流；B. lakes湖；C. mountains山；D. plains平原。根据常识可知，中国和印度文明是由河流孕育的。故选A。

3.C 考查连词。这里的意思是：在中国母亲河是黄河，而在印度则是印度河。这里表示对比，while可以用来表示对比。故选C。

4.B 考查动词。A. improved提高；B. developed发展；C. created创造；D. protected保护。这里的意思是：这两个文化已经发展了几千年了。故选B。

5.A 考查副词。A. gradually逐渐地；B. naturally自然地；C. suddenly突然；D. quietly安静地。这里的意思是：在唐朝中国的文化慢慢的漂洋过海到了日本。故选A。

6.B 考查动词。A. changed改变；B. mixed混合；C. decided决定；D. forced迫使。这里的意思是：和日本的社会相融合，形成现在的日本文化。故选B。

7.C 考查动词。A. expanded扩展；B. interrupted打破；C. shaped 组成，形成；D. influenced影响。这里的意思是：形成了日本的文化。故选C。

8.B 考查动词。这里的意思是：虽然与中国文化有点不同，但都属于相同的体系。指日本文化和中国文化属于相同的体系。belong to属于。故选B。

9.C 考查动词词组。A. carried out实施；B. given out分发；C. brought up孕育，养育；D. picked up捡起。这里的意思是：另一个著名的文化正在美索比达米亚平原孕育着。故选C。

10.A 考查名词。A. base基础；B. sign符号；C. result结果；D. content内容。这里的意思是：这两个以欧洲文化的基础而闻名。故选A。

11.B 考查介词。这里的意思是：像中国文化一样。故选B。

12.A 考查动词。A. crossed穿过；B. formed形成；C. affected影响；D. spread传播。这里的意思是：像中国文化一样，欧洲文化也是穿过河流的。故选A。

13.C 考查动词词组。A. went up向上走；B. joined up加入；C. settled down定居；D. broke down打破。这里的意思是：当英格兰的殖民者定居在美国的时候。故选C。

14.A 考查动词。A. differ使不同；B. suffer遭遇；C. result导致；D. come来。differ from与……不同。故选A。

15.D 考查名词。A. feature特征；B. development发展；C. appearance出现，外貌；D. distinction区别。这里的意思是：语言的不同增加了文化体制的不同。故选D。

16.B 考查副词。A. simply只是；B. mostly主要的；C. properly 合适地；D. partly部分。这里的意思是：在东方，大多数语言属于象形文字，而在西方文字主要是以拉丁体系为基础。故选B。

17.A 考查动词。A. count计算；B. reduce减少；C. last持续；D. change改变。这里的意思是：其他的因素像是人类种族的不同也算得上。故选A。

18.C 考查短语。A. in term of根据；B. in case of 在……情况下；C. due to由于；D. as to至于。这里的意思是：由于东西方的远距离和陡峭的地形，两种文化直到最近的世纪才开始交流。故选C。

19.A 考查动词。A. communicate交流；B. distinguish辨别；C. transform转变；D. display显示。这里的意思是：两种文化一直都没有交流。故选A。

20.D 考查连词。A. However然而；B. Furthermore而且；C. Meanwhile同时；D. Therefore所以。这里的意思是：他们在没有其他人的干扰下完全按他们的方式成长。这里前后是因果关系，故选D。