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1、选修八Module4阅读理解提速练一练速度（限时：20分钟）A（2016-东北三校二*）CANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREAD・SENTENCESLIKE-THIS?Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuationmarksprobablydidn，tbothergoodreaders,th
2、ough.Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft，andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:Theyputsomething*thatecan*separateewords-in*aeseiitenc
3、e>ThewordpunctuationactuallycomesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture^whichmeansadotWhenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.ThespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreadingsTheninthe13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManutiustriedtostan
4、dardizepunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforacompletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash（/）toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemoderncomma（逗号）.Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamationmark（感叹号）comesfromtheL
5、atinwordio.Itmeans^exclamationofjoy”・ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksarecoiningintoexistence,andoldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewwa
6、ys.Takeforexampletheuinterrobang^>This1962inventioncombinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,"Shedidwhat!?”or"Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress!?”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognizedyet^butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetf
7、inishedwithitspunctuation.:……i吾篇显後「蔽基二翕址明女。「圭宴介药了羔女中标点祜喜阳魁源和後麗1.Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat•A.goodreadershadtroublereadingwithoutpunctuationmarksB.asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC.theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD.theuseofpunc
8、tuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“TheancientRomanssometi
