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1、Unit4ManofVirtue[课下练熟高考]阅读理解提速练——练速度(限时:20分钟)A(2017·东北三校二模)CANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREADSENTENCESLIKETHIS?Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuationmarksprobablydidn'tbothergoodr
2、eaders,though.Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:They·put·something·that·can·separate·words·in·a·s
3、entence.ThewordpunctuationactuallycomesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture,whichmeansadot.Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreading.Theninthe13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManutiustriedtos
4、tandardizepunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforacompletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash(/)toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemoderncomma(逗号).Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamationmark(感叹号)comesfromtheLa
5、tinwordio.Itmeans“exclamationofjoy”.ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksarecomingintoexistence,andoldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewways.Tak
6、eforexamplethe“interrobang”.This1962inventioncombinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,“Shedidwhat!?”or“Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress!?”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognizedyet,butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwit
7、hitspunctuation.1.Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat________.A.goodreadershadtroublereadingwithoutpunctuationmarksB.asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC.theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD.theuseofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes解析:选D
8、 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“TheancientRomanssometimes...whichme