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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.Thelackofpunctuationmark
2、sprobablydidn'tbothergoodreaders,though.Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedliketh
3、is:They·put·something·that·can·separate·words·in·a·sentence.ThewordpunctuationactuallycomesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture,whichmeansadot.Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepoint
4、sshowedpausesinreading.Theninthe13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManutiustriedtostandardizepunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforacompletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash(/)toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemodern
5、comma(逗号)．Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamationmark(感叹号)comesfromtheLatinwordio.Itmeans“exclamationofjoy”.ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasent
6、encetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksarecomingintoexistence,andoldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewways.Takeforexamplethe“interrobang”.This1962inventioncombinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexamp
7、le,“Shedidwhat！？”or“Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress！？”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognizedyet,butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwithitspunctuation.1．Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat________.A．goodreadershadtroublereadingwith
8、outpunctuationmarksB．asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC．theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD．theuseofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“TheancientRomanssometimes...whichme
