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1、话题语篇专攻练4语言学习(-)(建议用时40分钟)I.阅读理解ACANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREADSENTENCESLIKETHIS?Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuationmarksprobablydidtbothergoodre
2、aders,though・Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:Theyputsomethingthatca
3、nseparatewordsinasentence.ThewordpunctuationactuallycomesfromthisideaandtheLatinword"punctum”,whichmeansadot・Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints-Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreading.Theninth
4、e13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManutiustriedtostandardi/epunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforacompletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash（/）toindicateashortpause・Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemoderncomma（逗号）.Sincethattime,other
5、markshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamat1onmark（感叹号）comesfromtheLatinword"io”.Itmeans^exclamationofjoy”・ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinword44questio、meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Pun
6、ctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksarecomingintoexistenee,andoldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewways.Takeforexampletheuinterrobang^•This1962inventioncombinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,"Shedidwhat?”orTlo
7、wmuchdidyoupayforthatdress?”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecogni^edyet,butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwithitspunctuation.【文章人意】文章介绍了标点符号的出现及逐步发展的过程，并且它还在变化发展中。LFromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat.A.goodreadershadtroublerea
8、dingwithoutpunctuationmarksB.asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC・ancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD.theuseofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes【解析】选D。推理判断题。第一段讲述了古希腊、古罗马时期没有标点，人们读句子的情况及标点符号的出现。根据最后一句“Thewordpunc
