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1、Modules4～6Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018东北三校一模)CANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREADSENTENCESLIKETHIS?Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuationmarksprobablydidn’tbothergoodreaders,though.As
2、theyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:They·put·something·that·can·separate·words·in·a·sen
3、tence.ThewordpunctuationactuallycomesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture,whichmeansadot.Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreading.Theninthe13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManu
4、tiustriedtostandardizepunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforacompletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash(/)toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemoderncomma(逗号).Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamat
5、ionmark(感叹号)comesfromtheLatinwordio.Itmeans“exclamationofjoy”.ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksarecomingintoexistence,an
6、doldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewways.Takeforexamplethe“interrobang”.This1962inventioncombinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,“Shedidwhat!?”or“Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress!?”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognized
7、yet,butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwithitspunctuation.1.Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat . A.goodreadershadtroublereadingwithoutpunctuationmarksB.asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC.theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuat
8、ionmarksD.theuseofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes2.Thepassageisdevelopedby . A.timeB.spaceC.comparisonD.importance3.Wecanlearnfromthepassage
