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1、2019-2020年高中英语Unit2Detective单元综合测评新人教版选修Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。(xx·东北三校二模)CanYouImagineHowHardItWouldBeToRead?Sentenceslikethis？Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuat
2、ionmarksprobablydidn'tbothergoodreaders,though.Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:They·put·something·that·can·separate
3、·words·in·a·sentence.ThewordpunctuationactuallyesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture,whichmeansadot.Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreading.Theninthe13thcentury,aprinternamedAldusManutiustriedtostandardize
4、punctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforapletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash(/)toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemodernma(逗号)．Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclamationmark(感叹号)esfromtheLatinwordio.Itmeans“exclamationofjoy”.The
5、questionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksareingintoexistence,andoldpunctuationmarksareusedinnewways.Takeforexamplethe“interrobang”.This1962inventionbinesthequestionm
6、arkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,“Shedidwhat！？”or“Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress！？”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognizedyet,butitsinventionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwithitspunctuation.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了英文中标点符号的起源和发展。1．Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowt
7、hat________.A．goodreadershadtroublereadingwithoutpunctuationmarksB．asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC．theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD．theuseofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoa
