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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习Unit4ManofVirtue课下练重庆大学版选修(xx·东北三校二模)CANYOUIMAGINEHOWHARDITWOULDBETOREADSENTENCESLIKETHIS?Everyoneofusgetssousedtopunctuationmarksthatnotmanyofusgivethemasecondthought.Actually,theancientGreekswrotethisway.Thelackofpunctuationmarksprobablydidn'tbothe
2、rgoodreaders,though.Astheyread,theyjustputpauseswheretheyfitbest.Alsoatthistime,sentencesswitcheddirections.Asentencereadfromlefttoright.Thenextonereadrighttoleft,andthenlefttorightagain,etc.TheancientRomanssometimespunctuatedlikethis:They·put·something·that·can·separ
3、ate·words·in·a·sentence.ThewordpunctuationactuallyesfromthisideaandtheLatinwordpuncture,whichmeansadot.Whenthe5thcenturyarrived,therewerejusttwopunctuationmarks:spacesandpoints.Thespacesseparatedwordswhilethepointsshowedpausesinreading.Theninthe13thcentury,aprinternam
4、edAldusManutiustriedtostandardizepunctuation.Healwaysusedaperiodforapletestopattheendofasentence.Heusedaslash(/)toindicateashortpause.Overtime,thatslashwasshortenedandcurled,anditbecamethemodernma(逗号)．Sincethattime,othermarkshaveenlargedthepunctuationfamily.Theexclama
5、tionmark(感叹号)esfromtheLatinwordio.Itmeans“exclamationofjoy”.ThequestionmarkoriginallystartedoutastheLatinwordquestio,meaningquestion.Eventually,scholarsputitattheendofasentencetoshowaquestion.Punctuationevenkeepschangingnowadays.Newmarksareingintoexistence,andoldpunct
6、uationmarksareusedinnewways.Takeforexamplethe“interrobang”.This1962inventionbinesthequestionmarkandexclamationmarkfortimeswhenwriterswantboth.Forexample,“Shedidwhat！？”or“Howmuchdidyoupayforthatdress！？”Obviously,theinterrobangisnotwidelyusedorrecognizedyet,butitsinvent
7、ionshowsthatEnglishisnotyetfinishedwithitspunctuation.1．Fromthefirstparagraph,wecanknowthat________.A．goodreadershadtroublereadingwithoutpunctuationmarksB．asentencealwaysreadfromlefttorightinancientGreeceC．theancientGreeksswitchedthedirectionofpunctuationmarksD．theuse
8、ofpunctuationmarkscandatebacktoancienttimes解析：选D 推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后两句“TheancientRomanssometimes...whichmeansadot.”可推知，标点符号的使用可以
