高一英语阅读理解练习及问题详解

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1、实用文档1    BeforetheprintwasbroughttoEnglandin1476,everythingwaswrittenbyhand.Thefewpeoplewhoknewhowtowriteweretrainedinschoolssetupbythechurch.Thosewhomadealivingbywritingforotherpeoplewerecalledscribes(抄写员)。    Theworkofscribeswasnoteasy.Muchofithadtobedonefastinorder

2、tomeettheneedsoftheKing.thechurchandtraders.MostofthewritingwasinLatin(拉丁),butsomeofitwasintheEnglishoftheday.AndnoonewasquitesurehowsomeEnglishwordsshouldbespelled.    Oneproblemwasthatseveralletterswerewrittenwithshortverticalstrok（竖笔）thatalllookedlikeeachother.Amon

3、gthemweretheletters,i,u,v,mandn,Thus.fivestraightlinesinarowmightstandforuninuiuviormii.    Asaresult.readingwassometimesdifficult,especiallywhenthewritingwasdoneinahurry.    Thescribessolved(解决)theprobleminpart,bychangingtheletterutoowhenitcamebeforem.norv.Thisishows

4、umandcumcamelobewrittenassomeandcome.Atsomepoint,too,thescribesseemedtohavedecidedthatnoEnglishwordshouldbeendedbyuorv.Thus,intimeanewasaddedtosuchwordsaslive,have,dueandtrue.Itwasadded,butnotpronounced.36.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A.Everythinghas

5、beenwrittenbyhandinEnglishsince1476.B.Morethan500yearsagonopeoplemadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.C.Thechurchsetupschoolstotrainscribesbefore1476.D.ScribesinEnglandworkedonlyforkingsandtraders.37.Whichofthefollowingisfalse?A.Oftenthescribeshadtoworkwithgreatspeed.B.

6、ThespellingofsomeEnglishwordswaschanged.D.SomescribesofthedaywerequitesureaboutthespellingofmanyEnglishwords.38.Sometimespeoplecouldn’treadeasily_____________.A.becausethereweretoomanyu’sandv’sinsonicEnglishwordsB.becausemostofthewritingwasinLatinC.whenthewritingwasin

7、EnglishD.Whentilewritingwasdonehurriedly39.ThescribeschangedubeforemtoobecauseA.thechangehelpedthemwritefasterB.thechangemadereadingeasierC.umandomhadthesamepronunciationD.omwastherightorder40.Itisbelievedthatsomescribesthought  A.itimportanttoaddanetoeveryEnglishword

8、  B.thelettereattheendofanywordshouldn'tbepronounced  C.itnaturaltochangethespellingofsonicLatinwords  D.anEnglishwordshould