高一英语阅读理解练习及答案

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1、H    BeforetheprintwasbroughttoEnglandin1476,everythingwaswrittenbyhand.Thefewpeoplewhoknewhowtowriteweretrainedinschoolssetupbythechurch.Thosewhomadealivingbywritingforotherpeoplewerecalledscribes(抄写员)。    Theworkofscribeswasnoteasy.Muchofithadtobedonefastin

2、ordertomeettheneedsoftheKing.thechurchandtraders.MostofthewritingwasinLatin(拉丁),butsomeofitwasintheEnglishoftheday.AndnoonewasquitesurehowsomeEnglishwordsshouldbespelled.    Oneproblemwasthatseveralletterswerewrittenwithshortverticalstrok（竖笔）thatalllookedlike

3、eachother.Amongthemweretheletters,i,u,v,mandn,Thus.fivestraightlinesinarowmightstandforuninuiuviormii.    Asaresult.readingwassometimesdifficult,especiallywhenthewritingwasdoneinahurry.    Thescribessolved(解决)theprobleminpart,bychangingtheletterutoowhenitcame

4、beforem.norv.Thisishowsumandcumcamelobewrittenassomeandcome.Atsomepoint,too,thescribesseemedtohavedecidedthatnoEnglishwordshouldbeendedbyuorv.Thus,intimeanewasaddedtosuchwordsaslive,have,dueandtrue.Itwasadded,butnotpronounced.36.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccor

5、dingtothepassage?A.EverythinghasbeenwrittenbyhandinEnglishsince1476.B.Morethan500yearsagonopeoplemadealivingbywritingforotherpeople.C.Thechurchsetupschoolstotrainscribesbefore1476.D.ScribesinEnglandworkedonlyforkingsandtraders.37.Whichofthefollowingisfalse?A.

6、Oftenthescribeshadtoworkwithgreatspeed.B.ThespellingofsomeEnglishwordswaschanged.D.SomescribesofthedaywerequitesureaboutthespellingofmanyEnglishwords.38.Sometimespeoplecouldn’treadeasily_____________.A.becausethereweretoomanyu’sandv’sinsonicEnglishwordsB.beca

7、usemostofthewritingwasinLatinC.whenthewritingwasinEnglishD.Whentilewritingwasdonehurriedly39.ThescribeschangedubeforemtoobecauseA.thechangehelpedthemwritefasterB.thechangemadereadingeasierC.umandomhadthesamepronunciationD.omwastherightorder40.Itisbelievedthat

8、somescribesthought  A.itimportanttoaddanetoeveryEnglishword  B.thelettereattheendofanywordshouldn'tbepronounced  C.itnaturaltochangethespellingofsonicLatinwords  D.anEnglishwordshouldbeen