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1、 精品资料活页作业(十五).阅读理解 APeople have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years.The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals.They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill.Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain.No
2、 one knows why they were painted there.Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories according to pictures.About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures
3、as a kind of writing.They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas，and also to represent the sounds of their language.The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet(字母表)The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picturewriting and pictures toget
4、her.When an important person died，scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried.Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip(连环漫画) stories.It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip.But，for the Egyptians，pictures still ha
5、d magic power.So they did not try to make their way of writing simple.The ordinary people could not understand it.By the year 1,000 BC，people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing.The signs they used were very easy to write，and there were fewer
6、of them than in the Egyptian system.This was because each sign，or letter，represented only one sound in their language.The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet.The Romans copied the idea，and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.These days we can write
7、 down a story，or record information，without using pictures.But we still need pictures of all kinds：drawings，photographs，signs and diagrams(图表)We find them everywhere：in books and newspapers，in the streets，and on the walls of the places where we live and work.Pictures help us to understand and rememb
8、er things more easily，and they can make a story much more interesting.1Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain perhaps because _.Athe hunters wanted to see the picturesBthe painters were animal loversCthe painters wanted to show imaginationDthe pictures were though
9、t to be helpful解析：细节理解题。由第二段“Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals.”可知答案选D。答案：D2The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that _.Athe former was easy to writeBthere were fewer signs in the formerCthe
10、 former was easy to pronounceDeach sign stood for only one sound解析：细节理解题。文中没有提到希腊的文字更容易读，故选C。答案：C3Which of the following statements is TRUE?AThe Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet.BThe Egyptians liked to write comic strip stories.CThe Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one
11、.DThe Greeks copied the Egyptian system.解析：细节理解题。根据第四段最后两句内容中developed和copied的主语，可排除C、D两项；B项与文章中第三段的说法不符。由此可知答案为A，且第二段最后一句也印证了这一点。答案：A4In the last paragraph，the author thinks that pictures _.Ashould be made comprehensibleBshould be made interestingCare of much use in our lifeDare disappearing from o
12、ur life解析：细节理解题。从短文的最后一段我们可以得出答案为C。答案：CBIn ancient Egypt，a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.Modern businesses have been following his lead，with more tactics (策略)One tactic involves where to display the goods.For example，sto
13、res place fruits and vegetables in the first section：they know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food (垃圾食品) later in their trip.In department stores，the womens shoe section is generally next to the womens cosmetics (化妆品) section：while the
14、shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe，bored customers are likely to wander over and find some cosmetics they might want to try later.Besides，businesses seek to appeal to customerssenses.Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping，so they make their own bread ea
15、ch morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day.Music sells goods，too.Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played，sales of French wines went up.When it comes to the selling of houses，businesses also use highly rewarding tactics.They find that customers ma
16、ke decisions in the first few seconds upon walking in the door，and turn it into a business opportunity.A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly.When entering the house，the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows，and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level.The insta
