Ⅲ.Cloze(30 points)

　　Directions:For each blank in the following passage,there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

　　Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper.That is 21 men first began to write six thousand years ago or 22 .The alphabet we now use 23 down to us over a long period of time.It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

　　Picture-writing was useful in many 24 .It could be used to express ideas as well as 25 .For example, a drawing of a 26 meant the object “man”. 27 a drawing of a man lying on the ground with a spear in him meant “ 28 ”.

　　Besides the Egyptians,the Chinese 29 the American Indians also developed ways 30 writing in pictures.But only 31 much could be said this way.Thousands of pictures would have been needed 32 express all the ideas that people might have.It would have taken many thousand more to express all the objects 33 to men.No one could 34 so many pictures in a lifetime.Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all 35 drawings in a lifetime.

　　21.A.when

　　B.because

　　C.where

　　D.how

　　D 理解推断题。和前文的way相呼应，表示“那是人们怎样……”，因此这里引导表语从句的连词用how。

　　22.A.over

　　B.more

　　C.else

　　D.later

　　B 理解推断题。数词后面加or more表示“或更多一点”。

　　23.A.went

　　B.showed

　　C.appeared

　　D.came

　　D 理解推断题。come down的意思是“传下来”。

　　24.A.sides

　　B.colours

　　C.ways

　　D.meanings

　　C 词义辨析题。in many ways的意思是“在许多方面”，符合题意。

　　25.A.stories

　　B.animals

　　C.objects

　　D.subjects

　　C 理解推断题。只有objects可以和ideas相对应，一个是物质的，一个是精神的，这样就把各种事物都包括了。

　　26.A.creature

　　B.being

　　C.woman

　　D.man

　　D 理解推断题。从后面呼应的meant the object “man”可知，此处应该填man。

　　27.A.But

　　B.For

　　C.Besides

　　D.Because

　　A 理解推断题。本句和上句之间的关系不是因果关系，而是一种转折关系，故用but。

　　28.A.die

　　B.death

　　C.sleep

　　D.down

　　B 理解推断题。动词meant的宾语要用名词，down是副词,die是动词，sleep也可作名词，但不符合句意。只有名词death符合句意。

　　29.A.and

　　B.with

　　C.helped

　　D.followed

　　A 语法结构题。两个并列主语(the Chinese及the American Indians)之间应用连词and。

　　30.A.to

　　B.about

　　C.on

　　D.of

　　D 语法结构题。在way的后面要用to do sth.或of doing sth.,此处空格后面用的是writing,故用of。

　　31.A.not

　　B.very

　　C.so

　　D.too

　　C 理解推断题。only not much用在一起不符合语言习惯，且逻辑上不通。only very much逻辑上不通，因为very much指“很多”，前面再加上only(仅仅，只有)意思上就讲不通。如果说only too much那意味着象形文字能表达的内容太多了，与文意不符，故用so much，意思是指象形文字能够表达的只有这么多。

　　32.A.to

　　B.for

　　C.possibly

　　D.actually

　　A 理解推断题。express是动语，前面用不定式符号to，表示目的。

　　33.A.known

　　B.with

　　C.called

　　D.in

　　A 理解推断题。后面已有介词to，故不能再选介词in或with。不能说be called to sb.，因此也不能选C。known to sb.的意思是“为……所知道”。

　　34.A.write

　　B.draw

　　C.watch

　　D.take

　　B 理解推断题。后面的宾语是pictures,故谓语动词只能用draw(画)。

　　35.A.many

　　B.some

　　C.that

　　D.such

　　D 理解推断题。many和some前面不能用all;that是单数，后面不能接复数名词;只有such前面可以用all，后面可以接复数名词。