1、A. produced B. continuedC. doubled D. combined解析猜测词义题。由第一段第二句的句意“这些发现,综合广泛的、科学的、历史的研究可以增添丝绸之路历史新纪元迷人的一页”可以推知答案为D。答案D2The silk thread found in the hair of an Egyptian mummy suggests that_.A. Egyptians had probably travelled to China to buy silkB. trade along the Silk Road began earlier than once thou
2、ghtC. historical research often achieves fascinating resultsD. new light can now be thrown on ancient trading practices解析推理判断题。由末段首句可以推断出在汉武帝之前就有了丝绸之路的贸易,故B项正确。A项不合常识和事实;C项句意本身没有错误但太宽泛;D项这一事实可以阐明古代贸易实践,不合文意,故排除。答案B3Until recently most historians believed that trade along the Silk Road_.A. originated
3、 in the 2nd century BCB. extended human migration into eastern AsiaC. began a million years agoD. primarily benefited the Egyptians解析事实细节题。由第三段首句可知答案为A。答案A4Historians have always considered Zhang Qians mission important because they believe_.A. he brought back knowledge of Rome to the emperorB. he d
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13、ite some more. But in order to work up the desire to rewrite,it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers opinions.
14、 One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that were often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down. Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work. Different from popular belief, we do not usua
15、lly think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as “mentalese” ) , and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language.But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry (织锦), writing can only be composed
16、one thread at a time. Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple. It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produce new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.When people write as if some strict critics (批评
17、家) are looking over their shoulder, they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start. Pierre Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem.When writing we should have two different minds. At the first stage, we should see every idea, as
18、well as the words we use to express it, as wonderful and worth putting down. It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.语篇解读作者感到奇怪的是,很多著名的作家不喜欢看自己写的作品。分析原因,其中之一便是,写的时候,头脑里面的构思非常不错,可是一旦写出来以后,却往往发现与本意有很大的不同。1What do we learn fr
19、om the text about those famous writers?A. They often regret writing poor works.B. Some of them write surprisingly much.C. Many of them hate reading their own works.D. They are happy to review the publishers opinions.解析细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知答案为C。2What do people generally believe about the way human minds w
20、ork?A. People think in words and sentences.B. Human ideas are translated into symbols.C. People think by connecting threads of ideas.D. Human thoughts are expressed through pictures.由第三段第一句话可知答案为A。3What can we conclude from the text?A. Most people believe we think in symbols.B. Loving our own writin
21、g is scientifically reasonable.C. The writers and critics can never reach an agreement.D. Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work.综观全文可知,思考和写作是大脑工作的不同阶段。I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn t be late for! I found myself at a checkout c
22、ounter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries. A PhD student with not a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date.We were in Boston, a place n
23、ot always known for small conversation between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile warm and reassuring and I returned her_gift_by smiling back.“Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she
24、said.“Yes, she s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out. “It s only our second date,but somehow I am just having the feeling shesthe one ,”Jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can t figure out why she d want to date a guy like me.”“Well, I think shes very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said. “My husband used t
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