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signs
represent
things
ideas,
also
torepresent
sounds
language.
these
became
a
kind
ofalphabet.The
record
information
putting
picture
writing
andpictures
together.
When
an
important
person
died,
scenes
from
his
life
paintedand
carved
place
where
he
was
buried.
Some
are
like
modernic
strip
stories.
It
has
said
Egypt
is
home
ic
strip.
But,
theEgyptians,
still
had
magic
power.
So
did
not
try
make
way
simple.The
ordinary
could
understand
it.By
year
1,000
BC,
lived
area
around
Mediterranean
Sea
developed
asimpler
system
very
easy
write,
there
fewer
ofthem
than
Egyptian
system.
This
because
each
sign,
letter,
represented
only
onesound
Greeks
this
formed
letters
Greekalphabet.
Romans
copied
idea,
Roman
alphabet
now
all
over
world.These
days,
we
can
write
down
story,
information,
without
using
pictures.
But
stillneed
kinds:
drawing,
photographs,
diagrams.
We
find
everywhere:
inbooks
newspapers,
street,
places
live
work.Pictures
us
remember
more
easily,
storymuch
interesting.1.
Spain
______.A.
hunters
see
picturesB.
animal
loversC.
show
imaginationD.
be
helpful2.
Greek
simpler
following
reasons
EXCEPTthat
former
writeB.
formerC.
pronounceD.
sign
stood
sound3.
Which
statements
TRUEA.
later
particular
alphabet.B.
liked
ic?
stories.C.
one.D.
Egyptians.4.
In
last
paragraph,
author
thinks
should
made
prehensibleB.
interestingC.
much
our
lifeD.
disappeared
life
专四阅读理解预热〔2〕
As
merchant
class
expandedin
eighteenth
century
North
American
Colonies,
silversmith
coppersmithbusinesses
rose
serve
it.
Only
few
silversmiths
available
New
York
Boston
lateseventeenth
century,
but
major
colonial
cities.No
artisans
rivaled
silversmiths’
prestige.
handled
most
expensivematerials
possessed
direct
connections
prosperous
merchants.
Their
products,primarily
silver
plates
bowls,
reflected
exalted
status
testified
customers’prominence.
Silver
as
surest
ways
store
wealth
time
before
neighborhoodbanks
existed.
Unlike
coins
which
made,
articles
readilyidentifiable.
Often
individual
specifications,
carried
silversmith’s
distinctivemarkings
consequently
traced
retrieved.
Customers
generally
secure
silverfor
object
ordered.
saved
coins,
took
smiths,
discussed
typeof
pieces
desired.
Silversmiths
plied
with
requests
melting
money
smallfurnace,
adding
bit
copper
form
stronger
alloy,
casting
alloy
rectangular
blocks.They
hammered
ingots
appropriate
thickness
hand,
shaped
presseddesigns
into
adornment.
Engraving
done
hand.
addition
andbowls,
some
customers
sought
intricate
products,
such
teapots.
These
madeby
shaping
parts
separately
then
soldering
Colonial
coppersmith
alsoe
age
early
prospered
northern
cities.
Copper
s
ability
toconduct
heat
efficiently
resist
corrosion
contributed
its
attractiveness.
it
wasexpensive
America,
coppersmiths
never
numerous.
Virtually
workedby
Smiths
imported
sheets
obtained
recycling
old
goods.
Copper
usedfor
practical
items,
admired
beauty.
Coppersmiths
employed
fashion
potsand
kettles
home.
same
manner
melted
afoundry
lead
tin.
mixed
zinc
brass
maritime
scientificinstruments.
1.According
passage,
developments
strongimpact
silversmithsA.
A
decrease
cost
silver.B.
invention
efficient
furnaces.C.
growing
economic
prosperity
merchants.D.
development
new
tools
shape
silver.
2.In
usually
obtain
material
articlesA.
From
own
mines.B.
importers.C.
silversmiths.D.
customers.3.The
passage
mentions
uses
America
EXCEPT
cooking
potsB.
scientific
instrumentsC.
musical
instrumentsD.
instruments4.According
similar
whichof
waysA.
amount
social
prestige
had.B.
metal
worked
with.C.
goods
made.D.
practicality
made
专四阅读理解预热〔3〕
On
January
10,1962,
anenormous
piece
glacier
broke
away
tumbled
side
mountain
Peru.
mereseven
minutes
later,
when
cascading
ice
finally
came
stop
ten
miles
mountain;
hadtaken
lives
4,000
people.
disaster
“devastating〞examples
mon
event:
avalanche
ofsnow
ice.
Because
extremely
cold
high
altitudes,
snow
rarely
melts.
just
keepspiling
up
higher
higher.
Glaciers
eventually
created
weight
so
greatthat
lower
layers
pressed
solid
avalanches
occur
long
thishappens.
accumulates
steep
slope,
reaches
critical
point
slightestvibration
will
send
sliding
valley
below.Even
light
power
dangerous,
Peruvian
catastrophe
particularlyterrible
caused
heavy
layer
estimated
offweighed
three
million
tons.
crashed
mountainside
gigantic
plough,it
swept
trees,
boulders
tons
topsoil,
pletely
crushed
destroyed
sixvillages
lay
path.At
present
no
predict
avoid
enormous
avalanches,
but,
luckily,
arevery
rare.
Scientists
constantly
studying
smaller,
tounderstand
what
causes
them.
future,
dangerous
masses
befound
removed
take
lives.1.
first
paragraph
catches
reader'
attention
_____.A.
First
hand
reportB.
dramatic
descriptionC.
tall
taleD.
vivid
world
picture2.
"
devastating"
means
violently
ruinousB.
spectacularly
stunningD.
unpleasant3.
mostly
about
avalanchesB.
glaciersC.
PeruD.
Mountains
专四阅读理解预热〔4〕
Three
English
dictionariespublished
recently
claim
possessing
“ne
w〞
feature.
BBC
Dictionary
containsbackground
prominent
news
since
1988;
theOxford
Advanced
Learner’s
Dictionary:
Encyclopedic
Edition
OALD
plus
encyclopedic
entries;
Longman
Language
Culture
LDOCE
cultural
information.
key
fact
dictionaries
seen
distinctly
“cultural〞
well
aslanguage
learning
content.
That
being
said,
approach
element
isnot
identical,
making
parisons
between
difficult.While
ground
encyclopedic/cultural
entries
Oxford
andLongman
dictionaries,
clear
difference.
lays
oncontent
whereas
concentrates
language
culture
English-speaking
world.
dictionary
therefore
stand
vigorous
scrutiny
biasthan
publication
latter
does
hesitate
viewing
rest
theworld
perspectives
objectives
theBBC
turn
distinct
still.
Based
analysis
70
words
recordedfrom
World
Service
National
Public
Radio
Washington
period
four
years,their
brief
based
featured
thenews
recently.
intended
user
mind
regular
listener
Ser
vice
whowill
reasonable
standard
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