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Unit 26（第4页）

我以为你能讲流利的法语。

2）ImadeamistakeandIwillassumeresponsibilityforit。

我错了，我愿为此承担责任。

3）Theproblemhasassumedanewform。

这个问题又以新的形式出现。

I。WritingPractice

&ions:ositio120wordsoopioralSenseDeg?”andbaseyourpositioline（giveninese）below。

1。我们经常在公共场所看到一些不道德的行为，叙述你的一次相关经历；2。不道德行为的危害；

3。我们的道德意识在下降吗？如何改善？

II。Readingprehension

&iohefollowingpassage（s）。Choosethebestahequestionsandtraheueoese。

Passage

Peoplehavebeenpaintileast30，000years。Theearliestpictureswerepaintedbypeoplewhohuntedanimals。Theyusedtopaiheaedtodkill。PicturesofthiskindhavebeenfoundonthewallsofFrandSpain。

Nooneknoerepaihere。Perhapsthepaihoughtthattheirpictureswouldhelpthemcatchtheseanimals。Orperhapshumanbeingshavealwayswaoriesinpictures。

About5，o，theEgyptiansandotherpeopleibegauresasakind。Theydrewsimplepictureshingsandideas，andalsotorepresentthesoundse。Thesignsthesepeopleusedbedofalphabet。TheEgyptiaoreationaoriesbyputtingicturestogether。ortantpersondied，sdstoriesfromhislifewerepaintedahewallsoftheplacewherehewasburied。Someofthesepicturesarelikemodernicstripstories。IthasbeensaidthatEgyptisthehomeoficstrip。But，fyptians，picturesstillhadmagicpower。Sotheydidnottrytomaketheirwaysimple。Theordinarypeopleotu。

Bytheyear1，000BC，peoplewholivedintheareaarouerraneanSeahaddevelopedsimplersystem。Thesignstheyusedwereveryeasytowrite，andtherewerefewerofthemthaiahiswasbecauseeaorletterrepresentedonlyonesoundintheirlaheGreeksdevelopedthissystemaheExercises

&heGreekalphabet。TheRomaheidea，andtheRomaisnowusedallovertheworld。Thesedays，nastory，orreation，withoutusiwestilluresofallkinds:drawing，phnsanddiagrams。Wefindthemeverywhere:inbooksandhestreet，andonthewallsoftheplaceswhereweliveandwork。Pictureshelpustouahingsmoreeasily，andtheymakeastorymuteresting。

1。Agtraph，pialswerepaihewallsofcavesbecause_____。

A）thepaiedtopaiedanimalsB）thepictureswerethoughttobehelpfulC）thepaiedtotellstoriesihBandC

2。TheGreekalphabetlerthaiansystemforallthefollowingreaso_____。

A）theformerwaseasytowriteB）theformerellC）therewerefewersignsintheformerD）eastoodforonlyonesound3。Whichofthefollowisisnottrue?

A）TheRomaedfyptianone。

B）TheEgyptiaoreationbyputtingicturestogether。

C）TheGreeksdevelopedthealphabetsystemfromtheMediterraneanSea。

D）TheRomaheirwritiheGreeks。

4。Iparagraph，theauthorthinksallthoseexceptthatpictures_____。

A）areusefuliofourlifeB）shouldbemadeiinguourlifeD）havedifferentforms5。Thebesttitleforthispassageis_____。

A）HistoryofPicturesB）inofPicturesC）PidAlphabetSystemD）TheAiansIII。Cloze

&hereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage。ForeaktherearefourarkedA），B），dD）。YoushouldchoosetheOsintothepassage。

Formaisioheirworktheymustreadletters，reports，tradepublis，interoffiuniottomentionneersandmagazines:anever-endingfloodofwords。

In（1）_____ajoboradvane，theabilitytoreadandprehend（2）_____thediffereweensudfailure。Yettheuisthatmostofusare（3）_____readers。Mostofusdevel（4）_____atanearlyage，aoverthem。Themaindeficy（5）_____iualstuffoflaself—words。

Takenindividually，wordshave（6）_____meaninguruophrases，sentendparagraphs。（7）_____，however，theuntrainedreaderdroupsofwords。Helaboriouslyreadsoatime，to（8）_____wes。Regressioolookbackover（9）_____youhavejustread，isaonbadhabitinreadiwhich（10）_____downthespeedisvo—soundingeachwordeitherorallyormentallyas（11）_____reads。

Tooverethesebadhabits，sicsuseadevice（12）_____，whichmovesabar（or）doredetermihebarissetataslightlyfasterrate（13）_____thereaderfindsfortable，iretch”him。Theacceleratorforcesthereadertoreadfast，（14）_____w，regressionandsub-vo，practicallyimpossible。Atfirst（15）_____issacrificedforspeed。Butwheoreadideasas，youwillnotoer，（16）_____yourprehensionwillimprove。Manypeoplehavefound（17）_____readingskilldrasticallyimprovedafters。

（18）_____CharlesAu，abusinessmanager，forinstance，hisreadingratewasareasonablygood172wordsaminute（19）_____thetraining，nowitisa1，378wordsaminute。

Heisdelightedthathowhe（20）_____almaterialinashortperiodoftime。

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