Question

【題目】 Two hundred years ago, American students went to American schools. Like you, they studied math, spelling and geography. Unlike you, they also studied Greek (希臘語(yǔ)) and Latin (拉丁語(yǔ)). In fact, students spent more than half their time studying Greek and Latin.

The same was true for most students in Europe. Until the seventh century, all educated Europeans knew Latin. It did not matter if they lived in England, Italy, France or Spain. If they were educated, they knew Latin.

During the seventh century, educated Europeans began to study Greek as well as Latin. Greek and Latin had been the leading languages of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All educated Europeans were expected to know these languages.

To educated Europeans, the languages of the Greeks and the Romans were important. The ideas of the Greeks and Romans were also important. People knew that many of their own ideas had come from the Greeks and the Romans. To understand their own culture, they must understand its origin (起源). They knew that those beginnings lay in the classical (古典文學(xué)的) world.

Today we have so many things to study that few people have time to learn Greek and Latin. Few of you will study either language in school. Yet the ideas of the Greeks and the Romans are still important to us. These ideas still help to shape western culture today. To understand our own culture, we must understand the culture of the classical world.

【1】Two hundred years ago, in American schools _____.

A.there were many educated GreeksB.Greek and Latin were very popular

C.students paid little attention to mathD.students knew little about geography

【2】According to the text, Europeans thought _____.

A.the origin of their culture was unknown

B.the ideas of the Greeks were unacceptable

C.Greek was much more important than Latin

D.the Romans had a great influence on their culture

【3】Where does the author of the text probably come from?

A.Japan.B.Greece.C.America.D.China.

【4】In the last paragraph, the author suggests that _____.

A.it’s of great value to learn Greek and Latin

B.it’s quite difficult to learn Greek and Latin

C.the culture of the classical world is useless nowadays

D.Western culture is quite different from Greek and Roman cultures

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是議論文。在200年前美國(guó)和歐洲就學(xué)習(xí)希臘語(yǔ)和拉丁語(yǔ)，作者認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在也應(yīng)該學(xué)習(xí)這兩種語(yǔ)言。作者認(rèn)為希臘人和羅馬人的思想影響了今天的西方文化。要了解西方文化，就必須了解古典世界的文化。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段“Unlike you, they also studied Greek and Latin ”可知，兩百年前的美國(guó)學(xué)生還學(xué)習(xí)希臘語(yǔ)和拉丁語(yǔ)，說明當(dāng)時(shí)希臘語(yǔ)和拉丁語(yǔ)很普及。故選B項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第4段“many of their own ideas had come from the Greeks and the Romans. To understand their own culture, they must understand its origin”可知，當(dāng)時(shí)歐洲人認(rèn)為要了解自己的文化，他們必須了解文化的起源，而當(dāng)時(shí)的思想、文化來源于希臘人和羅馬人。因此歐洲人認(rèn)為羅馬人對(duì)他們的文化有著極大的影響。故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“These ideas still help to shape western culture today”作者認(rèn)為這些思想仍然影響著今天的西方文化。因此可以看出，作者是來自西方文化國(guó)家，可能是美國(guó)人。故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“To understand our own culture, we must understand the culture of the classical world”可知，作者認(rèn)為希臘人和羅馬人的思想影響著今天的西方文化。要了解他們自己的文化，就必須了解古典世界的文化。因此學(xué)習(xí)希臘語(yǔ)和拉丁語(yǔ)的價(jià)值在于可以幫助了解自己的文化。故選A 項(xiàng)。