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The flag, the most common symbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country.
The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years’ development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another.
Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable. Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems (圖騰) before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors represented by the totems themselves.
These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked: The king of China around 1,000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag.
小題1: The underlined word “ vulnerable” in paragraph 3 means _______.
A．easy to damage　　B．likely to be protected
C．impossible to make sure of　　D．difficult to find
小題2:The earliest flags were connected with heavenly power because they _______.
A．could tell wind direction　　B．could bring good luck to fighters
C．were believed to stand for natural forcesD．were handed down by the ancestors
小題3:What does the author know of the first national flag?
A．He knows when it was sent to Europe.B．He doubts where it started.
C．He thinks it came from China.　　D．He believes it was made in Egypt.
小題4:What will the author most probably talk about next?
A．The role of China in the spread of the national flag.
B．The importance of modern flags.
C．The use of modern flags in Europe.
D．The second ancestor of the national flag.

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D

小題1:A 根據similarly以及前面對于人們的房屋和船只的描寫是strong winds would tear roofs from houses，可得知人們的食物來源也是同樣容易受傷害的，故選擇A easy to damage
小題1:C 原文第四段提到人們對于旗幟的愿景是the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods,可以得知旗幟在人們心目中代表自然的力量,故選擇C
小題1:B 此題考查對最后一段的理解，作者提到This practice might have been learned from Egyptians,說明他不確定第一面國旗的來源，故選擇B
小題1:D 由文章最后一句話where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag,可以得知作者接下來要討論其他的國旗起源，故選擇D
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