Question

If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．
Sometimes,of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations .For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call ’remembered history’．Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．
【小題1】．We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because ___

A．there was nothing worth being written down at that time

B．the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record

C．the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire

D．the people there did not know how to write

【小題2】．“Remembered history”refers to ___．

A．history based on a person’s imagination

B．stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth

C．songs and dances about the most important events

D．both B and C

【小題3】．“Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when ____.

A．it is written down

B．no written account is available

C．it proves to be time

D．people are interested in it

【小題4】 .The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _____

A．kept a written record of every past event

B．not burnt their written records in wars

C．told exact stories of the most important happenings

D．made more songs and dances

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A

解析試題分析：
【小題1】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．說明非洲人沒有學會寫字是沒有關于他們的記錄的原因。故Ｄ正確。
【小題2】.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段2,3，4行They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations .For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call ’remembered history’說明人們從祖先那里聽來的內(nèi)容和關于重大事件的歌曲和舞蹈等記錄就是所謂的’remembered history，故D正確。
【小題3】B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一句But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．說明在沒有書面記錄的時候，Remembered history才被認為是重要的。故B正確。
【小題4】.A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一行It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them.說明歷史上的很多事情都被遺忘就是因為沒有書面的記錄，如果有了文字等書面的記錄，那么很多歷史及會被保留。故A正確。
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