Two important stages came not so long before the dawn of written history. The first was the taming of ___31__; the ___32__ was agriculture. Agriculture was a step in ___33__ progress to which there was nothing comparable until our own machine age. Agriculture made ____34__ a huge increase in the number of the human species in the ___35__ where it could be successfully practised. These were, at first, only those in which nature fertilized (使肥沃) the __36__ after each harvest. Agriculture ___37__ with violent resistance from the pastoral nomads (游牧民), but the agricultural way of life became popular in the end because of the physical comforts it provided.
___38__ fundamental technical advance was writing, which, like spoken language, developed out of pictures, but as soon as it had reached a certain ___39__, it was possible to keep records and transmit ___40__ to people who were not present when the information was given.
( )21.A. tell B. declare C. pronounce D. make
( )22.A. leg B. brain C. mind D. hand
( )23.A. Before B. when C. During D. But
( )24.A. increased B. produced C. pronounced D. invented
( )25.A. since B. when C. while D. how
( )26.A. picture B. spoken C. silent D. written
( )27.A. which B. who C. that D. whose
( )28.A. fire B. catch C. offer D. accept
( )29.A. developed B. used C. got D. discovered
( )30.A. voice B. language C. picture D. words
( )31.A. animals B. trees C. land D. plants
( )32.A. latter B. one C. other D. second
( )33.A. mankind B. man C. human D. men
( )34.A. certainly B. probably C. impossible D. possible
( )35.A. cities B. countries C. regions D. lakes
( )36.A. ground B. land C. field D. soil
( )37.A. dealt B. agreed C. faced D. met
( )38.A. Other B. One C. Another D. The
( )39.A. area B. section C. step D. stage
( )40.A. record B. information C. speech D. picture
第二部分阅读理解(共20小题。第)
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
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