2022遼寧專升本英語閱讀理解練習(阿拉伯數(shù)字)

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　　2022遼寧專升本英語閱讀理解練習(阿拉伯數(shù)字)

　　It is hard to imagine life without Arabic numerals(數(shù)字). No other number system ever invented has a simple way to write a number like 1984. In Roman numerals, it comes out like this: MCMLXXXIV. Imagine how difficult it would be for a school pupil to remember it!

　　The Arabs, however, call their numbers “Indian numerals”. This is probably because they got the original idea a long time ago from India. There were no printed newspapers or scientific magazines then, so mathematics traveled along the same routes that silk did, as businessmen sold and bought goods. The Arabs took the new numbers and made improvements that quickly led to advances in technology.

　　The achievement of Arabic technology can be seen from a passage in a 10th-century book about an Arabic city:“The neighboring country showed the results of careful work in agriculture, trade, and industry. Rice and many other plants were grown in fields with water supplied by Arab engineers. The city included 900 public baths, stone-covered streets, fountains, and beautiful buildings.” At this time, London was a small town with dirty streets, and Berlin was a farming village. In fact, cities outside the Arab world did not reach the same level of social development until centuries later.

　　問題：

　　1.This passage tells us that the Arabs were a people ___________.

　　A.inventing Roman numerals

　　B.having advanced technology long ago

　　C.growing corn and many other plants then

　　D.supplying other countries with colorful silk

　　【參考答案】B

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】B 根據(jù)第二段最后一句“The Arabs took the new numbers and made improvements that quickly led to advances in technology.”可知，阿拉伯人采用了新的數(shù)字并對其進行改進,這帶來了技術的進步。因此B項正確。阿拉伯人改進并不是發(fā)明了羅馬數(shù)字，故A項錯誤;文章并未提到阿拉伯人種植玉米，以及為其他國家提供絲綢，故C、D兩項錯誤。

　　2. It takes much more efforts to ___________.

　　A.learn Roman numerals than Arab numerals

　　B.introduce numerals through printed materials

　　C.make great use of silk roads

　　D.teach businessmen numerals

　　【參考答案】A

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】A 根據(jù)第一段最后三句“No other number system ever invented has a simple way…h(huán)ow difficult it would be for a school pupil to remember it!”可知，讓學生們記憶羅馬數(shù)字是很困難的。故選A。

　　3. The Arabs call their numerals “Indian numerals” because ___________.

　　A.the numerals are mainly used in India

　　B.they copied numerals from Indians

　　C.Arabic numerals were first used by Indian businessmen

　　D.they got some ideas about numbers from the ancient Indians

　　【參考答案】D

　　[考點]事實細節(jié)題

　　【精析】D 根據(jù)第二段前兩句“The Arabs, however, call their numbers ‘Indian numerals’. This is probably because they got the original idea a long time ago from India.”可知，阿拉伯人很久之前從印度那里得到一些關于數(shù)字的啟示。故選D。

　　4. According to the passage, the Arab people ___________.

　　A.did business with the Indians

　　B.learned some ideas about business from Indians

　　C.built public baths in London in the 10th century

　　D.traveled a long way to learn mathematics in Rome

　　【參考答案】A

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】A 根據(jù)第二段第三句“There were no printed newspapers or scientific magazines then…as businessmen sold and bought goods.”可知，如同阿拉伯生意人沿絲綢之路買賣商品一樣，數(shù)學也隨商品進行了交易。由此可推知，阿拉伯人與印度人做過生意。故選A。其他三項都與原文不符。

　　5. From a 10th-century book, we can learn that ___________.

　　A.Berlin was formerly a dirty city with sufficient rice and plantsB.London was under the rule of the Romans in the 10th centuryC.the Arab world was more advanced than other countries aroundD.London chiefly developed industry ten centuries ago

　　【參考答案】C

　　[考點]推理判斷題

　　【精析】C 根據(jù)第三段中對阿拉伯和其他國家或城市的描述可知，阿拉伯當時是比較先進的，C項正確。其他三項文章均未提及。