Passage 5

廣東省潮州市2017屆高三二模

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems　 1 　.

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries:China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated（孕育）by　 2 　. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River　 3 　the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were　 4 　for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in the Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture　 5 　went overseas to Japan,　 6 　into the Japanese society and　 7 　the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it　 8 　to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture, another famous culture was　 9 　on the Mesopotamian Plain（美索不達(dá)米亞平原）—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well-known as the　 10 　of the European culture.　 11 　the Chinese culture, the European one also　 12 　waters. When the colonists of England　 13 　in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t　 14 　from the European one a lot.

At the same time, the　 15 　of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic（象形文字的）languages while the Western languages are　 16 　based on the Latin system, for example, the one I’m using to write this paper.

Other factors like human race difference　 17 　as well. However,　 18 　the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom　 19 　until recent centuries.　 20 　they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference（干擾）from the other.

1. A. above all　B. on the whole　C. in all　D. in no case

2. A. mountains　B. plains　C. lakes　D. rivers

3. A. or　B. for　C. while　D. when

4. A. developed　B. improved　C. created　D. protected

5. A. suddenly　B. quietly　C. gradually　D. naturally

6. A. mixed　B. changed　C. decided　D. forced

7. A. expanded　B. interrupted　C. influenced　D. shaped

8. A. comes　B. belongs　C. amounts　D. adds

9. A. brought up　B. carried out　C. given out　D. picked up

10. A. result　B. sign　C. base　D. content

11. A Via　B. Except　C. With　D. Like

12. A. affected　B. spread　C. crossed　D. formed

13. A. joined up　B. went up　C. broke down　D. settled down

14. A. come　B. suffer　C. result　D. differ

15. A. difference　B. development　C. appearance　D. feature

16. A. properly　B. partly　C. simply　D. mostly

17. A. last　B. count　C. reduce　D. change

18. A. in terms of　B. due to　C. as to　D. in case of

19. A. transform　B. display　C. communicate　D. distinguish

20. A Furthermore　B. Meanwhile　C. Therefore　D. However