A.We are always interested in making important choices.B.Advice from others ultimately
A. We are always interested in making important choices.
B. Advice from others ultimately determines our choices.
Choices influenced by others' advice usually make us suffer a lot.
D. It is us who have to make our own decision ultimately.
听力原文: People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings always wanted to tell stories in pictures.
About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of them are like modern comic-strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did net try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptians system. Later, the Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
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A. Because they wanted to record the animals they caught.
Because they wanted to make stories about, animal-hunting.
C. Because the painters wanted to show imagination.
D. Because the pictures were thought to be helpful.
A.Robert Ross.B.John Frost.C.Robert Frost.D.Boris Pasternak.
A. Robert Ross.
B. John Frost.
C. Robert Frost.
D. Boris Pasternak.
W: Oh, Dr. Green, I'm really sorry about missing yesterday.
M: Actually, it's been several days. Counting today, we've only had 6 classes, yet you've already missed 4. You won't be able to pass if you're constantly absent.
W: I'm really sorry, but I've been extremely busy. I promise to attend the rest of the classes on time.
M: Well, I hope you're ready for today's exam.
W: Today? I thought it was Monday!
M: Read the outline, Jane; this is precisely what I'm talking about. You should either make an effort to attend, or you should consider withdrawing while it's still possible.
W: What do you mean?
M: Today's the final day you can withdraw and get a full refund.
W: Maybe I really should; what do you suggest?
M: I wish you could attend classes regularly; however, if you don't believe you're capable of this, then don't waste your money.
W: Thanks, Dr. Green; I really appreciate your advice. If it's okay, I suppose I'll go ahead and drop the class.
M: It's entirely up to you, but that might be best if you don't think things are going to change. Excuse me, the students are coming, and I've got to get ready for class. I wish you the very best of luck, Jane.
W: Thank you, Dr. Green. Good bye.
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A. She hasn't been getting adequate grades.
B. She has been overloading herself with homework.
C. She hasn't been attending class on time.
D. She has been coming to school much too early.