D. being called “strong” often happens to him
69.The underlined word “she” in the 4th paragraph refers to________.
A. the girl he met on the campus
B. the teacher in charge of the dance routine
C. the girl who joined in the rehearsing
D. a stranger he met on the way to work
70.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. The Chinese Culture or the Western Culture
B. Am I Strong or Do I Need a Sweater
C. How I Can Get Stronger in Winter
D. How We Can Tell Two Different Cultures Apart
E
(2017·济南二月月考)
The western alphabet, which is used in Europe, the America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand as well as in other countries, originated in the Middle East. The people who gave the world this alphabet were the Phoneacians, a people who established colonies all over the Mediterranean, including Carthage in Africa and Gades in Spain. In their alphabet, the letters were represented by little pictures which represented sounds. The Phoneacian A was aelph, which means “bull”, and it was made from a little picture of a bull's head. The letter B was beth which meant “house”, and showed the roundroofed buildings which you can still see today in Syria.
The Phoneacians had contact with another nation of sailors, the Greeks, with whom they fought and traded. The Greeks also started to use the Phoneacian alphabet. They changed the names, so aelph and beth became alpha and beta. The shapes of the letters are the same, but they have been turned sideways. If you know any Greek, you can try turning the letters around again, and see how they look. You will see that the curve on the right of the Greek A becomes the horns of a little bull. Of course, the first two letters of the alphabet give it its name. Over the years there have been changes. Latin developed an alphabet with some different letters to the Greeks, and other letters have been added since. But really westerners are using the same system of writing which has served them so well for thousands of years.
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