Drawingapictureisthesimplestwayofputtinganideadownonpaper.Thatishowmenfirstbegantowritesixthousandyearsagoormore.Thealphabetwenowusecamedowntousoveralongperiodoftime.Itwasdevelopedfromthepicture-writingofancient(古代的)Egypt.Picture-writingwasusefulinmanyways.Itcouldbeusedtoexpressideasaswellasobjects.Forexampleadrawingofamanmeanttheobject"man".Butadrawingofamanlyingonthegroundwithaspearinhimmeant"death".
BesidestheEgyptianstheChineseandtheAmericanIndiansalsodevelopedwaysofwritinginpictures.Butonlysomuchcouldbesaidthisway.Thousandsofpictureswouldhavebeenneededtoexpressalltheideasthatpeoplemighthave.Itwouldhavetakenmanythousandmoretoexpressalltheobjectsknowntomen.Noonecoulddrawsomanypicturesinalifetime.Norcouldanyonelearnthemeaningsofallsuchdrawingsinalifetime.
1.Whichisnottrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.InancientEgyptdifferentpictureshavedifferentmeanings.
B.Adrawingofamanlyingonthegroundwithaspearinhishandmeant"death".
C.Picture-writingalsohasshortcomings.
D.Noteveryonecouldlearnthemeaningsofallthedrawings.
2.Fromthispassageweknowtheauthor________
A.thinksthepicture-writingdevelopedfromthealphabet.
B.enjoyspicture-writing.
C.thinkssomedrawingscan'tbeunderstoodbyeveryone.
D.thinkspicture-writingcanexpressideaseasily.
3.What'sthepassage'smainidea?
A.Drawingpicturesisveryeasy.
B.Thehistoryofwritingofmankind.
C.Picture-writingcanexpressideas.
D.Noteveryonecandrawpictures.
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