阅读理解
Therewasatimeinearlyhistoryofmanwhenthedayshadnonames!Thereasonwasquitesimple:Menhadnotinventedtheweek.
Inthosedaystheonlydivisionoftimeswasthemonthandthereweretoomanydaysinthemonthforeachofthemtohaveaseparatename.Butwhenmenbegantobuildcitiestheywantedtohaveaspecialday.Sometimesthesemarketdayswerefixedateverytenthdaysometimeseveryseventhday.Onthisdaytheydidn'tworkbutkepteveryseventhdayforreligiouspurposes.Inthiswaytheweekcameintobeing.TheJewsgaveeachofthesevendaysanamebutitwasreallyanumberaftertheSabbathday(whichwasSaturday).
WhentheEgyptiansadoptedtheseven-dayweektheynamedthedaysafterfiveplanetsthesunandthemoon.TheRomansusedtheEgyptiannamesfortheirdaysoftheweek:thedayofthesunofthemoonoftheplanetMarsofMercury(水星)ofVenus(木星)andofSaturn(土星).
WegetournamesforthedaysnotfromtheRomansbutfromtheAnglo-Saxonswhocalledmostofthedaysaftertheirowngods.
(1)Intheearlydaystherewerenonamesforthedaysbecausemen________.
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A.hadnotyetcreatedtheideaofgroupingsevendaysinaweek
B.didnotknowwhattheword“week”meant
C.considereditunnecessarytohavethenames
D.didnotbelieveitwasthetimetoinventtheweek
(2)Inthosedays________.
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A.thesmallestunitoftimewasthemonth
B.thesmallestunitoftimewastheweek
C.theyearhadbeenbelievedtobetheonlydivisionoftimes
D.themonthshadnonameseither
(3)Whobegantocallthedaysinaweekafterfiveplanetsthesunandthemoon?
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A.TheEgyptians.
B.TheRomans.
C.TheBabylonians.
D.TheAnglo-Saxons.
(4)Ourpresentnamesforthedaysoftheweekare________.
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A.quitesimilartotheRomans'
B.mostlynamedafterthegodsoftheAnglo-Saxons
C.moreorlessthesameasthosetheEgyptiansareusing
D.butnumbers