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阅读理解Therewasatimeinearlyhistoryofmanwhenthedayshadnonames!Thereasonwasquitesimple:Menhadnotinventedtheweek.Inthosedaystheonlydivisionoftimeswasthemonthandthereweretoomany
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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

黄振锋回答:
  答案:D;C;A;B   解析:   (1)从第一段最后一句可知。(2)从第二段第一句可知。(3)从第三段第一句可知。(4)从最后一段可知。
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