2018北京市学位英语真题及答案.pdfVIP

2018 北京市学士学位英语 考前押题 （考试时间 120 分钟） Part ReadingComprehension(30%) Ⅰ Directions: There are threepassages in thispart. Eachpassage isfollowed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there arefour choices markedA, B, CandD. Youshould decideon thebestchoiceandblacken thecorresponding letter on theAnswerSheet. Passage 1 Questions 1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage. There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developedisunknown.Theyprobably cameaboutjusttogivechildren somethingtodo. (76)In the ancient world, as in today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adultworld. What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuriesbut how much they have remained the same.The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in allparts oftheworld andtheir persistencetothepresent that is amazing.In Egypt, theAmerica,China,Japan and amongtheArcticpeople,generally the samekindsoftoys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. (77)Nearly every civilizationhaddolls,littleweapons,toy soldiers,tiny animalsandvehicles. Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the ox cart totheautomobile isa direct lineof ascen