四川普高专升本英语（阅读理解）模拟试卷3
常规阅读
If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we probably had to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a notebook and had written in it an account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same with history. Many things have been forgotten because of no written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and had left written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about some people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.
Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people. Often songs, dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung, acted and told for many generations. We may call this \\
1.Which of the following ideas is NOT true according to the passage?(D)
A. Remembered history, compared with written history, is less reliable.
B. Written records of the past play a most important role in our learning of the human history.
C. A written account of our daily activities helps us a lot.
D. Where there are no written records, there is no history.
解析：根据最后一段前三句“…even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people. Often songs，dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung，acted and told for many generations.\\
2.We know very little about some people in central Africa because________.(D)
A. there was nothing worth writing down at that time
B. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record
C. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire
D. the people there did not know how to write
解析：根据第二段最后一句\\
3.\\(D)
A. history based on a person’s imagination
B. stories passed down by word of mouth
C. songs and dances about the most important events
D. both B and C
解析：根据最后一段第二至四句\\
4.\\(B)
A. it is written down
B. no written account is available
C. it proves to be right
D. people are interested in it
解析：根据最后一段最后一句“But when there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful.”可知，在没有书面记录时，这种口头故事通常就会很有帮助，即只有当没有书面记录时，“记忆中的历史”才被认为是很有用的。故选B。
5.The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past if the ancient people had________.(A)
A. kept a written record of every important event in the past
B. not thrown their written records in wars
C. told exact stories of the most important happenings
D. made more songs and dances
解析：根据第二段前两句\\
A few months ago I was having breakfast in downtown Washington. I couldn’t help but overhear a casual job interview happening at the table next to me. The interviewer owned a government contracting business. He was looking to hire a person
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