第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空格中的最佳答案，并在答题

第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出能填入空格中的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish（区别）each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems    21    .
The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by     22    . In China, the mother river is the Yellow River    23     the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were     24     for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture    25     went overseas to Japan,     26     into the Japanese society and     27     the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it     28     to the same system.
When the two mother rivers gave     29     to the eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain--- the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well- known as the     30     of the European culture.     31     the Chinese culture, the European one also     32    waters. When the colonists of England     33    down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t     34     from the European one a lot.
At the same time, the     35     of the language systems adds to the cultural differences. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic languages while the Western languages are     36     based on the Latin system, for example, the one I ‘m using to write this paper.
Other factors like human race difference     37     as well. However,     38     the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom     39     until recent centuries.    40     they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.
21. A. above all            B. on the whole      C. in all                        D. first of all
22. A. mountains           B. plains                C. lakes               D. rivers
23. A. since          B. when         C. while               D. as
24. A. developed      B. improved          C. created             D. protected
25. A. suddenly             B. quietly                     C. gradually         D. naturally
26. A. mixed          B. flowed        C. moved               D. forced
27. A. expanded       B. enriched       C. influenced         D. shaped
28. A. es           B. belongs       C. amounts           D. adds
29. A. birth                  B. way           C. root               D. origin
30. A. characteristics   B. sign          C. base                  D. content
31. As                  B. Unlike         C. With              D. Like
32. A. passed               B. spread         C. crossed           D. formed
33. A. fell            B. went         C. broke             D. settled
34. A. separate        B. grow         C. move             D. distinguish
35. A. difference            B. use               C. appearance        D. change
36. A. properly        B. partly          C. simply                  D. mostly
37. A. include         B. counts        C. depends           D. worked
38. A. in terms of      B. due to              C. as to              D. in case of
39. A. help            B. connect       C. municate       D. meet
40. A. But            B. Because       C. So                      D. Yet21-25 BDCAC          26-30 ADBAC    31-35 DCDDA   36-40 DBBCC