The cultures of the East and the West really disting­uish from each other a lot.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems ____. The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries：China and India.Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by ___.In China，the mother river is the Yellow River ___ the Indian one is the Hindu River.These two cultures were ____ for several thousand years and formed their own styles.Then in the Tang Dynasty of China，the Chinese culture ____ went overseas to Japan，____ into the Japanese society and ___ the Japanese culture nowadays.Though a bit different from the Chinese one，it ____ to the same system. When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture，another famous culture was ____ on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不达米亚平原)—the Mesopotamian Civilization.This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.And these two are well­known as the ____ of the European culture.____ the Chinese culture，the European one also ____ waters.When the colonists of England ____ in America，their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean.So the American culture doesn’t ___ from the European one a lot. At the same time，the ____ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences.In the East，most languages belong to the pictographic(象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are ____ based on the Latin system，for example，the one I’m using to write this paper. Other factors like human race difference ____ as well.However，___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West，the two cultures seldom ___ until recent centuries.____ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干扰) from the other. 小题1: A．above all B．on the whole C．in all D．in no case 小题2: A．mountains B．plains C．lakes D．rivers 小题3: A．or B．for C．while D．when 小题4: A．developed B．improved C．created D．protected 小题5:． A．suddenly B．quietly C．gradually D．naturally 小题6: A．mixed B．changed C．decided D．forced 小题7: A．expanded B．interrupted C．influenced D．shaped 小题8: A．comes B．belongs C．amounts D．adds 小题9: A．brought up B．carried out C．given out D．picked up 小题10: A．result B．sign C．base D．content 小题11: A．Via B．Except C．With D．Like 小题12: A．affected B．spread C．crossed D．formed 小题13: A．joined up B．went up C．broke down D．settled down 小题14: A．come B．suffer C．result D．differ 小题15:． A．difference B．development C．appearance D．feature 小题16: A．properly B．partly C．simply D．mostly 小题17: A．last B．count C．reduce D．change 小题18: A．in terms of B．due to C．as to D．in case of 小题19: A．transform B．display C．communicate D．distinguish 小题20: A．Furthermore B．Meanwhile C．Therefore D．However