单选题
The need to keep records and the increased sophistication of urban society contribute to the development of the following EXCEPT __________
A．writing
B．arithmetic
C．art expression
D．agriculture
D。本题考查对原文重要细节的推断。根据题干信息词the increased sophistication将答案定位到文章首段最后一句。文中提到，记录的需要促使写作和算术得到发展，而且随着城市社会越来越复杂，也推动了各种艺术表达的发展，题干的contribute to同义转述了led to和gave a new impetus to，结合选项只有D项agriculture在文中未提及，故选D。
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1
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3根据以下资料,回答题:
Most earthquakes occur within the upper 15 miles of the earth's surface．But earthquakes can and do occur at all depths to about 460 miles．Their number decreases as the depth increases．At about 460 miles one earthquake occurs only every few years．Near the surface earthquakes may run as high as 100,in a month, but the yearly average does not vary much．In comparison with the total number of earthquakes each year, the number of disastrous earthquakes is very small．
The extent of the disaster in an earthquake depends on many factors．If you carefully build a toy house with an erect set, it will still stand no matter how much you shake the table．But if you build a toy house with a pack of cards, a slight shake of the table will make it fall．An earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, was not Strong enough to be recorded on distant instruments, but it completely destroyed the city．Many stronger earthquakes have done comparatively little damage．If a building is well constructed and built on solid ground, it will resist an earthquake．
Most deaths in earthquakes have been due to faulty building construction or poor building sites．A third and very serious factor is panic．When people rush out into narrow streets, more deaths will result．
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Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the passage7
A．The number of earthquakes is closely related to depth．
B．Roughly the same number of earthquakes occurs each year．
C．Earthquakes are impossible at depths about 460 miles．
D．Earthquakes are most likely to occur near the surfaces．
