An Italian scientist Fibonacci brought the number zero，along with the rest of the numbers，back to the West from his travels to North Africa.However，the number zero has a very long history.
There are at least two inventions of zero.The first appearance of the number zero came from a place of the Middle East.It first came into being between 400 and 300 BC in Babylon （巴比倫）.Before developing in India，it went through northern Africa and then crossed from Italy to Europe.At first，zero worked as a way to tell 10 from 100 to give an example using Arabic numbers.That was not a full zero.A full zero was a number on its own.It was the average （平均數(shù)）of -1 and 1.It began to work as a number in India in the fifth century A.D.
The second appearance of zero took place in the New World，in Mayan culture（馬雅文化），likely in the first few centuries A.D.An even earlier appearance of a zero was used to mean an empty number column （百位）about 4，000 to 5，000 years ago.
（1）Where was the man who brought the numerals to the West？ DD
A．Greece.
B．North Africa.
C．The Middle East.
D．Italy.
（2）How long did the number zero come into being according to the first appearance of it？ CC
A．Nearly 2，300 years.
B．More than 3，000 years.
C．About 2，400 years.
D．About 2，000 years
（3）What can we know from the second paragraph ？ BB
A．People used zero to tell the same places of Arabic numbers.
B．Zero was not a number before it developed in India.
C．There are two inventions of zero.
D．Zero first appeared in Italy.
（4）Which of the following is TRUE？ DD
A．Zero meant nothing in ancient times.
B．There were three kinds of zeros in ancient times.
C．The second appearance of zero appeared in Babylon.
D．There are more than two answers about the history of zero.
（5）What's the passage about？ AA
A．The history of zero.
B．The usage of zero.
C．Two inventions of zero.
D．The culture of zero.
【答案】D；C；B；D；A
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