Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.There seems never to have been a civilization without toys,but when and how theydeveloped is unknown.They probably came about just to give children something to do.(76)In the ancient world,as in today,most boys played with some kinds of toys and mostgirls with another.In societies where social roles are rigidly determined,boys pattern their playafter the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers.This is true becauseboys and girls are being prepared,even in play to step into the roles and responsibilities of the world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over thecenturies but how much they have remained the same.The changes have been mostly in terms ofcraftsmanship,mechanics and technology.It is the universality of toys with regard to theirdevelopment in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing.In Egypt,the America,China,Japan and among the Arctic people,generally the same kinds of toys appeared.Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings.(77)Nearly every civilization had dolls,little weapons,toy soldiers,tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form,they have not been subject totechnological leaps that characterize inventions for use.The progress from the wheel to theox cart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent(进步).The progress from a rattle(拨浪鼓)usedby a baby in 3,000 B.C.to one used by an infant today,however,is not characterized byinventiveness.Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to thelimitations of available materials.
One aspect of"the universality of toys"lies in the fact that