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UNIT3单元主题训练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2023·汕头高三检测)IfyoustoparandompersononthestreetinChina,theresapretty

goodchancethattheirsurnamewouldbeeitherWang,Li,Zhang,LiuorChen.Thats

becausethosearethefivemostcommonsurnamesinChina—sharedby30%ofthe

population.Andthevastmajorityofthepopulationsharejust100ofthosesurnames.In

comparison,theUnitedStatesreported6.3millionsurnamesinits2010census.

Thereareafewreasonsforthis:Chinaislessraciallydiversethancountriessuchasthe

US,whereawealthofminoritygroupsincreasesurnamediversity(多样性)．Italsohastodo

withlanguage;youcantjustaddarandomstroke(音节)toaChinesecharacterandcreate

anewsurname.

Buttheresalsoanotherfactoratplay:technology.WithChinaroaringintothedigital

age,nearlyeverythinghasmovedonline—frommakingappointmentstobuyingtrain

tickets.

ThemainproblemisthatnotallChinesecharactershavebeencodedintocomputer

systems.Thatmeantaworldoftroubleifyouhappenedtohaveararecharacterinyour

name.Asof2017,upto60millionChinesecitizensfacedthisproblem,accordingtoXinhua.

Peoplewithrarecharactersintheirnames,whicharentcompatible(兼容的)with

existingcomputersystems,cangetleftbehind—pushingmanytochangetheirnamesforthe

sakeofconvenience,evenifitmeansabandoningcenturiesofheritageandlanguages.

Totrytoaddressthis,expertshaveincreasedthedatabasefrom32,000charactersto

70,000characters,accordingtothegovernment.Theyrestillworkingtoexpandittoinclude

morethan90,000characters,saidChenJiawei,anassociateprofessoratBeijingNormal

University.

语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国汉语言文化中的姓氏文化。

1．WhatcanbelearnedfromthecomparisonaccordingtoParagraph1?

A．TherearefewercommonsurnamesinChina.

B．Chinesepeoplelikesharingthesamesurname.

C．TheUnitedStatesownsthemosts