Unit 5 两篇课文 语法填空-2022-2022学年高中英语（人教版2019必修第一册）.docxVIP

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THECHINESEWRITINGSYSTEM:

CONNECTINGTHEPASTANDTHEPRESENT

Chinais____1____(wide)knownforitsancientcivilisation____2____hascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasons____3____thishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactors____4____(be)theChinesewritingsystem.

Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyears____5____theuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellson____6____symbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstill____7____(see)intoday’shanzi.

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbols____8____(become)awell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatime____9____peopleweredividedgeographically,____10____(lead)tomany____11____(variety)ofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry____12____theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelop____13____onedirection.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreat____14____(important)inunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatter____15____Chinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansby____16____China’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.Peopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworks____17____werewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersas____18____artform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,____19____hasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.

Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,an____20____(incre