人教版（2019） 必修第一册 Unit 5 Languages Around the World 课文语法填空（含答案）

必修一Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld

TheChineseWritingsystem:connectingthepastandthepresent

Chinaiswidelyknown

_______

itsancientcivilizationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughinto

modern

times,despitethemanyupsanddowns

_____

itshistory.Therearemanyreasons

_______

this

hasbeenpossible,butoneofthemain

_______(factor)

hasbeentheChinesewriting

system.

_____

thebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage_____________(date)

backseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellson

which

symbols

____________(carve)

byancientChinesepeople.

Someoftheancientsymbolscanstill

__________(see)

intoday’shanzi.

BytheShangDynasty,thesesymbols

____________(become)

awell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdeveloped

into

differentforms,asitwasatime

______________

peopleweredividedgeographically,

_________(lead)

tomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.Qinshihuang

unitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry

________

theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelop________

onedirection.Thatwritingsystemwas

_______

greatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomean

important

means________whichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.

Peopleinmoderntimescanreadtheclassicworkswhich

____________

(write)

byChineseinancienttimes.Thehighregard

______

theChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthe

____________(develop)

ofChinesecharactersasanartform,known

________Chinesecalligraphy.

Today,theChineseWritingSystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.

With

China

_______(play)

agreaterroleinglobalaffairs,an

_____________(increase)

numberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthis

___________(amaze)

language.

WriteablogaboutEnglishstudy

I______________(study)Englishsinceprimaryschool.Iusedtogethighmarks,butnowI’mhavingalotoftrouble_______mylistening.When___________(listen)tonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Listening

toEnglishradioprograms__________(help)

megetused

to________fastnativespeakerstalk.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistento

_____(I)

andcomparemy_______________(pronounce)withtheradiohost’s!

__________(depend)

on

whom

I’m

talkingto,

Ihavetodecide___________tosay,

“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”Ifwe’reequals,Ionlyneedafewwordstobridgethegap___________us.But

ifI’mtalkingtosomeonesenior_______me,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumind

__________(open)

thewindow,please?”

Thebookthatkeepsongrowing

TheOxfordEnglishDictionary

isoneofthemostfamousbooksintheworld

with

nostoryandnointerestingcharacters,noexciting

__________(begin)

andno____________(satisfy)ending.Andyetthisbookkeeps__________(print)anditkeepsgrowing!Atitslastprinting,itwas20volumes,withnearly2,000pages.This_________(strange)popularbookisoneofthemostfamousdictionaries

intheEnglish-speakingworld.

TheOxfordEnglishDictionary,orOED______short,beganin1857asjustanideaofagroupofpeople________thoughttheworldneededanEnglish-languagedictionarytoshowthehistoryofEnglishwords.However,itwasn’tuntilthelate1870s___________JamesMurrayjoinedtheprojectthatitbegantogrow.Murray________(plan)foradictionaryofabout6,400pagesinfourvolumes,completedin10years.Thatsmall

metal

buildingwastheplace______Murrayandhisassistantscollectedmillionsofpiecesofpaper,eachonewithawordandanexamplesentenceorphrase_________(write)onit.Itwasnotuntil1928________thedictionarywasdeclaredcompleteandpublished.Murraypassedawayin1915,overadecade___________theOEDcameout.Assoonasthedictionary_________(publish),however,theeditorsstartedtoupdateit!In1933,theOEDwasreprintedin12volumes.Between1972and1986,four_________(many)volumeswereaddedwithnewtechnicaland_____________(science)vocabularyandwordsfromotherEnglish-speakingcountries.

Withabout600,000wordsandthreemillionquotationsfromover1,000yearsofEnglish,theOEDisnotonlyarecordof___________theEnglishlanguagehascomefrombuthasalsobecome_______importantpartofthehistoryofEnglish-speakingculturesaroundtheworld.

Keys:

Forleadingincreasingdependingwhen

Inwhereamazingwhetherplanned

Whyinhavebeenbetweentowhere

Factorsofstudyingopeningwritten

At/inbywithbeginningthat

Datingwerewrittenlistening