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课时达标(七)|必修2　Unit 1　Cultural relics Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2022·江西抚州一调)With 1.37 billion citizens, China has the world's largest population but has one of the smallest surname(姓) pools.Only about 6,000 surnames are in use, according to the Ministry of Public Security. There are a few reasons for this: China is less racially diverse than countries such as the US, where a large number of minority groups increase surname diversity.It also has to do with language; you can't just add a random stroke to a Chinese character and create a new surname, as the way you can add a letter to an English name. But there's also another factor at play: technology.China's digital revolution has transformed daily life, and many of these systems rely on a limited list of standardized Chinese characters.That means people with rare characters in their names, which aren't compatible with existing computer systems, can get left behind—pushing many to change their names for the sake of convenience, even if it means abandoning centuries of heritage and language. “The culture of surnames has been passed down in our country for thousands of years, with a deep and broad influence，” the Ministry of Public Security said in its 2019 annual nationwide survey on surnames.“Throughout history, the surnames have developed and differentiated, forming more than 6,000 surnames in use today.” The first records of Chinese surnames stretch back to “the era of bronze, bamboo and silk script”， according to the ministry—referring to when people wrote on raw materials in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties (1600～256 BC), before the invention of paper.By the Song Dynasty (960～1279 AD), a book called the “Hundred Family Surnames”， listing several hundred of the most common surnames, had become a classic text taught to children. China's history, full of migration, political unrest and wars, meant people's names often changed—which is partly why many have since disappeared.Sometimes, ancient rulers would adopt the names of their state or