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Book1 Unit 5
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练习重点:综合考点
THE CHINESE WRITING SYSTEM:
CONNECTING THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
China is1. _________( wide) known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into modern times, 2. _________ the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons 3. _________this has been possible, but one of the main factors has been the Chinese writing system.
At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language.4. _________ dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu—animal bones and shells 5. _________ which symbols were carved by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still 6. _________(see) in today’s hanzi.
By the Shang Dynasty (around 1600-1046 BCE), these symbols 7. _________( become) a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time8. _________people were divided geographically, leading to many 9. _________(variety) of dialects and characters. This, h