Unit 6 课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化-【金版教程】2025-2026学年高中英语必修第二册创新导学案Word（北师大版）

课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese language is one of the __1__ (old) written languages in the world. It __2__ (speak) by the Han majority and many other ethnic groups in China. Nearly 1.3 billion people speak some form of Chinese as their first language.

The varieties of Chinese are __3__ (usual) described by native speakers as dialects of a single Chinese language, but linguists (语言学家) note that they are as diverse as a language family. There are between 7 and 13 main regional groups of Chinese, of __4__ the most spoken by far is Mandarin (普通话), __5__ (follow) by Wu, Min, Yue, etc. Standard Chinese is a standardized form of spoken Chinese based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. It is __6__ official language of China, and also one of the six official languages of the United Nations.

Though many Chinese dialects exist, the written language is still a very common form of communication. If we go to __7__ (difference) provinces, we may not be able __8__ (communicate) with the local people verbally (口头地), but we can understand each other in writing. And the written language can be further divided __9__ different forms, like simplified Chinese __10__ traditional Chinese. There is also a form called “pinyin”， which is the Chinese language with a roman spelling.

1．________　2.________　3.________　4.________　5．________　

6.________　7.________　8.________　9．________　10.________

答案：1.oldest　2.is spoken　3.usually　4.which 5．followed　6.the　7.different　8.to communicate　9.into　10.and