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The Chinese language differs from western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important part in the development of Chinese culture.
Chinese characters began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese characters. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprint of animals in the snow and noticed that each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified, and others have been made more difficult over time.
However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountain tops together. This became one mountain top and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by putting two or more characters together. For example, “rest”(休) was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “prisoner”(囚) was formed with a “man”(人) inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up”(上) and “down”(下) are opposite of each other.
Though these kinds of characters show meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they don’t show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a way was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope of making learning to read and write more understandable to a large number of people. And now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.
( )61. The writer introduced the Chinese characters at the very beginning by ______ .
A. providing causes
B. comparing facts
C. expressing opinions
D. giving examples
()62. Which is NOT included in the process of inventing the first Chinese characters?
A. Watching the footprints of animals.
B. Using different shapes.
C. Creating shapes of objects.
D. Drawing physical objects.
()63. Which Chinese character used the underlined method in Paragraph 5?
A. 竹
B. 仁
C. 樱
D. 乐
()64. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by a large number of people.
B. The Chinese didn’t introduce simplified Chinese characters until 1950.
C. Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, which are all easier than before.
D. Chinese words and English words are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.
()65. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Form Chinese Characters
B. The History of the Chinese Language
C. The Difference Between Chinese and Western Language
D. The Development of Chinese Characters
The Chinese language differs from western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important part in the development of Chinese culture.
Chinese characters began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese characters. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprint of animals in the snow and noticed that each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified, and others have been made more difficult over time.
However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountain tops together. This became one mountain top and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by putting two or more characters together. For example, “rest”(休) was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “prisoner”(囚) was formed with a “man”(人) inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up”(上) and “down”(下) are opposite of each other.
Though these kinds of characters show meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they don’t show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a way was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope of making learning to read and write more understandable to a large number of people. And now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.
( )61. The writer introduced the Chinese characters at the very beginning by ______ .
A. providing causes
B. comparing facts
C. expressing opinions
D. giving examples
()62. Which is NOT included in the process of inventing the first Chinese characters?
A. Watching the footprints of animals.
B. Using different shapes.
C. Creating shapes of objects.
D. Drawing physical objects.
()63. Which Chinese character used the underlined method in Paragraph 5?
A. 竹
B. 仁
C. 樱
D. 乐
()64. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by a large number of people.
B. The Chinese didn’t introduce simplified Chinese characters until 1950.
C. Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, which are all easier than before.
D. Chinese words and English words are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.
()65. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Form Chinese Characters
B. The History of the Chinese Language
C. The Difference Between Chinese and Western Language
D. The Development of Chinese Characters
答案
61.B 62.C 63.C 64.A 65.D
解析
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文细节逐一分析各题：
1. 第61题：定位文章开头第一句，通过对比中西方语言的差异引入汉字，判断引入方式；
2. 第62题：定位第二段关于汉字发明过程的描述，逐一核对选项是否在原文中提及，排除未涉及的选项；
3. 第63题：定位第五段下划线的造字方法（形声字，一部分表义一部分表音），分析选项中汉字的造字类型，匹配符合的选项；
4. 第64题：逐一核对每个选项与原文内容的一致性，排除与原文不符的选项；
5. 第65题：梳理全文主旨，判断最贴合的标题。
【解析】
1. 第61题：文章开头通过对比中西方语言（中文不用字母用字符，西方用字母）的事实引入汉字，对应选项B（comparing facts），故选B；
2. 第62题：第二段提到发明汉字的过程：看动物脚印（A）、用不同形状代表物体（B）、第一个汉字是实物的画（D），未提及“创造物体形状”（C），故选C；
3. 第63题：第五段方法为形声字（形旁表义、声旁表音），选项中“樱”的形旁是“木”（表义），声旁是“婴”（表音），符合该方法，故选C；
4. 第64题：A选项对应最后一段“简化字在中国大陆广泛使用”，正确；B选项是1950年代而非1950年，错误；C选项部分汉字简化、部分变难，错误；D选项中文不用字母，错误，故选A；
5. 第65题：全文围绕汉字的起源、演变、造字方法及简化等发展过程展开，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】
61.B 62.C 63.C 64.A 65.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题是一篇介绍汉字发展的说明文，考查学生对文章细节、特定造字方法及主旨的理解，需学生精准定位原文信息，分析选项与原文的匹配度，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文细节逐一分析各题：
1. 第61题：定位文章开头第一句，通过对比中西方语言的差异引入汉字，判断引入方式；
2. 第62题：定位第二段关于汉字发明过程的描述，逐一核对选项是否在原文中提及，排除未涉及的选项；
3. 第63题：定位第五段下划线的造字方法（形声字，一部分表义一部分表音），分析选项中汉字的造字类型，匹配符合的选项；
4. 第64题：逐一核对每个选项与原文内容的一致性，排除与原文不符的选项；
5. 第65题：梳理全文主旨，判断最贴合的标题。
【解析】
1. 第61题：文章开头通过对比中西方语言（中文不用字母用字符，西方用字母）的事实引入汉字，对应选项B（comparing facts），故选B；
2. 第62题：第二段提到发明汉字的过程：看动物脚印（A）、用不同形状代表物体（B）、第一个汉字是实物的画（D），未提及“创造物体形状”（C），故选C；
3. 第63题：第五段方法为形声字（形旁表义、声旁表音），选项中“樱”的形旁是“木”（表义），声旁是“婴”（表音），符合该方法，故选C；
4. 第64题：A选项对应最后一段“简化字在中国大陆广泛使用”，正确；B选项是1950年代而非1950年，错误；C选项部分汉字简化、部分变难，错误；D选项中文不用字母，错误，故选A；
5. 第65题：全文围绕汉字的起源、演变、造字方法及简化等发展过程展开，对应选项D，故选D。
【答案】
61.B 62.C 63.C 64.A 65.D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本题是一篇介绍汉字发展的说明文，考查学生对文章细节、特定造字方法及主旨的理解，需学生精准定位原文信息，分析选项与原文的匹配度，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
