六、传统文化任务型阅读。
How do we know about things that happened thousands of years ago when there were no videos or photos? One answer is written records. The earliest written records of Chinese civilization(文明) are known as oracle bone inscriptions(甲骨文).
About 3,600 years ago, people in the Shang Dynasty liked to ask fortune tellers(占卜师) about the future. For example, “What will the weather be like next week?” “Where should I go to make money?” “Will my wife give birth to a boy or a girl?” From work to love, people asked questions about many topics. The fortune teller would write the question on an oracle bone, heat it up, and then read the cracks(裂纹) in it to find an answer.
Tens of thousands of oracle bones have been found so far. They can tell us a great deal about how people lived during the Shang Dynasty. “They help us understand the origins of Chinese philosophy(哲学) and thoughts, and figure out where our culture comes from,” Song Zhenhao, a leading oracle bone expert, told China Daily.
In addition to telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also the key to understanding the development of Chinese characters. Many of the Chinese characters we use today are similar to those used 3,600 years ago. “The oracle bone inscriptions, as the earliest-known mature(成熟的) form of Chinese characters, represent the beauty and uniqueness(唯一) of a language that has been passed down,” said Chen Nan, a professor at Tsinghua University.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。(每题答案不超过6个词)
1. How long is the history of oracle bone inscriptions?

2. Who did people in the Shang Dynasty like to ask about the future?

3. How many oracle bones have been found so far?

4. Besides ancient Chinese culture, what do the oracle bones also tell us?

5. What do you think of oracle bone inscriptions?

1. About 3,600 years.
2. Fortune tellers.
3. Tens of thousands of oracle bones.
4. The development of Chinese characters.
5. They’re important.（答案不唯一）

【分析】本题为任务型阅读理解题，解题思路是：先明确每个问题的核心关键词，再回到短文中定位对应信息，提取符合“不超过6个词”要求的答案即可。
【解析】1. 根据短文第二段第一句“About 3,600 years ago...”，可提取甲骨文的历史时长；2. 根据短文第二段“people in the Shang Dynasty liked to ask fortune tellers about the future”，提取询问的对象；3. 根据短文第三段第一句“Tens of thousands of oracle bones have been found so far”，提取已发现的甲骨文数量；4. 根据短文第四段第一句“In addition to telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also the key to understanding the development of Chinese characters”，提取甲骨文的另一作用；5. 结合短文对甲骨文重要性的描述，给出合理评价（答案不唯一）。
【答案】1. About 3,600 years. 2. Fortune tellers. 3. Tens of thousands of oracle bones. 4. The development of Chinese characters. 5. They’re important.
【知识点】任务型阅读理解、细节信息查找
【点评】本题围绕传统文化（甲骨文）展开，考查学生从短文中提取关键信息的能力，题型基础，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.8