六、传统文化任务型阅读。
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
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 thought, and figure out where our culture comes from,” Song Zhenhao, a leading oracle bone expert, told China Daily.
In addition to(除了) telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also the key to understanding the development of Chinese characters(汉字). 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.
1. What is the earliest written records of Chinese civilization according to the passage?

2. How long is the history of oracle bone inscriptions?

3. How did fortune tellers get answers?

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

5. What do you think of oracle bone inscriptions?

1. Oracle bone inscriptions.
2. About 3,600 years.
3. By reading the bone cracks.
4. The development of Chinese characters.
5. They're important.(答案不唯一)

【分析】本题为英语任务型阅读，解题思路为：先通读全文把握主旨，再针对每个问题回到原文定位对应段落的关键语句，提取匹配信息作答；第5题为开放型问题，结合原文对甲骨文的评价给出合理观点即可。
【解析】1. 定位原文第一段最后一句“The earliest written records of Chinese civilization(文明) are known as oracle bone inscriptions(甲骨文).”，可知答案为Oracle bone inscriptions.
2. 定位原文第二段开头“About 3,600 years ago...”，可知甲骨文的历史约3600年，故答案为About 3,600 years.
3. 定位原文第二段最后一句“...read the cracks(裂纹) in it to find an answer.”，可知占卜师通过读取甲骨上的裂纹得到答案，故答案为By reading the bone cracks.
4. 定位原文第四段开头“In addition to(除了) telling us about ancient Chinese culture, the oracle bones are also the key to understanding the development of Chinese characters.”，可知甲骨文还能帮助理解汉字的发展，故答案为The development of Chinese characters.
5. 本题为开放题，结合原文中甲骨文对了解文化、汉字发展的重要性，可给出合理评价，如They're important.
【答案】1. Oracle bone inscriptions.
2. About 3,600 years.
3. By reading the bone cracks.
4. The development of Chinese characters.
5. They're important.
【知识点】任务型阅读、细节理解题、开放型问题
【点评】本题结合中国传统文化（甲骨文）设置英语任务型阅读题，侧重考查学生快速定位原文信息的阅读能力，同时渗透文化认知，题目难度适中，符合初中英语阅读的考查要求。
【难度系数】0.7