五、传统文化阅读与表达。
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 thoughts, 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.
注:每题答案不超过6个词。
1. How long is the history of oracle bone inscriptions?

2. What did Shang people like to do according to the passage?

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. About 3,600 years.
2. Ask fortune tellers about the future.
3. By reading the bone cracks.
4. The development of Chinese characters.
5. They're important.（答案不唯一）

【分析】
本题是关于中国甲骨文的英语阅读理解题，包含4道细节查找题和1道开放表达题。解题思路：先通读全文把握大意，再针对每个问题的关键词回原文定位对应内容，提取符合要求且不超过6个词的信息；开放题结合甲骨文的意义给出合理评价即可。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第二段第一句，提取甲骨文的历史时长，答案为About 3,600 years.
2. 定位原文第二段第一句，提取商朝人喜欢做的事，答案为Ask fortune tellers about the future.
3. 定位原文第二段最后一句，提取占卜师获取答案的方式，答案为By reading the bone cracks.
4. 定位原文第四段第一句，提取甲骨文除文化外的作用，答案为The development of Chinese characters.
5. 结合全文甲骨文的重要性，给出合理评价，答案为They're important.
【答案】
1. About 3,600 years.
2. Ask fortune tellers about the future.
3. By reading the bone cracks.
4. The development of Chinese characters.
5. They're important.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节信息查找
【点评】
本题以中国传统文化甲骨文为阅读材料，既考查英语阅读定位能力，又渗透传统文化教育，题型贴合初中英语阅读考查形式，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6