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Storytelling
Storytelling has caught the human imagination for thousands of years. People everywhere have told stories to amuse, to teach, to remember, and just to pass the time. People started telling stories long before writing was invented. 1. But people all over the world still tell one another stories out loud. A person who can tell a good story nearly always finds listeners.
Before people developed writing, storytelling was the most important way to pass along information. Anything a culture wanted to protect—its beliefs, its history, and its traditions—had to be told out loud. Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next. 2. Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition. Even cultures that know how to write still pass along some information in this way.
3. In other cultures only special storytellers were trusted to do this important job. A culture's best storytellers had good memories. They could also make the stories very interesting, so people would listen and remember them. Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems. 4.
However, stories told aloud change over time as different people tell them. A storyteller might change a story in order to make it better. Or a teller may simply not remember all the details of a story. Unlike written stories, the spoken tradition is not created by any one person. 5. Sometimes the stories are collected and written down long after they have been created.
A. In this way the stories were passed along.
B. In some cultures everyone would pass along the stories.
C. Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember.
D. Instead, a whole culture helps shape the changing stories throughout history.
E. Today stories are also written down in books and acted out in movies, TV shows, and plays.
(2020年广州市中考阅读填空)
▲文本解读与分析
本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了口述故事叙事的源起、形式、意义及其发展演变等。
1. 答案：E
解析：该题上文首先介绍了口述故事的源起和功能，然后提到人们在发明用写的方式记录之前就开始口述故事了。填空线后讲到：尽管如此，全世界的人们依然会用口述的方式来讲故事。这里上文的long before，选项E中的Today以及下文的still等构成了语义上的逻辑关联。
2. 答案：A
解析：这一段落的一个核心词组就是文化传承pass on或者pass along，该核心词组的不断复现构成了段落内各句子之间的意义联结。下文则讲到通过这种口述方式传承下来的知识被称为口述传统，即使人们知道如何用写的方式来记录文化，仍然还会使用口述的方式来传递信息。
3. 答案：B
解析：本题考查的句子在上下段之间起着承上启下的作用，总结上段，引出本段的内容，而选项B中的In some cultures，和下句中的In other cultures构成了很清晰的逻辑语义关联，故选B。
4. 答案：C
解析：本题考查的是本段落内容的延伸，与上文之间的语义关联非常清晰，前文的关键词sing和poem在选项C. "Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember."中复现，故选C。
5. 答案：D
解析：本题考查的是段落内的语义转折。这一段主要介绍了口述故事的发展演变。口述故事会随着时间的推移而发生改变，口述故事的传统并非由单个人创造的，在历史的长河中，口述故事的发展演变其实是由整个社会文化来决定shape的。
Storytelling
Storytelling has caught the human imagination for thousands of years. People everywhere have told stories to amuse, to teach, to remember, and just to pass the time. People started telling stories long before writing was invented. 1. But people all over the world still tell one another stories out loud. A person who can tell a good story nearly always finds listeners.
Before people developed writing, storytelling was the most important way to pass along information. Anything a culture wanted to protect—its beliefs, its history, and its traditions—had to be told out loud. Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next. 2. Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition. Even cultures that know how to write still pass along some information in this way.
3. In other cultures only special storytellers were trusted to do this important job. A culture's best storytellers had good memories. They could also make the stories very interesting, so people would listen and remember them. Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems. 4.
However, stories told aloud change over time as different people tell them. A storyteller might change a story in order to make it better. Or a teller may simply not remember all the details of a story. Unlike written stories, the spoken tradition is not created by any one person. 5. Sometimes the stories are collected and written down long after they have been created.
A. In this way the stories were passed along.
B. In some cultures everyone would pass along the stories.
C. Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember.
D. Instead, a whole culture helps shape the changing stories throughout history.
E. Today stories are also written down in books and acted out in movies, TV shows, and plays.
(2020年广州市中考阅读填空)
▲文本解读与分析
本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了口述故事叙事的源起、形式、意义及其发展演变等。
1. 答案：E
解析：该题上文首先介绍了口述故事的源起和功能，然后提到人们在发明用写的方式记录之前就开始口述故事了。填空线后讲到：尽管如此，全世界的人们依然会用口述的方式来讲故事。这里上文的long before，选项E中的Today以及下文的still等构成了语义上的逻辑关联。
2. 答案：A
解析：这一段落的一个核心词组就是文化传承pass on或者pass along，该核心词组的不断复现构成了段落内各句子之间的意义联结。下文则讲到通过这种口述方式传承下来的知识被称为口述传统，即使人们知道如何用写的方式来记录文化，仍然还会使用口述的方式来传递信息。
3. 答案：B
解析：本题考查的句子在上下段之间起着承上启下的作用，总结上段，引出本段的内容，而选项B中的In some cultures，和下句中的In other cultures构成了很清晰的逻辑语义关联，故选B。
4. 答案：C
解析：本题考查的是本段落内容的延伸，与上文之间的语义关联非常清晰，前文的关键词sing和poem在选项C. "Songs and poems can both make stories easier to remember."中复现，故选C。
5. 答案：D
解析：本题考查的是段落内的语义转折。这一段主要介绍了口述故事的发展演变。口述故事会随着时间的推移而发生改变，口述故事的传统并非由单个人创造的，在历史的长河中，口述故事的发展演变其实是由整个社会文化来决定shape的。
答案
1.E；2.A；3.B；4.C；5.D
解析
【分析】
本题为中考英语阅读填空题，需通过分析上下文的逻辑关系、时间线索、关键词复现、指代衔接等解题。首先通读全文，明确每段主旨：第一段讲故事的起源与古今延续；第二段讲书写前的口述传承；第三段讲不同文化中故事讲述的主体；第四段讲口述故事的演变。逐个空分析：1空需衔接“书写前”到“现在仍讲故事”的时间逻辑；2空需衔接“代际传承”到“口述传统”的指代逻辑；3空需与下文“In other cultures”形成并列的文化范围逻辑；4空需与上文“sing、poems”形成关键词复现；5空需承接“不是单个人创造”的转折逻辑。
【解析】
1. 第1空：上文提到“long before writing was invented”（书写发明前），下文“still tell one another stories out loud”（现在仍大声讲故事），E选项中“Today”与上文时间线索呼应，且“also”体现古今故事的不同形式，故选E。
2. 第2空：上文“Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next”（每代人传承文化故事），下文“Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition”（这种方式传承的知识是口述传统），A选项中“In this way”指代上文的代际传承方式，起到衔接作用，故选A。
3. 第3空：下文出现“In other cultures”（在其他文化中），B选项中“In some cultures”（在一些文化中）与下文形成“some...other...”的并列逻辑，符合语境，故选B。
4. 第4空：上文“Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems”（有时人们用唱歌或诗歌形式讲故事），C选项中“Songs and poems”与上文关键词完全复现，且“make stories easier to remember”解释了这种形式的作用，故选C。
5. 第5空：上文“the spoken tradition is not created by any one person”（口述传统不是单个人创造的），D选项中“Instead”承接上文否定，说明是“整个文化塑造故事”，符合段落关于口述故事演变的主旨，故选D。
【答案】
1.E；2.A；3.B；4.C；5.D
【知识点】
阅读理解（七选五）、语篇逻辑衔接、关键词复现
【点评】
本题是2020年广州中考英语阅读填空真题，考查学生对语篇上下文衔接、逻辑关系及关键词的把握能力，是中考常见题型，需结合时间、并列、指代等逻辑线索解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
本题为中考英语阅读填空题，需通过分析上下文的逻辑关系、时间线索、关键词复现、指代衔接等解题。首先通读全文，明确每段主旨：第一段讲故事的起源与古今延续；第二段讲书写前的口述传承；第三段讲不同文化中故事讲述的主体；第四段讲口述故事的演变。逐个空分析：1空需衔接“书写前”到“现在仍讲故事”的时间逻辑；2空需衔接“代际传承”到“口述传统”的指代逻辑；3空需与下文“In other cultures”形成并列的文化范围逻辑；4空需与上文“sing、poems”形成关键词复现；5空需承接“不是单个人创造”的转折逻辑。
【解析】
1. 第1空：上文提到“long before writing was invented”（书写发明前），下文“still tell one another stories out loud”（现在仍大声讲故事），E选项中“Today”与上文时间线索呼应，且“also”体现古今故事的不同形式，故选E。
2. 第2空：上文“Each generation would tell the culture's stories to the next”（每代人传承文化故事），下文“Knowledge passed on in this method is called the spoken tradition”（这种方式传承的知识是口述传统），A选项中“In this way”指代上文的代际传承方式，起到衔接作用，故选A。
3. 第3空：下文出现“In other cultures”（在其他文化中），B选项中“In some cultures”（在一些文化中）与下文形成“some...other...”的并列逻辑，符合语境，故选B。
4. 第4空：上文“Sometimes people would sing the stories or tell them in the form of poems”（有时人们用唱歌或诗歌形式讲故事），C选项中“Songs and poems”与上文关键词完全复现，且“make stories easier to remember”解释了这种形式的作用，故选C。
5. 第5空：上文“the spoken tradition is not created by any one person”（口述传统不是单个人创造的），D选项中“Instead”承接上文否定，说明是“整个文化塑造故事”，符合段落关于口述故事演变的主旨，故选D。
【答案】
1.E；2.A；3.B；4.C；5.D
【知识点】
阅读理解（七选五）、语篇逻辑衔接、关键词复现
【点评】
本题是2020年广州中考英语阅读填空真题，考查学生对语篇上下文衔接、逻辑关系及关键词的把握能力，是中考常见题型，需结合时间、并列、指代等逻辑线索解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
