Passage 54 Children’s toys in ancient China
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小小玩具隐藏着中华五千年的智慧密码。阅读古代趣味玩具图鉴，完成任务。
During ancient times, there were no smart phones or computers. Instead, people came up with fun toys for children. Let's take a look.

思维新题
任务一:根据玩具图鉴内容,选择正确答案。
()1. The underlined words “came up with” mean “” in Chinese. 835 645考点 词义猜测
A. 购买
B. 想出
C. 说出
()2. People could make both Luban locks and diabolos with .
A. ropes
B. stones
C. wood
()3. If children played with , there would be a nice sound.
a. the Luban lock
b. the diabolo
c. the Nijiaojiao
A. a b
B. a c
C. b c
任务二:根据玩具图鉴内容,判断句子正(T)误(F)。
()4. There were whistles inside the wheels of the double-round diabolo.
()5. The Nijiaojiao usually looked like a bird.
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This is Nijiaojiao made of clay. 这是用陶土制成的泥叫叫。

任务一:
1. B 【词义猜测】由上文可知,古代没有智能手机和电脑。由此可推知,人们想出了有趣的玩具给孩子们玩,故此处“came up with”意为“想出”。
2. C 【细节理解】由玩具图鉴中的“The Luban lock was a puzzle. People used wooden sticks to make it.”和“The double-round diabolo was usually made of wood or bamboo.”可知,鲁班锁由木棍制成,空竹由木头或竹子制成,即两者都可以用木头制作。
3. C 【细节理解】由玩具图鉴中对双轮空竹的描述“When children played with it on a rope, the high-speed rotating diabolo would make a nice sound.”和对泥叫叫的描述“If you blow the whistle, you will hear a beautiful sound.”可知,这两种玩具都能发出好听的声音。
任务二:
4. F 【细节理解】由玩具图鉴中对双轮空竹的描述“The two wheels were empty inside.”可知,空竹的轮子内部没有哨子。
5. T 【细节理解】由玩具图鉴中的“The clay whistle was usually in the shape of a bird.”可知,泥叫叫通常形状像鸟。