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六、(2026·苏州市二模改编)阅读理解。(每小题2分,共10分)
The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet(字母表), it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important role in the development of Chinese culture.
Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of animals in the snow and noticed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified(简化) and others have been made more difficult over time.
However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountaintops together. This became one mountaintop and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.
Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. For example, “休” was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “囚” was formed with a “man” inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish(区别) their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up” and “down”, which are opposites of each other.
Though these kinds of characters indicate(表明) meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope to make learning to read and write more understandable to the general population, which would increase literacy(读写能力) across the country. And now they have widespread use in China.
()1. 新考法 写作手法 The writer introduces the Chinese characters by in Paragraph 4.
A. giving examples B. providing causes
C. expressing opinions D. comparing facts
( )2. 新考法 句子回填 The following sentence would best be placed at the beginning of ______ .
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.
A. Paragraph 5 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 2
()3. 新考法 学科融合 Which Chinese character used the method of the underlined sentence?
A. 亦 B. 竹 C. 明 D. 桐
()4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, all of which are easier than before.
B. Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by large numbers of people.
C. Chinese characters existed at the very beginning and remain today like other ancient symbols.
D. Chinese and English words are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.
()5. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?
A. Entertainment B. Nature C. Culture D. Review
The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet(字母表), it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. As one kind of the most ancient characters, Chinese characters have played an important role in the development of Chinese culture.
Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the footprints of animals in the snow and noticed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified(简化) and others have been made more difficult over time.
However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms. The character for a mountain was at first three mountaintops together. This became one mountaintop and three lines, and over time turned into the character used nowadays.
Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. For example, “休” was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character “囚” was formed with a “man” inside a square. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish(区别) their meanings by looking at them, for example, the characters for “up” and “down”, which are opposites of each other.
Though these kinds of characters indicate(表明) meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character represent the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s, the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters in the hope to make learning to read and write more understandable to the general population, which would increase literacy(读写能力) across the country. And now they have widespread use in China.
()1. 新考法 写作手法 The writer introduces the Chinese characters by in Paragraph 4.
A. giving examples B. providing causes
C. expressing opinions D. comparing facts
( )2. 新考法 句子回填 The following sentence would best be placed at the beginning of ______ .
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.
A. Paragraph 5 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 3 D. Paragraph 2
()3. 新考法 学科融合 Which Chinese character used the method of the underlined sentence?
A. 亦 B. 竹 C. 明 D. 桐
()4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Chinese characters have turned into standard forms, all of which are easier than before.
B. Chinese characters we use today have been accepted by large numbers of people.
C. Chinese characters existed at the very beginning and remain today like other ancient symbols.
D. Chinese and English words are both formed by putting alphabets and characters together.
()5. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?
A. Entertainment B. Nature C. Culture D. Review
答案
1. A 【解析】根据第四段中“For example,‘休’was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character‘囚’was formed with a‘man’inside a square.”可知,作者是通过举例的方式来介绍汉字。
2. B 【解析】题干所给句子表示“并不是所有的汉字都是从物体的图画发展而来的”。由此推知,下文应具体论述对应的实例,而第四段首句“Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.”正好衔接题干所述观点。因此,本句最适合放在第四段段首,承上启下。
3. D 【解析】画线句子提到的方法是形声造字法,即一部分表意,一部分表音。D 项中的汉字“桐”是形声字,其偏旁是“木”,表示桐树是树木,右侧的“同”代表“桐”的发音,符合上述造字方法。
4. B 5. C
2. B 【解析】题干所给句子表示“并不是所有的汉字都是从物体的图画发展而来的”。由此推知,下文应具体论述对应的实例,而第四段首句“Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.”正好衔接题干所述观点。因此,本句最适合放在第四段段首,承上启下。
3. D 【解析】画线句子提到的方法是形声造字法,即一部分表意,一部分表音。D 项中的汉字“桐”是形声字,其偏旁是“木”,表示桐树是树木,右侧的“同”代表“桐”的发音,符合上述造字方法。
4. B 5. C
解析
【分析】
这是一篇关于汉字发展的英语阅读理解题，共5小题，分别考查写作手法、句子回填、跨学科知识（汉字造字法）、细节理解和文章出处。解题思路为：1. 通读全文，把握文章主旨（介绍汉字的起源、发展、造字法及简化情况）；2. 针对每道题，定位原文对应段落，结合题干要求分析选项：第1题查找第四段的写作手法，第2题分析句子衔接的逻辑，第3题结合形声字特点选答案，第4题匹配原文细节，第5题判断文章所属板块。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据第四段中“For example,‘休’was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character‘囚’was formed with a‘man’inside a square.”可知，作者通过举“休”“囚”的例子介绍汉字，采用举例法，故选A。
2. 选B。题干句子“Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.”意为“并非所有汉字都由物体图画发展而来”，第四段首句“Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.”正好承接题干观点，举例说明非图画发展的汉字，故放在第四段段首，选B。
3. 选D。画线句子提到的造字法是形声字（一部分表意，一部分表音）。“桐”中“木”表意（表示与树木相关），“同”表音，符合形声字特点，故选D。
4. 选B。A项错误，原文仅提到部分汉字简化，并非所有都更简单；B项正确，原文提到简化汉字被广泛使用，说明被大众接受；C项错误，原文说部分汉字简化，并非和古代符号完全一致；D项错误，汉字不用字母，故选B。
5. 选C。文章主要介绍汉字的文化相关内容，属于文化板块，故选C。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、汉字造字法、文章出处判断
【点评】本题为跨学科英语阅读理解题，结合语文汉字知识考查学生的文本分析能力，涵盖写作手法、句子衔接、细节理解等考点，需要学生具备一定的跨学科知识，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
这是一篇关于汉字发展的英语阅读理解题，共5小题，分别考查写作手法、句子回填、跨学科知识（汉字造字法）、细节理解和文章出处。解题思路为：1. 通读全文，把握文章主旨（介绍汉字的起源、发展、造字法及简化情况）；2. 针对每道题，定位原文对应段落，结合题干要求分析选项：第1题查找第四段的写作手法，第2题分析句子衔接的逻辑，第3题结合形声字特点选答案，第4题匹配原文细节，第5题判断文章所属板块。
【解析】
1. 选A。根据第四段中“For example,‘休’was made up of the characters for a man and a tree. The character‘囚’was formed with a‘man’inside a square.”可知，作者通过举“休”“囚”的例子介绍汉字，采用举例法，故选A。
2. 选B。题干句子“Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.”意为“并非所有汉字都由物体图画发展而来”，第四段首句“Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.”正好承接题干观点，举例说明非图画发展的汉字，故放在第四段段首，选B。
3. 选D。画线句子提到的造字法是形声字（一部分表意，一部分表音）。“桐”中“木”表意（表示与树木相关），“同”表音，符合形声字特点，故选D。
4. 选B。A项错误，原文仅提到部分汉字简化，并非所有都更简单；B项正确，原文提到简化汉字被广泛使用，说明被大众接受；C项错误，原文说部分汉字简化，并非和古代符号完全一致；D项错误，汉字不用字母，故选B。
5. 选C。文章主要介绍汉字的文化相关内容，属于文化板块，故选C。
【答案】1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、汉字造字法、文章出处判断
【点评】本题为跨学科英语阅读理解题，结合语文汉字知识考查学生的文本分析能力，涵盖写作手法、句子衔接、细节理解等考点，需要学生具备一定的跨学科知识，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
