Unit5LanguagesAroundtheWorld课文语法填空巩固高中英语人教版

新人教版必修一Unit5TheChineseWritingsystem:ConnectingthePastandthePresentChinais__________(wide)knownforitsancientcivilizationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,__________themanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasons__________thishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactors__________(be)theChinesewritingsystem.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicturebasedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyears__________theuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellson__________symbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstill__________(see)intoday’shanzi.BytheShangDynasty(around16001046BCE),thesesymbols__________(bee)awelldevelopedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatime__________peopleweredividedgeographically,__________(lead)tomany__________(variety)ofdialectsandcharacters.This,__________,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221207BCE).EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountry__________theChinesewritingsystembegantodevelop__________onedirection.Thatwritingsystemwasofgreat__________(important)inunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatter__________Chinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillmunicateinwriting.WrittenChinesehasalsobeeanimportantmeans__________whichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.Peopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassic__________(work)whichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.Thehighregard__________theChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersas__________artform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,__________hasbeeanimportantpartofChineseculture.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.__________Chinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,an__________(increase)numberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.必修一Unit5WriteaBlogaboutEnglishStudyWangLe:Hey,everybody,whatareyourbiggestproblems__________learningEnglish?LiuWen:Hi!I’vebeenstudyingEnglish__________primaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,__________nowI’mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakers__________(talk)inavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?JiaXin:ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammes__________(help)megetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.Ialsorepeat__________Iheartohelp__________(I)toexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoice__________Icanlistentomyselfandparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost’s!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It’ssomuch__________(easy)tojustsay“Openthewindow!”,butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI’mtalkingtoandthendecide__________tosay,“Openthewindow,please!”or“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”orevenlonger“Wouldyoumind__________(open)thewindow,please?”2LiRui:Yeah,that’sreallyhard!Ithinkitall__________(depend)onwhoyou’retalkingto.IfI’mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”—ourrelationshipiscloseandwe’reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegap__________us.ButifI’mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn’tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequest__________(long)—andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,“Couldyouopenthewindow,please?”IfI’mtalkingtosomeonesenior__________me,thenIshouldsay,“Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?”Forme,vocabularyismy__________(big)problem—therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan’tremember__________tousethemall__________(proper).HELP!必修一Unit5WorkbookPolyglots:WhatAreTheyandWhoCanBeOne?Somepolyglots,__________canspeakquiteafewlanguages,mayseemespecially__________(talent).ZhaoYuanren,aChineseAmericanlinguist,couldspeaksevenlanguagesandmorethan30dialects.England’sQueenElizabethIcouldspeakabout10languages.AfamousItaian__________(name)GuiseppeMezzofantiwasreportedtohavebeenabletomunicate__________30to40languages.PolyglotsareindeedamazingbutAmericanteenagerTimDonerisliving__________(prove)thatanyonecantrytobeone.Asachild,TimstudiedFrenchandLatinatschool,buthefound__________difficulttobeinterestedinjustwordsandgrammarrules.Whenhewas13,TimstartedlisteningtoHebrewrapmusic.Oneday,helooked__________thewordsinadictionaryandrealizedhecouldputthemtogethertomakesentences！HestartedlookingforpeoplewhospokeHebrew__________hecouldpractise,andthen,hedecidedtosignup__________asummerArabicclass.Oneevening,justforfun,hepostedavideoofhimself__________(speak)Arabicand__________ofhimspeakingHebrew.HebrewandArabicspeakerswrotenicements__________hisvideosandgavehimadvice.Timlovedit.Hecouldactuallymunicatewithpeople!Afterthat,Timstartedlookingfornewlanguagestolearn,and__________(post)morevideosofhimselfspeakingnewlanguages,includingChinese.Timalsobegantousemanyother__________(method)tomakelearningfun.Timwisheseveryonewouldlearnmorethanonelanguageandnotjustasaschoolsubject.“Knowingalanguageisalotmorethan__________(know)acoupleofwordsoutofadictionary,”Timsays.Languagesareformunicatingwithpeople,learningabouttheirculture,__________understandinghowdifferentpeoplethink.“Openupyourmindtothefact__________languagerepresentsaculturalworldview,”saysTim.“Youcantranslatewords__________(easy),butyoucan’tquitetranslate__________(mean).”Or,__________NelsonMandelasaid,“Ifyoutalktoamaninalanguageheunderstands,thatgoestohishead.Ifyoutalktohiminhislanguage,thatgoestohisheart.”必修一Unit5WorkbookTheBookthatKeepsonGrowingItisoneofthemostfamousbooksintheworld;yetithasnostoryandnointerestingcharacters,noexcitingbeginningandno__________(satisfy)ending.Andyetthisbookkeeps__________(print)anditkeepsgrowing!Atitslastprinting,itwas20volumes,__________nearly22,000pages.This__________(strange)popularbookisoneofthemostfamousdictionariesintheEnglishspeakingworld.3TheOxfordEnglishDictionaryorOED__________short,beganin1857__________justanideaofagroupofpeoplewhothoughttheworldneededanEnglishlanguagedictionary__________(show)thehistoryofEnglishwordsfrom1150CEtothepresent.Itwasn’tuntilthelate1870s,however,__________JamesMurrayjoinedtheproject__________itbegantogrow.Murrayplannedforadictionaryofabout6,400pagesinfourvolumes,pletedin10years.JamesMurray(18371915)didmostofhisworkinasmallmetalbuilding__________(call)theScriptorium.Thatsmallbuilding,hotinsummerandcoldinwinter,wastheplace__________Murrayandhisassistantscollectedmillionsofpiecesofpaper,eachonewithawordandanexamplesentenceorphrase__________(write)onit.Murrayandhisassistantsworkedhard,__________afterfiveyearstheyhadonlyreachedthewordant!Itwasnotuntil1928thatthedictionarywasdeclaredpleteand__________(publish):10volumeswithover400,000wordsandphrases.JamesMurraydidnotlivetoseethe__________(plete)ofhislife’swork；hepassed__________in1915,overadecadebeforeOEDcame__________.Assoonasthedictionarywaspublished,__________,theeditorsstartedtoupdateit!In1933,theOxfordEnglishDictionarywerereprintedin12volumes.Between1972and1986,fourmorevolumes__________(add)withnewtechnicalandscientificvocabularyandwordsfromotherEnglishspeakingcountries,suchasCanada,theUSA,Australia,NewZealand,andSouthAfrica.In1989,theentiredictionarywasreprintedin20volumes.Threeyearslater,all20volumeswereputontoCDsandtheentiredictionaryisavailableonlinetoday.__________about600,000wordsandthreemillionquotationsfromover1,000yearsofEnglish,theOEDnotonlyisarecordof__________the