Unit5 Listening and Speaking 综合练素养提升
I. 课文语法填空
As one of the main factors that have made it possible for Chinese ancient 1. ____________(civilise) to develop all the way through into modern times, the Chinese writing system began with symbols 2. ____________ (carve) on shells and bones which are called longgu dating 3. ____________thousands of years. By the time of the Shang dynasty, these symbols 4. ____________(become) a well-developed writing system. Over the years, it developed into different forms because that was a time 5. ____________the Chinese people were divided geographically, 6. ____________(lead) to many varieties of dialects and characters, 7. ____________（final), Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country called the Qin Dynasty where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction.
The Chinese writing system is of great 8. ____________(important) in at least three ways. Firstly, it can unite the Chinese people and culture. Besides, it has become an important mea
ns by which China’s present 9. ____________(connect) with its past. It has been developed as an art form called Chinese calligraphy Finally, being an important part of Chinese culture, it attracts 10. ____________increasing number of international students who are beginning to appreciate China’s culture and history through this amazing language.
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
（2020·沈阳四校联考）It is often said that Western Europeans speak English. From travelling all through Europe，I know that this is not entirely true. Some regions of Europe have a 90%of English speaking rate，while in other parts，English is generally a language which is impossible to understand. The divide，it seems，lies with the Romance languages.
In Scandinavia，Germany，Belgium，the Netherlands，and the rest of the Western European non-Romance language speaking regions，English seems to be understood and spoken just like the people’s first tongue. In Iceland，I have never experienced English wa
s spoken so well and so widely by a non-native speaking country. And I have almost never met a Dutch person who did not speak English almost as well as my countrymen.
But when you move to the south of Western Europe a little something happens. English becomes a less useful language for travelling. You just cross over the Romance language barrier(connect的名词和形容词障碍) and into Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy, where English is spoken at a rate that does not seem to be much higher than in China. Latin America, or Southeast Asia.
Travelling through Europe and working in hotels around the world that are popular with Europeans have given me a deeper view of their usage of foreign languages. The northern Europeans can often speak five or six languages, while the Romance speakers hardly know more than their birth tongue. And if you think that Spanish and Italian are so similar that their speakers can understand each other, I tell you that this is completely wrong. Spaniards and Italians don’t even understand each other It is also not a fact that people from both of these countries can communicate in French; only those who put a large amount of effort into learning English or have lived abroad for years can speak English well.
People often say that French people really understand English but refuse to speak it，but from watching hundreds of French travellers over the years struggle with English abroad as well as friends in France trying in vain（徒劳地）to communicate with me，I know that this is not true. English is simply not widely spoken there outside the large cities.
1. What can we learn from the passage?
A. In Iceland, English is not spoken very well
B. A Dutch person can almost speak English as well as the author himself
C. Spanish and Italian are so similar that their speakers can understand each other easily
D. English is as widely spoken as French in France
2. The author is probably a(n)___________.
A. Frenchman
B. Dutchman
C. American
D. Chinese
3. What does "this" in the last paragraph mean?
A. Western Europeans speak English.
B. French people really understand English but refuse to speak it.
C. Hundreds of French travellers struggle with English abroad.
D. Friends in France try in vain to communicate with the author in English
4. Where is the passage most probably taken from?
A. A travel journal
B. a fashion magazine
C. A geography textbook
D. A news report
参考答案：
I. 课文语法填空
l. civilisation【解析】由空前的形容词 ancient可知，此处应填名词civilisation。
2. carved【解析】分析句子结构可知，“on shells and bones”作后置定语，修饰 symbols。carve与 symbols之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故用过去分词形式。
3. back【解析】 date back意为“追溯”，后接表示一段时间的名词。
4. had become【解析】由时间状语 By the time of the Shang Dynasty可知此处应用过去完成时。
5. when【解析】分析句子结构可知，“the chinese people were divided geographically. characters”是定语从句，修饰先行词 a time，且空处在从句中作时间状语，故用关系副词when。
6. leading【解析】分析句子结构可知，“man varieties of dialects and characters”在句中作结果状语，表示自然而然的结果，故用现在分词形式。lead to意为“导致”。

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