19.The Great Wall of China is the longest wall in the world.It(41)Afrom west to east,(42)C mountains,(43)Dvalleys and finally (44)Bthe sea.
The Great Wall has a history of over two (45)Ayears.People began to (46)Dthe wall(47)Athe spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history.In about 221BC Qin Shihuang had all the walls(48)D.(49)C,the Great Wall came to the world.The Great Wall is (50)D6,000 kilometers long,6-7 meters high and 4-5 meters wide.In most places it is (51)A enough for five horses or ten men to walk (52)Calong the top.It was very (53)Bto build (54)Da great wall in the old (55)A.Thousand of men (56)Bwhen they built it.The Great Wall was made not only of stones,but millions of (57)C.
Today,the Great Wall has become a place (58)Dinterest not only to the Chinese but also to people all over the world.(59)B the Egyptians feel proud of their pyramids,(60)A Chinese people also feel proud of our Great Wall.
The Great Wall has a history of over two (45)Ayears.People began to (46)Dthe wall(47)Athe spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history.In about 221BC Qin Shihuang had all the walls(48)D.(49)C,the Great Wall came to the world.The Great Wall is (50)D6,000 kilometers long,6-7 meters high and 4-5 meters wide.In most places it is (51)A enough for five horses or ten men to walk (52)Calong the top.It was very (53)Bto build (54)Da great wall in the old (55)A.Thousand of men (56)Bwhen they built it.The Great Wall was made not only of stones,but millions of (57)C.
Today,the Great Wall has become a place (58)Dinterest not only to the Chinese but also to people all over the world.(59)B the Egyptians feel proud of their pyramids,(60)A Chinese people also feel proud of our Great Wall.
41.A.goes | B.comes | C.lies | D.stands |
42.A.through | B.along | C.over | D.across |
43.A.and | B.from | C.to | D.through |
44.A.gets | B.reaches | C.comes | D.arrives |
45.A.thousand | B.million | C.hundred | D.billion |
46.A.create | B.design | C.form | D.build |
47.A.in | B.at | C.between | D.on |
48.A.made up | B.put up | C.sent up | D.joined up |
49.A.Since then on | B.Now and then | C.From then on | D.After then |
50.A.no more than | B.not more than | C.less than | D.more than |
51.A.wide | B.long | C.high | D.tall |
52.A.one by one | B.day by day | C.side by side | D.step by step |
53.A.easy | B.difficult | C.good | D.bad |
54.A.like | B.look | C.so | D.such |
55.A.times | B.history | C.countries | D.enemies |
56.A.killed | B.died | C.murdered | D.gone |
57.A.life | B.live | C.lives | D.living |
58.A.about | B.with | C.for | D.of |
59.A.As if | B.Just as | C.Look like | D.Such |
60.A.we | B.us | C.our | D.ours |
12.The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that,instead of an alphabet,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.The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.
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 tracks of animals in the snow and observed 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 and others have been made more difficult over time.However,as a whole the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.Sometimes to express ideas,some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.Other characters were developed for directions and numbers.It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them.
Though these kinds of characters indicate 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 indicate 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 and now they have widespread use in China's mainland.
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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 tracks of animals in the snow and observed 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 and others have been made more difficult over time.However,as a whole the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.Sometimes to express ideas,some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.Other characters were developed for directions and numbers.It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them.
Though these kinds of characters indicate 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 indicate 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 and now they have widespread use in China's mainland.
Brief(61 )intruduction | The Chinese language is (62 )different from western language because it uses characters to (63 )represent ideas,objects or deeds. |
The origins of Chinese characters | An idea (64 )occurredto Cangjie after he observed the tracks of animals (65 )whose appearance differed from each other in the snow. |
The(66 )developments/evolutions of Chinese characters | •As a whole,the characters developed from drawing into standard forms. •Some characters were made by comining two or more characters together,whose meanings are easy to (67 )distinguish. •Many Chinese characters consists of two parts,one (68 )indicatingthe meaning and the other suggesting the pronunciation. •Now,Chinese characters have become much (69 )simpler and been used in china's mainland (70 )widely. |