Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

The United Nations’ series of “l(fā)anguage days” are designed to promote the use of the six official languages of the UN as well as to celebrate cultural and linguistic diversity (語言多樣性). Chinese Language Day is the 20th April. It’s a time chosen to fit in with the Chinese【1】 of Guyu (古語), which honours Cangjie—the four-eyed 【2】 figure who is traditionally understood to have created Chinese characters in the time of the Yellow Emperor, 5000 years ago.

Mandarin (普通話) is the most-spoken language in the world, with over 1.5 billion speakers. When most people think of “Chinese”, it is Mandarin that they are 【3】. But Mandarin Chinese is far from the only variant of the Chinese language—or the only language spoken in China. In fact, there are a great number of Chinese languages. Remember—this is a country which is both very large and very, very old. Different regions are within the 【4】 expanse of territory, that is, China can be 【5】 not only by great distances but also by broadly geographical features such as mountain ranges.

It is hard to guess how many dialects actually exist. In general, dialects can be 【6】 classified into one of the seven large groups: Putonghua (Mandarin), Gan, Kejia (Hakka), Min, Wu, Xiang, and Yue (Cantonese). Each language group contains a large number of dialects.

Understanding the situation is 【7】 by the fact that, while many Chinese people in different geographical areas of the country may not understand each other when they speak their regional dialect, they may share the same written language even if their pronunciation of different characters within that language may【8】.

A 【9】 feature across all Chinese languages is tone. For instance, Mandarin has four tones and Cantonese has six tones. Tone, in terms of language, is the pitch (音高) in which syllables (音節(jié)) in words are spoken. In Chinese, different words 【10】 different keys. Some words even have pitch variations in one single syllable.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】H

【3】A

【4】F

【5】B

【6】G

【7】E

【8】C

【9】K

【10】J

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。短文介紹了中國(guó)“漢語日”的由來，并介紹了普通話遠(yuǎn)非漢語的唯一變體。除了普通話還有多種方言。但聲調(diào)是所有漢語語言的一個(gè)顯著特征。

【1】考查名詞。句意：這是一個(gè)適合慶祝中國(guó)古語的時(shí)候，古語是為了紀(jì)念倉(cāng)頡，倉(cāng)頡是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)有四只眼睛的神話人物，人們通常認(rèn)為他在5000年前的黃帝時(shí)代創(chuàng)造了漢字。由“Chinese Language Day is the 20th April”可知，漢語日在4月20日。這是一個(gè)與中國(guó)古語慶典相適應(yīng)的時(shí)期。Chinese為形容詞，修飾名詞celebration“慶�；顒�(dòng)”。故填D.

【2】考查形容詞。句意：這是一個(gè)適合慶祝中國(guó)古語的時(shí)候，古語是為了紀(jì)念倉(cāng)頡，倉(cāng)頡是一個(gè)長(zhǎng)有四只眼睛的神話人物，人們通常認(rèn)為他在5000年前的黃帝時(shí)代創(chuàng)造了漢字。由“four-eyed ”可知，倉(cāng)頡是長(zhǎng)著四肢眼的神話人物。mythical“神話的”為形容詞修飾名詞figure。故填H.

【3】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：當(dāng)大多數(shù)人想到漢語時(shí)，他們想到的是普通話。分析句子可知，Mandarin為先行詞，作后面定語從句的賓語。定語從句為現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)。所以填picturing“想象”。故填A.

【4】考查形容詞。句意：中國(guó)幅員遼闊，地域不同，不但被遙遠(yuǎn)的地域跨度分隔，而且還被廣闊的地理特征所分隔，如山脈。本空應(yīng)填形容詞來修飾名詞expanse,分析句意可知，空處應(yīng)填形容詞vast“廣闊的”來修飾名詞expanse。故填F.

【5】考查一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)。句意：中國(guó)幅員遼闊，地域不同，不但被遙遠(yuǎn)的地域跨度分隔，而且被廣泛的地理特征所分隔，如山脈。be separated by “被...分隔”符合句意。故填B.

【6】考查副詞。句意：一般來說，方言可以大致分為七大類：普通話、贛語、客家語、閩語、吳語、湘語和粵語。roughly“大致”為副詞修飾形容詞classified。故填G.

【7】考查形容詞。句意：理解這種情況是復(fù)雜的，由于許多生活在中國(guó)不同地理區(qū)域的中國(guó)人在說他們的方言時(shí)可能彼此聽不懂，即使他們?cè)谠撜Z言中不同漢字的發(fā)音可能不同，但他們可能使用相同的書面語言。分析句子可知，本句為主系表結(jié)構(gòu)。分析句意可知，空處填complicated“復(fù)雜的”。故填E.

【8】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：理解這種情況是復(fù)雜的，由于許多生活在中國(guó)不同地理區(qū)域的中國(guó)人在說他們的方言時(shí)可能彼此聽不懂，即使他們?cè)谠撜Z言中不同漢字的發(fā)音可能不同，但他們可能使用相同的書面語言。may為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞后接動(dòng)詞原形。分析句意空處填vary“變化”。故填C.

【9】考查形容詞。句意：聲調(diào)是所有漢語的一個(gè)顯著特征。distinguishing“有區(qū)別的”為形容詞修飾名詞feature。且符合句意。故填K.

【10】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：在漢語中，不同漢字強(qiáng)調(diào)不同的聲調(diào)�？仗幦鄙僦^語。分析句子可知，本句為一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。主語為different words,所以謂語為stress“強(qiáng)調(diào)”，且符合句意。故填J.