The Chinese language differs from Western lan...

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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The Chinese language differs from Western languages ______, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which _______ ideas, objects or deeds.

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The Chinese language differs from many Western languages ________ it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.

A. unless                     B. until                     C. now that                D. in that

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The Chinese language differs from many Western languages ________ it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.

A. unless           B. until           C. now that        D. in that

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The Chinese language differs from Western languages _________ it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.

A.so that B.in that

C.in which D.for which

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The Chinese language differs from Western languages _________ it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.

A. in that　　　　　　 B. so that

C. in which　　　　　 D. for which

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Chinese differs from western languages ______ it uses characters ______ stand for ideas, objects and deeds.

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese language differs 1. western languages. It uses characters 2.(stand) for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are often 3.(form) by putting together different characters. We can see the history of the Chinese language by looking at 4.these characters developed.

Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. The first Chinese characters 5.(be) drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been 6.(simple) and others have been made more difficult over time. However, as 7. whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard form.

Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Some characters were made by 8. (combine) two or more characters together e.g. ‘rest’ and ‘prisoner’. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. Many other Chinese characters were made by having one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation.

In the 1950s the Chinese 9.(govern) introduced Chinese characters, 10. are widely used in China’s mainland now.

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The Chinese language differs__________ Western language in __________ it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.

A. in ; that　　　　　　 B. from; that

C. with; which　　　　 D. from; /

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1.汉语与西方语言不同，区别在于它不使用字母，而是用汉字表示思想、物体和行为。

The Chinese language differs from Western languages _________ _________, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which __________ _________ideas, objects or deeds.

2.根据一份联合国的报告，世界上30%的人口没有干净的饮用水和医疗保健。

According to a UN report, 30 percent of the world population have no_________ _________ clean drinking water and health care.

3.与我们的预料相反，他比赛没有赢。

__________ __________our expectation, he didn't win the contest.

4.你必须总是当心这儿的交通.

You must always __________ __________ ___________ the traffic here.

5.我能回报人们给予我的帮助，这让我很高兴。

________ I can ________ ________ the help people give me makes me happy.

6.亨利四世曾力促英语在各个阶级中得到广泛使用。

Henry Ⅳonce urged that English come into _________ _________ among all classes.

7.我已经受够了你的馊主意。　　 I’ve _________ _________ of your stupid ideas.

8.南京的每一位居民都应不遗余力地为南京2014年青奥会做贡献。

Every resident of Nanjing should spare no effort to _________ _________ to Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.

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