China is widely known 【小题1】 its ancient civilization. In this passage, we will introduce the Chinese writing system.

At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It dates back several thousand years to the use of longgu. During that time , symbols 【小题2】 (carve) on animal bones and shells. By the Shang Dynasty, these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms because the Chinese people were divided geographically, 【小题3】 (lead) to many varieties of dialects and 【小题4】 (character) . However, Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one unified country 【小题5】 the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. It had an important effect 【小题6】 Chinese people and culture.

Written Chinese has also become an important means by which China’s present is connected with its past. People in modern times was able 【小题7】 (read) the classic works written by Chinese in ancient times. Now the Chinese writing system can be 【小题8】 (see) as an art form—Chinese calligraphy.

As China plays a greater role in global affairs, 【小题9】 increasing number of international students are beginning to appreciate China’s culture and history through this 【小题10】 (amaze) language.

Why do people have trouble 【小题1】 (learn) English? I hadn’t asked myself that until one day my son asked me 【小题2】 there was ham in a hamburger, which got me 【小题3】 (think) how English can be a crazy language to learn.

There are many words that can be 【小题4】 (confuse) and also can make us wonder 【小题5】 the unique madness of English. For example, we can sculpt a sculpture and paint a painting, but we take a photo.“Hard” and “soft” are opposite in meaning, but “hardly” and “softly” aren’t.And do you read the capitalized “WHO” in a medical report as the“who” in “Who’s that?” All the 【小题6】 (example) tell us that English 【小题7】 (invent) by people and it reflects the 【小题8】 (create) of the human race.

That’s 【小题9】 when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are 【小题10】 (visible)．

The English phrase “it’s a small world” has been commonly used, and the recent coronation (加冕) of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in London on Saturday made me appreciate 【小题1】 (it) real meaning.

I was one of those who were viewing this once-in-a-life-time event on television. This meant that I literally had a front-row seat to a ceremony 【小题2】 has been virtually unchanged for centuries. The coronation of a new king is a significant moment in the life of many British people, but until the 20th century, the opportunity to see this 【小题3】 (impress) event was limited to a select group of people. All that was changed by the development in mass 【小题4】 (communicate), particularly the development of cinema and television.

In fact, the first time that【小题5】 “ordinary” person in Britain could have seen, or heard the coronation was in 1937. In that year, film cameras 【小题6】 (allow) inside London’s Westminster Abbey 【小题7】 (record) the event for the first time. 【小题8】, what was special about the coronation of King Charles III was that this centuries-old ceremony had a global audience.

The fact that I could sit on my sofa, many 【小题9】 (thousand) of kilometers away from those events in London on Saturday and see the coronation as it actually happened really brought this fact home to me, 【小题10】 (make) me truly appreciate that we are now really living in such a “small world”.