1、 Unit 5Meeting your ancestors甲骨文(Oracle bone script)是中国古代的一种文字，被认为是现代汉字的早期形式，有时候也被认为是汉字的书体之一，同时也是现存中国最古老的一种成熟文字。甲骨文引导炎黄子孙走上使图形记号表示意义而不约束其读者的文字发展历程，造就了延绵数千年的统一文化意识。Oracle Bone ScriptOracle bone script refers to the ancient Chinese characters found on animal bones or turtle shells used in divination(占
2、卜) in Bronze Age China.The vast majority record is the divination by fire of the royal house of the late Shang Dynasty at the capital of Yin (modern Anyang, Henan Province)Because turtle shells as well as bones were used, the oracle bone script is also sometimes called shell and bone script.As the m
3、ajority of oracle bones bearing writing date to the late Shang Dynasty, oracle bone script essentially refers to Shang script.It is certain that the writing of the Shang Dynasty experienced a period of development before the Anyang oracle bone script; however, no significant quantity of clearly iden
4、tifiable writing before or during the early to middle Shang cultural period has been discovered.The oracle bone script of the late Shang appears pictographic(象形文字的)，as does its contemporary，the Shang writing on bronzes.The earliest oracle bone script appears even more so than examples from late in t
5、he period.Comparing oracle bone script to both Shang and early Western Zhou period writing on bronzes, oracle bone script is clearly greatly simplified；this is thought to be due to the difficulty of carving on the hard and bony surfaces.The more detailed and more pictorial(图片的，图画似的) style of the bro
6、nze graphs is thus thought to be more representative of typical Shang writing (as would have normally occurred on bamboo books) than the oracle bone script forms, and it is this typical style which continued to evolve(演化) into the Zhou period writing and then into the seal script of the Qin state in
7、 the late Zhou period.根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)1The oracle bone script we say today mainly refers to Shang script.(T)2Typical Shang writing is more detailed and more pictorial.(T)Section Reading (Warming Up，Prereading，Reading & Comprehending)新生词汇初识. 匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思1assumeAn.可能的选择adj.供选择的；其他的2analysis Bn.被子；棉
8、被3alternative Cn.挨饿；饿死4sharpen Dn.精确；准确5quilt Evt.&vi.打断讲话；打岔；暂时中断或中止6starvation Fvt.假定；设想7interrupt Gvi.&vt.(使)锋利；尖锐；清晰8messy Hadj.足够的；充足的；富裕的9accuracy Iadj.凌乱的；脏的10ample Jn.分析【答案】15FJAGB610CEIDH.选择下列句中相对应词组的汉语意思A领四处参观B关心；在意C至多；最多D得出结论E由制成F切碎G遭受；患病H不管，不顾1Lets cut the meat up and share it with each
9、other. 2Ralph has come to a conclusion that Martin was only interested in himself. 3The table which is made of wood can be used longer than that made of glass. 4Dad let me show the guests around our garden. 5How long have you been suffering from a headache？ 6Regardless of where we are and what we ar
10、e doing，our devotion to motherland will never change. 7I dont care about the price as long as the car is in good condition. 8The trip will only cost you fifty pounds at most. 【答案】15FDEAG68HBC教材语篇细研第一步速读了解文章主题和段落大意速读P3839教材课文，匹配段落大意1Topic 1AWhat can we learn from a necklace?2Topic 2 BLife in the cave
11、.3Topic 3 CWhat can we learn from a needle?【答案】13BCA第二步细读把控文章关键信息细读P3839教材课文，选择最佳答案1Where do the caves lie?AIn the forest. BOn the seaside.CAt the foot of the hill. DHigher up the hill.2Our earliest people in the Zhoukoudian caves kept themselves warm by Aworking BfightingCmaking fires Dhunting3Evid
12、ence has showed that the earliest people in the caves used to make clothes according to the conversation.Aleaves Btree skinsCanimal skins Dcotton4Which of the following about fire is NOT right?AKeeping warm. BCooking food.CFrightening the animals.DMaking iron.【答案】14DCCD第三步精读能力升华接轨高考精读P3839教材课文，在空白处填
13、入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。A group of students from England has come to the Zhoukoudian caves for a visit.1.An archaeologist is showing them round.The archaeologists 2.have been excavating(excavate) here for many years.After 3.finding(find) human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well a
14、s tools and other objects，they think 4.it is reasonable to assume they lived in these caves, regardless of the cold.They 5.discovered(discover) fireplaces in the center of the caves 6.where they made fires.Some evidence suggests that our ancestors did wear clothes 7.made (make) from animal skins.The
15、 archaeologist also shows the students a primitive necklace 8.preserved(preserve) quite well.Indeed, as the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here 9.used(use) to be part of a large shallow lake.Perhaps there was trade between early peoples 10.or they travelled to the seaside on their journeys.
