Упр.3 Unit 1 Progress Check ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс
Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct forms of the words in CAPITAL LETTERS at the end of each line.
Origins of writing in China
Most linguists believe that writing was (0) invented in China during the latter half of the 2nd millennium BC.
Chinese is written with characters. Each character represents a syllable of (1) … Chinese and also has a meaning.
The characters were originally pictures of people, animals or other things but over the centuries they have become (2) … stylised and no longer look like the things they represent.
The Chinese writing system is (3) …
The largest Chinese dictionaries include about 56,000 characters, but most of them are archaic, obscure or rare variant forms.
Knowledge of about 3,000 characters (4) … you to read about 99% of the characters in Chinese newspapers and magazines.
To read Chinese literature, technical writings or Classical Chinese, though, you need to be familiar with about 6,000 characters.
There are currently two systems for Chinese characters. The (5) … system, still used in Hong Kong and Taiwan, comes from standardised character forms dating back to the late Han Dynasty.
The Simplified Chinese Character System, (6) … in 1954 to promote mass literacy, (7) … most complex traditional characters to fewer strokes.
1) Chinese — after the word of we need a noun form.
2) highly — the adverb is needed before stylised.
3) complicated — the sentence describes the writing system.
4) allows — the verb agrees with knowledge in the singular.
5) traditional — this system is contrasted with the Simplified Chinese Character System.
6) introduced — the past participle is needed after the comma.
7) reduced — the system made characters simpler.
Completed text:
Most linguists believe that writing was invented in China during the latter half of the 2nd millennium BC. Chinese is written with characters. Each character represents a syllable of Chinese and also has a meaning. The characters were originally pictures of people, animals or other things but over the centuries they have become highly stylised and no longer look like the things they represent. The Chinese writing system is complicated. The largest Chinese dictionaries include about 56,000 characters, but most of them are archaic, obscure or rare variant forms. Knowledge of about 3,000 characters allows you to read about 99% of the characters in Chinese newspapers and magazines. To read Chinese literature, technical writings or Classical Chinese, though, you need to be familiar with about 6,000 characters. There are currently two systems for Chinese characters. The traditional system, still used in Hong Kong and Taiwan, comes from standardised character forms dating back to the late Han Dynasty. The Simplified Chinese Character System, introduced in 1954 to promote mass literacy, reduced most complex traditional characters to fewer strokes.
