Упр.3 Unit 1 Progress Check 2020 ГДЗ Enjoy English 11 класс
Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct forms of the words in capital letters.
Chinese Writing System
A lot of (1) claim that writing was invented in China about 4,000 years ago. Chinese is written with characters. Each character represents a syllable of (2) Chinese and also has a meaning. Originally these were pictures of people, animals or other things, later characters transformed into more abstract symbols and now they (3) resemble the things they represented many centuries ago. In fact, the Chinese writing system is (4) . The largest Chinese dictionaries include about 56,000 characters, but most of them are archaic or rare variant forms. If you are going to read only newspapers and magazines, (5) of about 3,000 characters will be enough. Those who are interested in literature, technical writings or Classical Chinese should be familiar with about 6,000 characters. At the moment there are two systems of Chinese characters. The one used in Hong Kong and Taiwan is a (6) system that dates back to the late Han Dynasty. In the middle of the 20th century another (7) character system was developed. It changed the most complex characters into few strokes symbols and thus promoted literacy.
1) many historians claim that writing was invented in China about 4,000 years ago.
2) Each character represents a syllable of spoken Chinese and also has a meaning.
3) … now they hardly resemble the things they represented many centuries ago.
4) In fact, the Chinese writing system is unlimited.
5) If you are going to read only newspapers and magazines, knowledge of about 3,000 characters will be enough.
6) The one used in Hong Kong and Taiwan is a traditional system that dates back to the late Han Dynasty.
7) In the middle of the 20th century another simplified character system was developed.
Ответ: 1) many; 2) spoken; 3) hardly; 4) unlimited; 5) knowledge; 6) traditional; 7) simplified.
