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Writing is a much newer invention than talking. Nobody knows when people first began to talk, but so far as we know, they did not begin to write until seven or eight thousand years ago.

In Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China, and later in Palestine and Greece, people began to make marks and pictures with sticks and sharp stones from which others, or they themselves later could see what they had thought.

These early records were the beginning of writing. The first writing was picture writing. Here are some early Chinese picture words. Can you see what they represent （代表）?

Later Chinese writing is less like pictures than the earlier writing was, but we can see the pictures in some of its words. For example：

In picture writing, each picture represents a word; you need a different picture or mark for each word. In present﹣day Chinese writing most of the marks are not pictures of anything,  and a reader has to learn how the Chinese write about two thousand of these words before being able to read a newspaper.

With some of these marks you may be able to see what the idea is. For example：

The sun and the moon明Its meanings are："bright" and "open".

A man and two marks仁One of the meanings is "humanity".

28. When did people begin to write?　   　

A. Seven or eight hundred years ago．

B. Before people first began to talk．

C. Seven or eight thousand years ago．

29. Which of the following is the earliest Chinese picture word?　   　

A.                        B.                        C. 雨

30. What does the明in the passage mean?　   　

A. Day and night．

B. Bright and open．

C. Humanity．

31. What's the passage mainly about?　   　

A. The history of Chinese writing．

B. When Chinese people began to write．

C. How the Chinese began to talk．

【回答】

28.C

【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段中but so far as we know, they did not begin to write until seven or eight thousand years ago．可知，人们直到七八千年前才开始写作，由此可知文字写作开始于七八千年前，故选C。

29.A

【解析】细节理解题。根据短文第三段中 The first writing was picture writing第一个是象形文字，结合选项，可知A选项是象形文字，所以它是*最早的文字，故选A。

30.B

【解析】细节理解题。根据短文倒数第二段中The sun and the moon明Its meanings are "bright"and"open"，太阳和月亮．说明它的意思是：明亮和开放，因此“明”的意思是"光明和开放"。故选C。

31.A

【解析】主旨大意题。根据短文开头Writing is a much newer invention than talking，写作是一项比谈话新得多的发明，*的文字开始于七八千年前，经历的一些变化最后形成了现在的汉字。由此可以推测，本文主要介绍的是*文字的历史，故选A。

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