Question

【題目】

Can you imagine a world without a writing system for your language? It may be hard to picture it now, but a man named Sequoyah lived in such a world. Sequoyah was a member of a native American tribe(部落), the Cherokee. Cherokee people speak their own language, but for hundreds of years they did not have a system of writing. Without a writing system, the Cherokee had no newspapers or books before 1809.

Sequoyah was probably born around the year 1770 and lived with his mother in a small village in the mountains of Tennessee. When he grew up, he became a blacksmith(鐵匠). When he was doing business with those “English-speaking people”, he noticed that they used paper with marks to record their thoughts and ideas. Sequoyah called these pieces of paper with marks “talking leaves”. He began to wonder why people who spoke Cherokee did not have a way to write down their words.

In 1809, Sequoyah decided to give the Cherokee their own “talking leaves”. At first he tried to make a different symbol for every word in the Cherokee language. But in that case, there would be so many symbols and too hard for people to remember, so he decided to make a picture for each syllable (音節(jié)). After much hard work, Sequoyah invented 85 symbols. In order to see whether it would work, he helped his six-year-old daughter Ayoka learn each symbol and found she could learn to read and write very quickly. Sequoyah’s invention was a success!

Before long, Sequoyah’s writing system had spread far and wide. Cherokee people living in all different parts of the country learned to read and write. In 1825, Sequoyah’s system was made the official written language for Cherokee people. To this day, Cherokee speakers still use Sequoyah’s writing system. In some parts of the United States, you can see street signs and billboards written in both English and Cherokee. Sequoyah will always be remembered for his important contribution（貢獻(xiàn)）to Cherokee people.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

【1】How long did Cherokee people not have a system of writing?

________________________________________________________

【2】What did Sequoyah call the pieces of paper with marks?

________________________________________________________

【3】How many symbols did Sequoyah invent in the Cherokee language?

_________________________________________________________

【4】When was Sequoyah’s system made the official written language?

__________________________________________________________

【5】Why will Sequoyah always be remembered?

_________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】For hundreds of years.

【2】Talking leaves.

【3】85

【4】In 1825

【5】For his important contribution to Cherokee people.

【解析】本文敘述了徹羅基族人幾百年沒有書面語言，后來在Sequoyah的努力下，他創(chuàng)造了85個(gè)符號(hào)，后來成為徹羅基族人的官方語言。徹羅基族人永遠(yuǎn)記住了他的貢獻(xiàn)。

【1】根據(jù)for hundreds of years they did not have a system of writing.可知，徹羅基族人幾百年沒有書面語言。故答案為：For hundreds of years.

【2】根據(jù)Sequoyah called these pieces of paper with marks “talking leaves”可知，Sequoyah稱帶有符號(hào)的紙為會(huì)說話的樹葉。故答案為：Talking leaves

【3】根據(jù)After much hard work, Sequoyah invented 85 symbols.可知，Sequoyah經(jīng)過不懈的努力，發(fā)明了85個(gè)符號(hào)。故答案為：85

【4】根據(jù)In 1825, Sequoyah’s system was made the official written language for Cherokee people.可知，在1825年Sequoyah創(chuàng)立的文字成為徹羅基族人的官方語言。故答案為：In 1825

【5】根據(jù)Sequoyah will always be remembered for his important contribution（貢獻(xiàn)）to Cherokee people.可知，Sequoyah被人記住是因?yàn)樗麑?duì)徹羅基族人的突出的貢獻(xiàn)。故答案為：For his important contribution to Cherokee people.

2. 不能簡(jiǎn)答的問題需要答題規(guī)范，主謂賓齊全，語法正確。

3. 注意回答中避免代詞，要還原為文中的名詞。

4. 如用文中句子回答抄寫齊全不能丟三落四，一句話說完整。

5. 對(duì)歸納性問題要從首段或尾段中找提煉中心的句子來回答或自己對(duì)文章中心的理解句

子。

6.找準(zhǔn)相應(yīng)的段落，節(jié)選有用的句子。

7.根據(jù)答題需要，把有用的句子進(jìn)行合理地整合，盡量簡(jiǎn)潔。如：1、2、3、4題。都用的簡(jiǎn)單的形式。