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浙江省衢州市2020-2021学年高一下学期英语3月教学质量检测试卷（含完整音频）
Chinese is one of the two world languages with over a billion speakers. While the Internet has referred to English as the most used language, Chinese still holds the top position as the most used mother tongue. Just think of how many more people you'd be able to talk to after learning some Chinese!
There are five traditional forms of Chinese calligraphy. These are considered classical arts and representatives of Chinese art styles. It first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty and is still popular among calligraphy artists today, This makes it quite difficult for non — native speakers to tell words from sound combinations (组合). When you add in the tones, it adds up to make Chinese one of the most difficult languages to listen to and understand.
Various factors contributed to making Chinese one of the hardest languages to learn for foreigners. Usually, you must learn 3,000 characters in order to be considered fluent enough to read the morning newspaper. However, the language consists of tens of thousands of characters that make fluency a difficult task.
When you're walking around China, you might be surprised at the amount of words you're able to pick up quickly. Thanks to an increase in exposure to Western culture, Chinese has many loanwords, or words borrowed from English, in use today.
The origin of Chinese comes from the discovery of the famous Oracle Bones and what is believed to be the earliest symbols of Chinese. These bones were first used in the Shang Dynasty. With such a rich history, Chinese has obviously experienced many changes and influences due to wars and cultural shifts (变迁).
A. Ancient Chinese characters were used 3,000 years ago.
B. However, the language still existed and continued to grow.
C. In 2010, the number of Chinese native speakers totaled 955 million people.
D. People who wish to study Chinese must put in years of work to reach fluency.
E. Thanks to its unique sound system, Chinese is filled with similar sounding words.
F. The world's most natively-spoken language, Chinese, still remains a puzzle to the West.
G. The most popular calligraphy style is the Seal Character style developed by the Han people.
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④Plan Your Healthy Shopping. It's too easy to eat takeaway if there's nothing in the fridge or put together something naughty when it's filled with unhealthy foods. But if your fridge and pantry are stocked with healthy options you'll be able to make better choices when you're hungry. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.
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