Phoenicians（腓尼基人）
The Phoenicians were a water-loving people. Their ships were 31____, compared with many lifeboats on modern ships. Yet they could 32____ out into the open sea.
The Phoenician ships 33____ wood, wine and tin to Egypt. In return the Phoenicians got gold and fine handicrafts（手工艺品）. They traded these products to other 34____ for glasswork and spices. And with each trade, the Phoenicians made a 35____.
But the Phoenicians' 36____ contribution was their alphabet. They used a different symbol for each sound, rather than for each word. So instead of 37____ hundreds of symbols, the Phoenician alphabet had 38____ twenty-two. The Phoenicians took their simpler 39____ of writing to other lands. Most of today's alphabets are 40____ on the Phoenician idea of using a letter for each sound or group of sounds. Although the Phoenicians are gone, their contribution lasts.
A. greatest
B. based
C. sail
D. profit
E. carried
F. peoples
G. small
H. clearly
I. having
J. working
K. way
L. only
【正确答案】：31. G 32. C 33. E 34. F 35. D
36. A 37. I 38. L 39. K 40. B
【题目解析】：31. be动词were后面要接形容词，选项中是形容词的只有ABGHL，根据句意这里应该是说船小，故选G。32. 此空该填的是动词原形，只有选项C符合。33. 此空该填的是动词的过去式，只有选项E符合。34. other后面要接名词，选项中是名词的只有DFK，根据句意这里应该是说他们把这些物品卖给其他民族，故选F。35. make a profit获利；赚钱，故选D。36. 形容词修饰名词，可知此空该填的是形容词，根据句意这里应该是说腓尼基人最大的贡献就是他们的字母表，故选A。37. instead of后面要接动词的ing形式，根据后面的had可知这里应该填having，故选I。38. 修饰动词had要用副词，根据句意这里应该是说腓尼基字母只有22个，故选L。39. 此空该填的是名词，根据句意这里应该是说腓尼基人把他们更简单的书写方式带到了其他地方，故选K。40. be based on建立在......的基础上，基于。
