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
31. G 32. C 33. E 34. F 35. D
36. A 37. I 38. L 39. K 40. B
