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His intelligence and experience will enable him to ____ the complicated situation.
A) cope with B) settle down C) intervene in D) interfere with
Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work.. The area.s city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing . The neighborhood faced many problems.
Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings . People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman..
It was too much for Mark. " The problems are too big ," he thought . He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time . Nothing I could do would make a difference here."
Mark thought some more on his way to the bus stop. "People should just take care of themselves , " he decided. "That.s enough to do . I can.t take on all the problems of the world."
As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn.t have a free hand . As Mark got closer, her other child , a littlle boy , suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and groceries started to fall out . Mark ran to take the boy.s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks!" she said . " You.ve got great timing!"
" Just being neighborly," Mark said . As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus. On one of them was " Small acts of kindness add up ." Mark smiled and thought, " Maybe that.s a good place to start."
31. It is known from the passage that _________.
A) Mark played an active part in community activities
B) the city councilwoman was responsible for the falling of life quality
C) visual aids were used to display the seriousness of problems
D) many people were discouraged by the many problems facing them
32.In Mark.s opinion , ___________.
A) nobody was so able as to solve the problems
B) he was not in the position to solve such problems
C) many people were too selfish to think about others
D) he already had more than enough work to do
33. The word "darted" in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by _________.
A) " walked "
B) " marched "
C) "wandered "
D) " dashed "
34 What is the implication of the words on the bus wall?
A) You should be kind to your neighbors and they will treat you the same way.
B) Everyone can play his own part to make things better.
C) All small acts will add up to kindness.
D) It.s a small act to help a person in need.
35. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A) how individuals can help make a difference
B) running a neighborhood meeting to solve its problems
C) citizens. reactions to the problems they face
D) solving problems through group action
Lord Woolf, the most senior judge in Britain believes that the civil courts are a nightmare for those trapped in their procedures. The average High Court case takes more than three years from the legal document to trial. Many personal injury cases take twice as long. The costs of these legal cases are out of proportion to the stakes. Lawyer’s fees in personal injury cases amount to more than half the claim. Some multinational (跨国的) companies complain that the British court system is slower and more expensive than any other.
The new Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham, describes the excessive costs of civil litigation (诉讼) as a cancer eating at the heart of the administration of justice. His point is that when justice is expensive, most people do not have access to it. These days, only the very rich or the very poor (whose costs will be paid by the state) can afford to go to court. Rising costs, therefore, also means a growing burden on the taxpayer: public expenditure on civil legal aid has increased a lot since 1983.
Cases have allowed running on and on because, at present, the lawyers set the pace, and they have no interest in seeing a quick result. Lord Woolf’s remedy is to shift control of litigation (诉讼)from lawyers to judges.
Quicker, cheaper justice is in almost everybody’s interests; but there will be opposition from two sources. The Treasury (财政部)is worried that, even though the court costs per case should fail, the costs to the state of the system as a whole will probably rise: there will have to be more judges, more staff members in the court, and the court system will need to be computerized. But such objections can be easily met. Higher court costs could be passed onto the litigants who would still pay less overall because their lawyer bills would be so much smaller.
Opposition may also come from lawyers. Some of them will complain that handing power to the courts will restrict their ability to represent their client’s interests. If justice is cheaper, it will also be rougher. Such an outcome is possible, but it is far from inevitable. In any case, the finest legal system in the world would still not provide justice if most people do not have access to it.
36. Lord Woolf describes the British court system as a nightmare because _________.
A) many people are trapped in its procedures
B) it takes at least 3 years before any court decision is made
C) it is expensive and inefficient
D) it is irresponsible and indifferent
37. As a result of the high costs of civil litigation, _____________.
A) the poor are actually not protected by law
B) few people in Britain go to court
C) justice is hardly existent in Britain
D) most people can not afford to go to court
38. In order to avoid the delay of cases, Lord Woolf suggests that _________.
A) lawyer’ s fees be reduced
B) judges take over the control of litigation
C) lawyers no longer set the pace
D) the court prescribes a time limit for each case
39. Lord Woolf’s remedy is opposed to by lawyers because ___________.
A) the cheaper a thing is, the poorer the quality will be
B) the court will restrict their ability to represent their client’ s interests
C) the costs to the state of the system as a whole will probably rise
D) the lack of money and time will result in a decline in the quality of their work
40. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the last sentence of the passage?
A) In dealing with any legal cases, the finest legal system is not necessarily the most efficient if people do not have faith in it.
B) It is not always the case that the best legal system is still able to provide justice even if most people do not have access to it.
C) Whatever happens, the finest legal system in the world will not do people justice if people do not go to court.
D) No matter how good a legal system is, it would not be able to perform its duty if people are denied access to it.
A number of recent books have reworked subjects, forms and writing techniques. Today.s children read stories about divorce, death, drugs, air pollution, political extremism and violence. Relying on the magic of the illustrator, all kinds of books are being published.
Before they know to read, babies can play with books made of cloth or books made to take in the bath. Later on, they are given picture books that may be cubical（立方形）or triangular, outsized or very small. They also like work-books which come with watercolors and paintbrushes, and comic books（漫画册）filled with details where they have to spot a figure hidden among thousands of others.
Not that the traditional children.s books are being neglected. There are still storybooks where the pages pop up（跳起）when they are opened, to make a forest or a castle. Among the latest ideas are interactive stories where readers choose the plot（情节）or ending they want, and books on CD, which are very popular in rich industrialized countries.
The public has enthusiastically greeted the wealth of creativity displayed by publishers. "Previously, giving a child a book as often seen as improper," says Canadian author Marie-France Hebért. Her books, published by a French-language publisher, sell like hot cakes in hundreds of thousands of copies. "There.s a real appetite for reading these days and I try to get across to children the passion for reading which is food for the mind and the heart, like a medicine or a vitamin."
41."Reworked" as used in Paragraph 1 means "___________________".
A) reworded
B) rewritten
C) processed
D) revised
42.In the second paragraph the author lists the kinds of books ___________________.
A) recently published
B) of various shapes
C) babies like
D) popular among children
43.Which of the following statements is true?
A) Books made of cloth came out earlier than picture books.
B) When you buy work-books you will be given free comic books.
C) Traditional children.s books are not being removed from market.
D) Babies cannot have books while taking a bath.
44. The expression "get across to children" in the last paragraph probably means "___________________".
A) pass on to children
B) make children believe
C) teach children
D) get around to children
45.The main idea of the last paragraph is that people have ___________________.
A) warmly welcomed the abundance of wealth shown by publishers
B) warmly welcomed the enormous amount of creativity shown by publishers
C) showed great enthusiasm in publishers of treat wealth
D) reacted strongly to the unlimited creativity of publishers
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere, they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.
Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damage, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation, and during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
46. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ________________.
A) it protects him against the harmful rays from space
B) it provides sufficient light for plant growth
C) it supplies the heat necessary for human survival
D) it screens off the falling meteors
47. We know from the passage that _________________.
A) exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal
B) the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming
C) radiation is avoidable in space exploration
D) astronauts in spacesuits needn’t worry about radiation damage
48. The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members ______________.
A) is insignificant B) seems overestimated
C) is enormous D) remains unknown
49. It can be inferred from the passage that _________________.
A) the Apollo mission was very successful
B) protection from space radiation is no easy job
C) astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren
D) radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers
50. The best title for this passage would be ___________________.
A) The Atmosphere and Our Environment
B) Research on Radiation
C) Effects of Space Radiation
D) Importance of Protection against Radiation
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET.
From the ##56## “Lord Williams” clearly had a great amount of ##57##. A few villagers were ##58##of him but most saw nothing that##59##doubts until later. All agreed that he##60## a great amount of money ##61## the village. His money was used to##62## many properties. Many people thought him charming and##63##and did not suspect he was ##64##them. Where did this money ##65## from? He told##66## that he had ##67## the money from a rich uncle. Certainly he was happy ##68## nearly 5 million pounds into the village. This was a ##69##village with a##70## view which ##71##over the##72##. He was satisfied to##73##money into this village with its ##74##views. This was his ##75##village.
56. A) begin B) beginner C) beginning D) began
57. A) wealthy B) wealth C) healthy D) health
58. A) suspicious B) suspicion C) doubtable D) doubted
59. A) arose B) aroused C) arise D) arouse
60. A) injected B) objected C) rejected D) projected
61. A) on B) into C) at D) to
62. A) erect B) store C) restore D) resource
63. A) considerate B) considerable C) considering D) considered
64. A) leading B) misleading C) unleading D) disleading
65.A) get B) take C) come D) go
66.A) none B) anyone C) someone D) everyone
67.A) borrowed B) loaned C) heritage D) inherited
68.A) digging B) dropping C) pouring D) running
69.A) wealthy B) colorful C) beautiful D) dutiful
70.A) fantastic B) statistic C) artistic D) critical
71.A) disappears B) disappearing C) reach D) appear
72.A) horizon B) horizontal C) horizons D) horizontals
73.A) sink B) sunk C) sank D) sunken
74.A) twisting B) rolling C) straightening D) striding
75.A) various B) anxious C) glorious D) courageous
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 1 from all other animals. Language is a means of 2 , but it is much more than that. Many animals can 3 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 4 other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 5 things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 6 in the fact that different words can be 7 together in different ways, according to 8 to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can 9 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract 10 , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex 11 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 12 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 13 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 14 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 15 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 16 what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 17 the spoken words, understand the pattern of 18 of the words (sentences), and finally 19 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n) 20 process.
1. A. apart B. off C. up D. down
2. A. advertisement B. communication C. discovery D. invention
3. A. transfer B. move C. convey D. communicate
4. A. to B. from C. over D. on
5. A. only B. almost C. even D. just
6. A. stays B. situates C. hides D. lies
7. A. stuck B. joined C. rung D. controlled
8. A. rules B. scales C. laws D. standards
9. A. combine B. contain C. define D. declare
10. A. activities B. thoughts C. effects D. chances
11. A. expectation B. progress C. process D. produce
12. A. aspects B. abstracts C. angles D. assumptions
13. A. anybody B. another C. other D. everybody
14. A. body B. gesture C. written D. spoken
15. A. growing B. fixing C. beginning D. building
16. A. put out B. take down C. draw up D. figure out
17. A. identify B. locate C. reveal D. discover
18. A. performance B. organization C. design D. show
19. A. regulate B. justify C. release D. interpret
20. A. slow B. interesting C. continuous D. serious
A) cope with B) settle down C) intervene in D) interfere with
Mark felt that it was time for him to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work.. The area.s city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing . The neighborhood faced many problems.
Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings . People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman..
It was too much for Mark. " The problems are too big ," he thought . He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time . Nothing I could do would make a difference here."
Mark thought some more on his way to the bus stop. "People should just take care of themselves , " he decided. "That.s enough to do . I can.t take on all the problems of the world."
As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn.t have a free hand . As Mark got closer, her other child , a littlle boy , suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and groceries started to fall out . Mark ran to take the boy.s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks!" she said . " You.ve got great timing!"
" Just being neighborly," Mark said . As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus. On one of them was " Small acts of kindness add up ." Mark smiled and thought, " Maybe that.s a good place to start."
31. It is known from the passage that _________.
A) Mark played an active part in community activities
B) the city councilwoman was responsible for the falling of life quality
C) visual aids were used to display the seriousness of problems
D) many people were discouraged by the many problems facing them
32.In Mark.s opinion , ___________.
A) nobody was so able as to solve the problems
B) he was not in the position to solve such problems
C) many people were too selfish to think about others
D) he already had more than enough work to do
33. The word "darted" in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by _________.
A) " walked "
B) " marched "
C) "wandered "
D) " dashed "
34 What is the implication of the words on the bus wall?
A) You should be kind to your neighbors and they will treat you the same way.
B) Everyone can play his own part to make things better.
C) All small acts will add up to kindness.
D) It.s a small act to help a person in need.
35. The passage is mainly about ____________.
A) how individuals can help make a difference
B) running a neighborhood meeting to solve its problems
C) citizens. reactions to the problems they face
D) solving problems through group action
Lord Woolf, the most senior judge in Britain believes that the civil courts are a nightmare for those trapped in their procedures. The average High Court case takes more than three years from the legal document to trial. Many personal injury cases take twice as long. The costs of these legal cases are out of proportion to the stakes. Lawyer’s fees in personal injury cases amount to more than half the claim. Some multinational (跨国的) companies complain that the British court system is slower and more expensive than any other.
The new Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham, describes the excessive costs of civil litigation (诉讼) as a cancer eating at the heart of the administration of justice. His point is that when justice is expensive, most people do not have access to it. These days, only the very rich or the very poor (whose costs will be paid by the state) can afford to go to court. Rising costs, therefore, also means a growing burden on the taxpayer: public expenditure on civil legal aid has increased a lot since 1983.
Cases have allowed running on and on because, at present, the lawyers set the pace, and they have no interest in seeing a quick result. Lord Woolf’s remedy is to shift control of litigation (诉讼)from lawyers to judges.
Quicker, cheaper justice is in almost everybody’s interests; but there will be opposition from two sources. The Treasury (财政部)is worried that, even though the court costs per case should fail, the costs to the state of the system as a whole will probably rise: there will have to be more judges, more staff members in the court, and the court system will need to be computerized. But such objections can be easily met. Higher court costs could be passed onto the litigants who would still pay less overall because their lawyer bills would be so much smaller.
Opposition may also come from lawyers. Some of them will complain that handing power to the courts will restrict their ability to represent their client’s interests. If justice is cheaper, it will also be rougher. Such an outcome is possible, but it is far from inevitable. In any case, the finest legal system in the world would still not provide justice if most people do not have access to it.
36. Lord Woolf describes the British court system as a nightmare because _________.
A) many people are trapped in its procedures
B) it takes at least 3 years before any court decision is made
C) it is expensive and inefficient
D) it is irresponsible and indifferent
37. As a result of the high costs of civil litigation, _____________.
A) the poor are actually not protected by law
B) few people in Britain go to court
C) justice is hardly existent in Britain
D) most people can not afford to go to court
38. In order to avoid the delay of cases, Lord Woolf suggests that _________.
A) lawyer’ s fees be reduced
B) judges take over the control of litigation
C) lawyers no longer set the pace
D) the court prescribes a time limit for each case
39. Lord Woolf’s remedy is opposed to by lawyers because ___________.
A) the cheaper a thing is, the poorer the quality will be
B) the court will restrict their ability to represent their client’ s interests
C) the costs to the state of the system as a whole will probably rise
D) the lack of money and time will result in a decline in the quality of their work
40. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the last sentence of the passage?
A) In dealing with any legal cases, the finest legal system is not necessarily the most efficient if people do not have faith in it.
B) It is not always the case that the best legal system is still able to provide justice even if most people do not have access to it.
C) Whatever happens, the finest legal system in the world will not do people justice if people do not go to court.
D) No matter how good a legal system is, it would not be able to perform its duty if people are denied access to it.
A number of recent books have reworked subjects, forms and writing techniques. Today.s children read stories about divorce, death, drugs, air pollution, political extremism and violence. Relying on the magic of the illustrator, all kinds of books are being published.
Before they know to read, babies can play with books made of cloth or books made to take in the bath. Later on, they are given picture books that may be cubical（立方形）or triangular, outsized or very small. They also like work-books which come with watercolors and paintbrushes, and comic books（漫画册）filled with details where they have to spot a figure hidden among thousands of others.
Not that the traditional children.s books are being neglected. There are still storybooks where the pages pop up（跳起）when they are opened, to make a forest or a castle. Among the latest ideas are interactive stories where readers choose the plot（情节）or ending they want, and books on CD, which are very popular in rich industrialized countries.
The public has enthusiastically greeted the wealth of creativity displayed by publishers. "Previously, giving a child a book as often seen as improper," says Canadian author Marie-France Hebért. Her books, published by a French-language publisher, sell like hot cakes in hundreds of thousands of copies. "There.s a real appetite for reading these days and I try to get across to children the passion for reading which is food for the mind and the heart, like a medicine or a vitamin."
41."Reworked" as used in Paragraph 1 means "___________________".
A) reworded
B) rewritten
C) processed
D) revised
42.In the second paragraph the author lists the kinds of books ___________________.
A) recently published
B) of various shapes
C) babies like
D) popular among children
43.Which of the following statements is true?
A) Books made of cloth came out earlier than picture books.
B) When you buy work-books you will be given free comic books.
C) Traditional children.s books are not being removed from market.
D) Babies cannot have books while taking a bath.
44. The expression "get across to children" in the last paragraph probably means "___________________".
A) pass on to children
B) make children believe
C) teach children
D) get around to children
45.The main idea of the last paragraph is that people have ___________________.
A) warmly welcomed the abundance of wealth shown by publishers
B) warmly welcomed the enormous amount of creativity shown by publishers
C) showed great enthusiasm in publishers of treat wealth
D) reacted strongly to the unlimited creativity of publishers
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere, they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage.
Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called “rem”. Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damage, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation, and during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
46. According to the first paragraph, the atmosphere is essential to man in that ________________.
A) it protects him against the harmful rays from space
B) it provides sufficient light for plant growth
C) it supplies the heat necessary for human survival
D) it screens off the falling meteors
47. We know from the passage that _________________.
A) exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal
B) the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming
C) radiation is avoidable in space exploration
D) astronauts in spacesuits needn’t worry about radiation damage
48. The harm radiation has done to the Apollo crew members ______________.
A) is insignificant B) seems overestimated
C) is enormous D) remains unknown
49. It can be inferred from the passage that _________________.
A) the Apollo mission was very successful
B) protection from space radiation is no easy job
C) astronauts will have deformed children or grandchildren
D) radiation is not a threat to well-protected space explorers
50. The best title for this passage would be ___________________.
A) The Atmosphere and Our Environment
B) Research on Radiation
C) Effects of Space Radiation
D) Importance of Protection against Radiation
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET.
From the ##56## “Lord Williams” clearly had a great amount of ##57##. A few villagers were ##58##of him but most saw nothing that##59##doubts until later. All agreed that he##60## a great amount of money ##61## the village. His money was used to##62## many properties. Many people thought him charming and##63##and did not suspect he was ##64##them. Where did this money ##65## from? He told##66## that he had ##67## the money from a rich uncle. Certainly he was happy ##68## nearly 5 million pounds into the village. This was a ##69##village with a##70## view which ##71##over the##72##. He was satisfied to##73##money into this village with its ##74##views. This was his ##75##village.
56. A) begin B) beginner C) beginning D) began
57. A) wealthy B) wealth C) healthy D) health
58. A) suspicious B) suspicion C) doubtable D) doubted
59. A) arose B) aroused C) arise D) arouse
60. A) injected B) objected C) rejected D) projected
61. A) on B) into C) at D) to
62. A) erect B) store C) restore D) resource
63. A) considerate B) considerable C) considering D) considered
64. A) leading B) misleading C) unleading D) disleading
65.A) get B) take C) come D) go
66.A) none B) anyone C) someone D) everyone
67.A) borrowed B) loaned C) heritage D) inherited
68.A) digging B) dropping C) pouring D) running
69.A) wealthy B) colorful C) beautiful D) dutiful
70.A) fantastic B) statistic C) artistic D) critical
71.A) disappears B) disappearing C) reach D) appear
72.A) horizon B) horizontal C) horizons D) horizontals
73.A) sink B) sunk C) sank D) sunken
74.A) twisting B) rolling C) straightening D) striding
75.A) various B) anxious C) glorious D) courageous
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 1 from all other animals. Language is a means of 2 , but it is much more than that. Many animals can 3 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 4 other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 5 things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 6 in the fact that different words can be 7 together in different ways, according to 8 to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can 9 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract 10 , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex 11 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 12 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 13 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 14 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 15 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 16 what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 17 the spoken words, understand the pattern of 18 of the words (sentences), and finally 19 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n) 20 process.
1. A. apart B. off C. up D. down
2. A. advertisement B. communication C. discovery D. invention
3. A. transfer B. move C. convey D. communicate
4. A. to B. from C. over D. on
5. A. only B. almost C. even D. just
6. A. stays B. situates C. hides D. lies
7. A. stuck B. joined C. rung D. controlled
8. A. rules B. scales C. laws D. standards
9. A. combine B. contain C. define D. declare
10. A. activities B. thoughts C. effects D. chances
11. A. expectation B. progress C. process D. produce
12. A. aspects B. abstracts C. angles D. assumptions
13. A. anybody B. another C. other D. everybody
14. A. body B. gesture C. written D. spoken
15. A. growing B. fixing C. beginning D. building
16. A. put out B. take down C. draw up D. figure out
17. A. identify B. locate C. reveal D. discover
18. A. performance B. organization C. design D. show
19. A. regulate B. justify C. release D. interpret
20. A. slow B. interesting C. continuous D. serious