阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely
36 from all other animals. Language is a means of
37 , but it is much more than that. Many animals can
38 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers
39 other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything,
40 things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key
41 in the fact that different words can be
42 together in different ways, according to
43 to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can
44 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract
45 , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex
46 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most
47 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to
48 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into
49 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the
50 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to
51 what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to
52 the spoken words, understand the pattern of
53 of the words (sentences), and finally
54 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n)
55 process.
小题2: | A.advertisement | B.communication | C.discovery | D.invention |
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小题3: | A.transfer | B.move | C.convey | D.communicate |
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小题5: | A.only | B.almost | C.even | D.just |
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小题6: | A.stays | B.situates | C.hides | D.lies |
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小题7: | A.stuck | B.joined | C.rung | D.controlled |
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小题8: | A.rules | B.scales | C.laws | D.standards |
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小题9: | A.combine | B.contain | C.define | D.declare |
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小题10: | A.activities | B.thoughts | C.effects | D.chances |
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小题11: | A.expectation | B.progress | C.process | D.produce |
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小题12: | A.aspects | B.abstracts | C.angles | D.assumptions |
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小题13: | A.anybody | B.another | C.other | D.everybody |
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小题14: | A.body | B.gesture | C.written | D.spoken |
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小题15: | A.growing | B.fixing | C.beginning | D.building |
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小题16: | A.put out | B.take down | C.draw up | D.figure out |
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小题17: | A.identify | B.locate | C.reveal | D.discover |
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小题18: | A.performance | B.organization | C.design | D.show |
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小题19: | A.regulate | B.justify | C.release | D.interpret |
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小题20: | A.slow | B.interesting | C.continuous | D.serious |
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