PartV Cloze (15 minutes)

Directins:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 67 from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 68 it is much more than that. Many animals can 69.The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 70 other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything.71 things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed. The key 72 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 73 together in different ways, according to 74, to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 75 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 76 about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex 77 that we take for granted.Indeed, we are not aware of most 78 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 79.The speaker has to translate thoughts into 80 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the  81 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 82 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 83 the words spoken, understand the pattern of 84 of the words (sentences), and finally 85 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 86 started, it is of course a continuous process. 

67.A, apartB, off C, up D, down 68.A, soB, but C, or D, for 69.A, transferB, transmit C, convey D, communicate 70.A, toB, from C, over D, on 71.A, onlyB, almost C, even D, just 72.A, staysB, situates C, hides D, lies 73.A, stuckB, strung C, rung D, consisted 74.A, rulesB, scales C, laws D, standards 75.A, combinesB, contains C, defines D, declares 76.A, whatB, whether C, while D, if 77.A, prospectB, progress C, process D, produce 78.A, aspectsB, abstracts C, angles D, assumptions 79.A, anybodyB, another C, other D, everybody 80.A, bodyB, gesture C, written D, spoken 81.A, growingB, fixing C, beginning D, building 82.A, putB, take C, draw D, figure 83.A, identifyB, locate C, reveal D, discover 84.A, performanceB, organization C, design D, layout 85.A, prescribeB, justify C, utter D, interpret 86.A, sinceB, after C, once D, until

答案 A   B   D   A   C   D    B    A     C   B    C    A      B     D      C        D      A     B    D     C