2010年12月大学英语四级词汇活记活用(26)
2010-08-19来源:和谐英语
[导读]在备考四级考试的过程中，大家普遍感觉比较困难的问题就是背单词，单词背的好坏直接决定着考试成绩的高低。为了帮助考生有效记忆单词，和谐英语学习网整理了以下资料，供考生复习。 A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.
Let’s look at this __1__ in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, __2__ distinguishes man from the rest of the __3__ world.
Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by __4__ of cries: for example, many birds utter __5__ calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter __6__ cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. __7__ these various means of communication differ in important ways __8__ human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not __9__ thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that __10__ us to divide a human utterance into __11__.
We can change an utterance by __12__ one word in it with __13__: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north“, __14__ who can change one word and say aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, __15__ means “danger!”
This is why the number of __16__ that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case __17__ point; it has about twenty different calls, __18__ in human language the number of possible utterances is __19__. It also explains why animal cries are very __20__ in meaning.
1.A) classification B) definition C) function D) perception
2.A) that B) it C) as D) what
3.A) native B) human C) physical D) animal
4.A) ways B) means C) methods D) approaches
5.A) mating B) exciting C) warning D) boring
6.A) identical B) similar C) different D) unfamiliar
7.A) But B) Therefore C) Afterwards D) Furthermore
8.A) about B) with C) from D) in 和谐英语学习网 http://www.hxen.net
9.A) infer B) explain C) interpret D) express
10.A) encourages B) enables C) enforces D) ensures
11.A) speeches B) sounds C) words D) voices
12.A) replacing B) spelling C) pronouncing D) saying
13.A) ours B) theirs C) another D) others
14.A) so B) and C) but D) or
15.A) this B) that C) which D) it
16.A) signs B) gestures C) signals D) marks
17.A) in B) at C) of D) for
18.A) whereas B) since C) anyhow D) somehow
19.A) boundless B) changeable C) limitless D) ceaseless
20.A) ordinary B) alike C) common D) general
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Let’s look at this __1__ in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, __2__ distinguishes man from the rest of the __3__ world.
Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by __4__ of cries: for example, many birds utter __5__ calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter __6__ cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. __7__ these various means of communication differ in important ways __8__ human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not __9__ thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that __10__ us to divide a human utterance into __11__.
We can change an utterance by __12__ one word in it with __13__: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north“, __14__ who can change one word and say aircraft approaching from the north” or “tanks approaching from the west”; but a bird has a single alarm cry, __15__ means “danger!”
This is why the number of __16__ that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case __17__ point; it has about twenty different calls, __18__ in human language the number of possible utterances is __19__. It also explains why animal cries are very __20__ in meaning.
1.A) classification B) definition C) function D) perception
2.A) that B) it C) as D) what
3.A) native B) human C) physical D) animal
4.A) ways B) means C) methods D) approaches
5.A) mating B) exciting C) warning D) boring
6.A) identical B) similar C) different D) unfamiliar
7.A) But B) Therefore C) Afterwards D) Furthermore
8.A) about B) with C) from D) in 和谐英语学习网 http://www.hxen.net
9.A) infer B) explain C) interpret D) express
10.A) encourages B) enables C) enforces D) ensures
11.A) speeches B) sounds C) words D) voices
12.A) replacing B) spelling C) pronouncing D) saying
13.A) ours B) theirs C) another D) others
14.A) so B) and C) but D) or
15.A) this B) that C) which D) it
16.A) signs B) gestures C) signals D) marks
17.A) in B) at C) of D) for
18.A) whereas B) since C) anyhow D) somehow
19.A) boundless B) changeable C) limitless D) ceaseless
20.A) ordinary B) alike C) common D) general
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