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Quiz
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Written Part
Part I Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage
is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of
them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide
on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on your Answer
Sheet. Then write your translation of the underlined sentence on your
Answer Sheet. |
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| One of the differences between
humans and animals is that humans have language and the animals
do not. Language is human speech, either written or spoken.
There are about 3,000 spoken languages in the world, but some
are spoken by only a few hundred people. |
| All languages have (1) a system of
sounds, (2) words, (3) a system of word order, and (4) grammar.
Word order is more important in English than in some other languages.
The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many African
languages. |
| Language is always changing. In a
society where life continues year after year with few changes,
the language does not change much, either. The earliest known
languages had complicated grammar but a small, limited vocabulary.
Over the centuries, the grammar changed, but the vocabulary
grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to
America during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries gave
names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this
way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and
Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast, and
language is changing fast, too. |
| There are several major language
families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main
families, but other scientists divide them differently. The
languages in each family are related and scientists think that
they came from the same parent language. About 3 percent
of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these
major families. |
| We learn our language by listening
and copying. We do this without studying or thinking about it.
But learning a foreign language takes a lot of study and practice. |
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Key
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2. A |
3. B |
4. C |
| 5. 每一语族的不同语言都是相互联系的，科学家们认为这些语言来自同一母语。 |
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