全国英语六级阅读模拟试题
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itisafactestablishedbythestudyof“backward”languagesthatnospoken
tongueanswersthatdescriptiontoday.Mostlanguagesofuncivilizedgroups
are,byourmostseverestandards,extremelycomplex,delicate,and
ingeniouspiecesofmachineryforthetransferofideas.Theyfallbehindour
Westernlanguagesnotintheirsoundpatternsorgrammaticalstructures,
whichusuallyfullyadequateforalllanguageneeds,butonlyintheir
betweenwhatisclosetothespeaker,ortothepersonaddressed,orremoved
from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.
This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the
Peopleoncethoughtofthelanguagesofbackwardgroupsassavage,
undevelopedformsofspeech,consistinglargelyofgruntsandgroans.While
itispossiblethatlanguageingeneralbeganasaseriesofgruntsandgroans,
puttingtogetherwordsalreadyinexistenceorbyborrowingthemfromother
languagesandadaptingthemtotheirownsystem.2.Theobjectsand
activitiesrequiringnamesanddistinctionsin“backward”languages,while
B.All languages came from grunts and groans
C.The hierarchy of languages is difficult to understand
D.There is no hierarchy of languages
3.Thearticlestatesthatgrunt-and-groanformsofspeecharefound
A.sound patterns
B.vocabularies
C.grammatical structures
D.both Aand B
2.The author says that professional linguists recognize that ___.
A.Western languages are superior to Eastern languages
___.
A.the potential for expanding vocabulary
B.their own sound patterns
C.an ability to transfer ideas
___.
A.nowhere today
B.among the Australian aborigines
C.among Eastern cultures
D.among people speaking“backward”languages
4.Accordingtotheauthor,languages,whethercivilizedornot,have
全国英语六级阅读模拟试题
task 1
Cultureisthetotalsumofallthetraditions,customs,beliefs,and
waysoflifeofagivengroupoghumanbeings.Inthissenபைடு நூலகம்e,everygrouphas
a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.
vocabularies,whichreflectstheobjectsandactivitiesknowntotheir
speakers.Eveninthisdepartment,however,twothingsaretobenoted:1.All
languagesseemtopossessthemachineryforvocabularyexpansion,eitherby
differentfromours,areoftensurprisinglynumerousandcomplicated.An
accidentallanguagedistinguishesmerelybetweentwodegreesofremoteness
(“this”and“that”);somelanguagesoftheAmericanIndiansdistinguish
Totheprofessionalanthropologist,thereisnointrinsicsuperiorityof
onecultureoveranother,justastotheprofessionallinguistthereisno
intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
anthropologiststhatallculturearetobeviewedindependently,andwithout
ideas of rank or hierarchy.
1.thelanguageofuncivilizedgroupsascomparedtoWestern
languages are limited in ___.
tongueanswersthatdescriptiontoday.Mostlanguagesofuncivilizedgroups
are,byourmostseverestandards,extremelycomplex,delicate,and
ingeniouspiecesofmachineryforthetransferofideas.Theyfallbehindour
Westernlanguagesnotintheirsoundpatternsorgrammaticalstructures,
whichusuallyfullyadequateforalllanguageneeds,butonlyintheir
betweenwhatisclosetothespeaker,ortothepersonaddressed,orremoved
from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.
This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the
Peopleoncethoughtofthelanguagesofbackwardgroupsassavage,
undevelopedformsofspeech,consistinglargelyofgruntsandgroans.While
itispossiblethatlanguageingeneralbeganasaseriesofgruntsandgroans,
puttingtogetherwordsalreadyinexistenceorbyborrowingthemfromother
languagesandadaptingthemtotheirownsystem.2.Theobjectsand
activitiesrequiringnamesanddistinctionsin“backward”languages,while
B.All languages came from grunts and groans
C.The hierarchy of languages is difficult to understand
D.There is no hierarchy of languages
3.Thearticlestatesthatgrunt-and-groanformsofspeecharefound
A.sound patterns
B.vocabularies
C.grammatical structures
D.both Aand B
2.The author says that professional linguists recognize that ___.
A.Western languages are superior to Eastern languages
___.
A.the potential for expanding vocabulary
B.their own sound patterns
C.an ability to transfer ideas
___.
A.nowhere today
B.among the Australian aborigines
C.among Eastern cultures
D.among people speaking“backward”languages
4.Accordingtotheauthor,languages,whethercivilizedornot,have
全国英语六级阅读模拟试题
task 1
Cultureisthetotalsumofallthetraditions,customs,beliefs,and
waysoflifeofagivengroupoghumanbeings.Inthissenபைடு நூலகம்e,everygrouphas
a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.
vocabularies,whichreflectstheobjectsandactivitiesknowntotheir
speakers.Eveninthisdepartment,however,twothingsaretobenoted:1.All
languagesseemtopossessthemachineryforvocabularyexpansion,eitherby
differentfromours,areoftensurprisinglynumerousandcomplicated.An
accidentallanguagedistinguishesmerelybetweentwodegreesofremoteness
(“this”and“that”);somelanguagesoftheAmericanIndiansdistinguish
Totheprofessionalanthropologist,thereisnointrinsicsuperiorityof
onecultureoveranother,justastotheprofessionallinguistthereisno
intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
anthropologiststhatallculturearetobeviewedindependently,andwithout
ideas of rank or hierarchy.
1.thelanguageofuncivilizedgroupsascomparedtoWestern
languages are limited in ___.