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1、甘肃电大直属学院2012年春季学期期中考试《高级英语阅读（1）》试题PARTⅠ CLOZE [20POINTS]Decidewhichofthechoicesgivenbelowwouldbestcompletethepassageit"insertedinthecorrespondingblanks.MarkthebestchoiceforeachblankonANSWERSHEETTWO.Howmenfirstlearnedtoinventwordsisunknown;(1)____,theoriginoflanguageisamyst
2、ery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertain(2)____toexpressthoughtsandfeelings,actionsandthings,(3)____theycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreed(4)____certainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbe(5)____torepresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbe(6)_
3、____.Thosesounds,whetherspoken,(7)_____writteninletters,wecallwords.Thepowerofwords,then,liesintheir(8)____thethingstheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsbecome(9)____withmeaningforusbyexperience;(10)._____thelongerwelive,themorecertainwords(11)_____tousthehappyandsadeventsofourpast
4、:andthemorewe(12)____,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingtous(13)____Greatwritersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichappeal(14)____toourmindsandemotions.This(15)._____andtellinguseofwordsiswhatwecall(16)____style.Aboveall,therealpoet
5、isamasterof(17)____.Hecanconveyhismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusic,andwhich(18)_____theirpositionandassociationcan(19)____mentotears.Weshould,therefore,learntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemaccurately,ortheywill(20)____ourspeechorwritingsillyandvulgar.(1)A.inaddition B.in
6、otherwords C.inaword D.insummary(2)A.sounds B.gestures C.signs D.movements(3)A.suchthat B.asthat C.sothat D.inthat(4)A.in B.with C.of D.upon(5)A.spelt B.combined C.written Dcopied(6)A.writtendown B.handeddown C.remembered D.
7、observed(7)A.and B.yet C.also D.or(8)A.functions B.associations C.roles D.links(9)A.filled B.full C.live D.active(10)A.but B.or C.yet D.and(11)A.reappear B.recall C.remember D.recollect(12)A.readandthink B.readandrecall C.read
8、andlearn D.readandrecite(13)A.raises B.increases C.improves
