Part V                         Cloze                     (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For eachblank there are )bur choices marked A), B),C) and D ) on the right side of thepaper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Languageis the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is thespecies-typical behavior that sets humans completely 67 from all otheranimals. Language is a means of communication,   68   itis much more than that. Many animals can 69. The dance of the honeybeecommunicates the location of flowers  70  othermembers of the hive (蜂群). But human  language  permits communication  about anything, 71   things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 72 in the fact that theunits of meaning, words, can be 73 together in different ways, accordingto   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 universe, the mind, love, dreams,or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex  77  that we take for granted. Indeed, we are notaware of most  78  of our speech and understanding. Consider whathappens when one person is speaking to   79    The speaker has to translate thoughts into   80   language. Brain imaging studies suggest thatthe time from thoughts to the   81 ofspeech is extremely fast, only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the soundsto   82   out what the speaker means. He must use thesounds 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, aminimum of about 0.5 seconds. But  86  started, it is of course a continuous process.
67. A) apart
B) off
C) up
D) down
68. A) so
B) but
C) or
D) for
69. A) transfer
B) transmit
C) convey
D) communicate
70. A) to
B) from
C) over
D) on
71. A) only
B) almost
C) even
D) just
72. A) stays
B) situates
C) hides
D) lies
73. A) stuck
B) strung
C) rung
D) consisted
74. A) rules
B) scales
C) laws
D) standards
75. A) combines
B) contains
C) defines
D) declares
76. A) what
B) whether
C) while
D) if
77. A) prospect
B) progress
C) process
D) produce
78. A) aspects
B) abstracts
C) angles
D) assumptions
79. A) anybody
B) another
C) other
D) everybody
80. A) body
B) gesture
C) written
D) spoken
81. A) growing
B) fixing
C) beginning
D) building
82. A) put
B) take
C) draw
D) figure
83. A) identify
B) locate
C) reveal
D) discover
84. A) performance
B) organization
C) design
D) layout
85. A) prescribe
B) justify
C) utter
D) interpret
86. A) since
B) after
C) once
D) until

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