2002年12月

A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (語聲), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.

Let’s look at this 61 in more detail because it is language, more than anything else, 62 distinguishes man from the rest of the 63 world.

Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by 64 of cries: for example, many birds utter 65 calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 66 cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 67 these various means of communication differ in important ways 68 human language. For instance, animals’ cries do not 69 thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 70 us to divide a human utterance into 71.

We can change an utterance by 72 one word in it with 73: a good illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e.g., “tanks approaching from the north”, 74 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, 75 means “danger!”

This is why the number of 76 that an animal can make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case 77 point; it has about twenty different calls, 78 in human language the number of possible utterance is 79. It also explains why animal cries are very 80 in meaning.

61. A) classification              B) definition                  C) function             D) perception

62. A) that                           B) it                C) as                   D) what

63. A) native                        B) human                            C) physical             D) animal

64. A) ways                         B) means                      C) methods             D) approaches 

65. A) mating                       B) exciting                    C) warning             D) boring

66. A) identical                     B) similar               C) different            D) unfamiliar    

67. A) But                            B) Therefore                 C) Afterwards          D)Furthermore

68. A) about                         B) with                         C) from               D) in    

69. A) infer                          B) explain                     C) interpret            D) express    

70. A) encourages                B) enables                     C) enforces            D) ensures    

71. A) speeches                    B) sounds                     C) words             D) voices    

72. A) replacing                    B) spelling                    C) pronouncing             D) saying    

73. A) ours                          B) theirs                       C) another                    D) others    

74. A) so                             B) and                          C) but                          D) or    

75. A) this                           B) that                          C) which                      D) it    

76. A) signs                         B) gestures                   C) signals                     D) marks    

77. A) in                              B) at                                   C) of                D) for    

78. A) whereas                     B) since                        C) anyhow           D) somehow    

79. A) boundless                  B) changeable               C) limitless                   D) ceaseless    

80. A) ordinary                     B) alike                         C) common                  D) general    

2002年1月

One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my 71 apartment.                
　　Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 72 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 73 every time she leaned over to talk to him,  74 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such 75 in a public place? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 76 it turned out, it was an Italian movie.  77 about an hour I decided                  to give up on the movie and 78 on my popcorn ( 爆玉米花 ). I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 79 . After a while I heard  80 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 81 of the popcorn crunching ( 咀嚼 ) between my teeth. My thought started to 82 . I remembered when I was in South Korea (韓國 ), I 83 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean -- I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 84   I saw him again in New York speaking 85  English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I 86 like I had been betrayed. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.  87 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 88 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 89 . in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it  90  out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.

71. A) hot                            B) warm                       C) cool                D) heated

72. A) crack               B) opening           C) break               D) blank

73. A) view                 B) angle             C) space               D) aspect

74. A) whenever             B) and              C) while               D) or

75. A) attention              B) affection            C) motion              D) attraction

76. A) what                B) when             C) as                  D) since

77. A) After                B) Within            C) For                 D) Over

78. A) fix                  B) chew             C) taste               D) concentrate

79. A) too                 B) though                     C) still                D) certainly

80. A) no                  B) any                          C) few               D) much

81. A) tone                 B) voice              C) sound            D) rhythm

82. A) wonder              B) imagine             C) depart            D) wander

83. A) used                 B) happened               C) turned             D) enjoyed

84. A) then                 B) until                  C) because             D) therefore

85. A) artificial               B) informal               C) practical            D) perfect

86. A) looked                B) felt                   C) appeared           D) seemed

87. A) If                           B) While                 C) Once              D) Before

88. A) quiet                 B) empty                  C) stiff               D) calm

89. A) saying                B) uttering                   C) telling              D) speaking

90. A) made                        B) worked                C) got                D) cam