2010年考研英语完形填空模拟试题及答案
SectionⅠ Use of EnglishDirections:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.1agreed upon among linguists, this2covers four important aspects: system, arbitrary, symbol and vocal. It is a system,3linguistic elements are arranged systematically,4 chaotically. Its being a system ensures a common5on which the users can6it and understand it. Arbitrary, in the7that there is usually without8connection between a word (dog, for instance) and the thing referred to by the word “dog”. A9from Shakespeare would make a good example: “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet。” That is why there are10languages in the world, with so many different sounds and writings, all of which11more or less the same meanings. It is symbolic, because words (writings/pictogram) are associated12objects, concepts, actions, by nothing more than13 . In other words, language users14the sounds or vocal forms to symbolize15they wish to convey. It is vocal, because sound or speech is the primary16for all human languages.17systems developed much later than the spoken forms. This recognition can be proved by the fact18every normal human can19in a certain language but not20is able to write。
1. Presumably Broadly Incidentally Cheerfully
2. interference access impact definition
3. since if unless while
4. other than now that rather than except that
5. freedom origin ground reform
6. grasp urge oblige assess
7. cost sense sight risk
8. paradoxical continuous incompatible intrinsic
9. maintenance quotation existence survival
10. complex racial numerous prominent
11. bind carry restrain sustain
12. to from by with
13. convention conviction conservation consensus
14. substitute wreck employ propel
15. when that which what
16. version weapon contest medium
17. Recording Decoding Writing Quoting
18. that whereas which once
19. speak talk say put
20. necessarily generally hardly confusedly
参考答案
SectionⅠ Use of English(10 points)
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. C 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A
全文翻译
语言是人类用来交际的任意性的语音符号的体系。这是语言学家们普遍认同的定义。它包含四个重要概念：系统性，任意性，符号性以及语音性。语言是一个体系，因为语言成分是有条理地而不是凌乱地拼凑在一起。因为语言有体系，使用者就有共同处，便于掌握和理解。说语言是任意性的，意思是，某个词(如“狗”)与它所指的物体之间通常没有本质的内在的固有的联系。援引莎氏的一句名言很能说明，“一朵玫瑰不管它叫什么名字，闻起来都是一样香。”所以，世界上有如此众多不同的语音和书面文图，其含义都略同或相同。说语言是符号，因为词语跟客观世界的物体，行动，想法等的联系是约定俗成的。换言之，人们用一定的音和语言形式去象征地表达和交流事物。语言是有声的，是因为语音或口头对于全人类的语言都是第一性的，文字是第二性的。这种观点可从下列事实得到证明：所有正常人都能讲一种语言，但并不一定能写它。
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