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DS工作室整理上传，转载请标明出处 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 2 | GRE reading exercise one Nahuatl, like Greek and German, is a language that?allows the formation of extensive compounds. By the?combination of radicals or semantic elements, single?compound words can express complex conceptual?relations, often of an abstract universal character.?The tlamatinime (―those who know‖) were able to?use this rich stock of abstract terms to express the?nuances of their thought. They also availed themselves?of other forms of expression with metaphorical meaning,?some probably original, some derived from Toltec?coinages. Of these forms the most characteristic in?Nahuatl is the juxtaposition of two words that, because?they are synonyms, associated terms, or even contraries,?complement each other to evoke one single idea. Used as?metaphor, the juxtaposed terms connote specific or?essential traits of the being they refer to, introducing a?mode of poetry as an almost habitual form of expression.? 1. According to the passage, some abstract?universal ideas can be expressed in Nahuatl by? (A) taking away from a word any reference to?particular instances ?(B) removing a word from its associations with?other words? (C) giving a word a new and opposite meaning? (D) putting various meaningful elements?together in one word? (E) turning each word of a phrase into a poetic?metaphor?For the following question, consider each of the?choices separately and select all that apply ?2. It can be inferred solely from the information?in the passage EXCEPT that? □A all abstract universal ideas are ideas of?complex relations? □B some record or evidence of the thought of?the tlamatinime exists? □C metaphors are always used in Nahuatl to?express abstract conceptual relationships 答案解析： 1：D?由abstract universal ideas 定位至line5，再往前看到了 By the combination of radicals or semantic elements,?single compound words can express complex conceptual relations, 所以很明显，正确答案D； ?2：A?哪个是从原文找不到的，注意except，这种题常常一不小心就选反了 ?解析：A 选项一上来就看到个all，这种极端词汇哪