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完形填空强化练习 A Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 1__ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication,2__it is much more than that. Many animals can 3__. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 4 __other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything.__things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed. The key __in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 7__together in different ways, according to 8__, to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing9__humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 10__about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, It is an immensely complex11__that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 12__of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 13__.The Speaker has to translate thoughts into 14__language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 15__of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 16__out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 17__ the words spoken, understand the pattern of 18__ of the words (sentences), and finally 19__ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 20__started, it is of course a continuous process. A) apart B) off C) up D) down A) so B) but C) or D) for A) transfer B) transmit C) convey D) communicate A) to B) from C) over D) on A) only B) almost C) even D) just A) stays B) situates C) hides D) lies A) stuck B) strung C) rung D) consisted A) rules B) scales C) laws D) standards A) combines B) co