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1、1PETS3 综合知识电子教材第一课时第一课时开场白 完形填空 语法知识第二课时第二课时PassagePassage 1313A language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds (语声), and which is used by a group of people for the purpose of communication.Lets look at this 1 in more detail because it is language, more than anything else,
2、2 distinguishes man from the rest of the 3 world.Other animals, it is true, communicate with one another by 4 of cries: for example, many birds utter 5 calls at the approach of danger; monkeys utter 6 cries, such as expressions of anger, fear and pleasure. 7 these various means of communication diff
3、er in important ways 8 human language. For instance, animals cries do not 9 thoughts and feelings clearly. This means, basically, that they lack structure. They lack the kind of structure that 10 us to divide a human utterance into 11 .We can change an utterance by 12 one word in it with 13 : a good
4、 illustration of this is a soldier who can say, e. g., “tanks approaching from the north“, 14 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, 15 means “danger!“This is why the number of 16 that an animal c
5、an make is very limited: the great tit (山雀) is a case 17 point; it has about twenty different calls, 18 in human language the number of possible utterances is 19 . It also explains why animal cries are very 20 in meaning.21. A. classification B. definitionC. function D. perception 2. A. that B. itC.
6、 as D. what 3. A. native B. humanC. physical D. animal 4. A. ways B. meansC. methods D. approaches 5. A. mating B. excitingC. warning D. boring 6. A. identical B. similarC. different D. unfamiliar 7. A. But B. ThereforeC. Afterwards D. Furthermore 8. A. about B. withC. from D. in 9. A. infer B. expl
7、ainC. interpret D. express 10. A. encourages B. enablesC. enforces D. ensures 11. A. speeches B. soundsC. words D. voices 12. A. replacing B. spellingC. pronouncing D. saying 13. A. ours B. theirsC. another D. others 14. A. so B. andC. but D. or 15. A. this B. thatC. which D. it 16. A. signs B. gest
8、uresC. signals D. marks 17. A. in B. atC. of D. for 18. A. whereas B. sinceC. anyhow D. somehow 19. A. boundless B. changeableC. limitless D. ceaseless 20. A. ordinary B. alikeC. common D. likely 答案： B C C B C C A C D BC A C B C C A A C BPassagePassage 14143One summer night, on my way home from work
9、 I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldnt face my 1 apartment.Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 3 every time she leaned over to talk to him, 4 he leaned over to kiss her.
10、 Why do Americans display such 5 in a public place?I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6 it turned out, it was an Italian movie 7 about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8 on my popcorn (爆玉米花). Ive never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty goo
11、d, 9 . After a while I heard 10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12 I remembered when I was in South Korea (韩 国), I 13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean I was really amazed. He see
12、med like a good friend to me, 14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean. He didnt even have a Korean accent and I 16 like I had been betrayed.When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 17 we had begun to learn a few word
13、s, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 19 in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 20 out all wrong and we all burst into
