Animal languages are not creative.（)

Human languages are qualitatively different from animal communication systems.()

A.Language means the system of pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary

B.Language means a particular type or styl

C. of language used for a particular purpose

D.Language refers to the common features of all human languages

E.Language includes animal and artificial features of language

words about animals. Certain words for animals do carry similar denotative and connotative meanings in both languages. In English, for instance, “dove” is often related to “peace”, and in Chinese we have a similar term “和平鸽”. Another example is that “fox” and “狐狸” both imply the quality of “being sly”, as is obvious in the idioms of “as sly as a fox” and “像狐狸一样狡猾”.

However, there are many words with the same denotative meanings but different connotative meanings. For instance, “bat” is an evil animal in European folk legends. The English idioms like “as blind as a bat” and “as crazy as a bat” give explanation by themselves. But many Chinese people believe that “bat” is the symbol of good luck, health and happiness. This is mainly because in “蝙蝠” “蝠” is pronounced the same with “福” (good fortune) in “幸福” (happiness) and “洪福” (limitless blessing).

Still, there are many other words whose denotative and connotative meanings are both different in English and Chinese. For example, in the western world, “dragon” is a fire-spitting mythical animal, signifying violence, as in “He is a bit of dragon here.” By contrast, most Chinese people regard “龙” (Long) as a symbol of dignity and power, as in the idiom “望子成龙” (hold high hopes for one’s child).

1. Some English words about animals carry both denotative and connotative meanings.()

A.True

B.False

2. Many words from Chinese and English are the same in both the denotational meanings and connotational meanings, such as “fox” and “狐狸”.()

A.True

B.False

3. The Chinese word “蝙蝠” carries the same connotative meanings with the English word “bat”.()

A.True

B.False

4. The Chinese word “龙” carries the same denotative meaning with the English word “dragon”.()

A.True

B.False

5.“He is a bit of dragon here.” The equivalent Chinese version of this sentence is: 他在这一带为非作歹。()

A.True

B.False

阅读材料，回答题。

No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him-water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

From this passage， we know that________ 查看材料

A.man never made sounds

B.man made animal sounds

C.man used to be like animals to make sounds

D.man learned from the animals to make sounds

criticize others as they are similar to or different from it.And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.Here is a great argument in favor of traveling abroad and learning foreign languages.It is only by traveling or living in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are like.And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all.Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist.The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs.With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the increasing standardization this brings about, plus the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem some truth in this—at least as far as Europe is concerned.However this may be, at lest the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different animal from themselves.

1.The passage is mostly concerned with the issue of ____.

A.advantages of the EEC

B.attitudes towards other countries

C.learning foreign languages

D.differences among people

2.According to the author, ____.

A.our knowledge of other cultures are always wrong

B.reading books about other countries is the safest way of understanding their peoples

C.there are more similarities than differences among different people

D.there are more differences than similarities among different people

3.Some people think that European peoples are identifying themselves with each other because of the following EXCEPT _____.

A.the establishment of the EEC

B.the greater rapidity and ease of travel

C.the increasing standardization

D.the rapid industrialization

4.The clause “However this may be” suggests that ____.

A.the author is going to introduce a new idea

B.the author is about to avoid any conclusion

C.the author is about to give up his own point of view

D.the author will stick to his own point of view

5.The passage seems to attach importance to ____.

A.the greater ease of travel nowadays than before

B.the uncontrollable tendency to identification

C.the similarities in terms of way of life between different cultures

D.the differences between European peoples and other nations

or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one. Here is a great argument in favor of traveling abroad and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling or living in the country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what the country and its people are like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the increasing standardization this brings about, plus the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might be some truth in this ― at least as far as Europe is concerned. However true this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different animal from themselves.

1.The passage is mostly concerned with the issue of ______.

A、advantages of the EEC

B、attitudes towards other countries

C、learning foreign languages

D、differences among peoples

2.According to the author, ______.

A、our knowledge of other cultures are always wrong

B、reading books about other countries is the safest way of understanding their peoples

C、there are more similarities than differences among different peoples

D、there are more differences than similarities among different peoples

3.Some people think that European peoples are identifying themselves with each other because of the following EXCEPT ______.

A、the establishment of the EEC

B、the greater rapidity and ease of travel

C、the increasing standardization

D、the rapid industrialization

4.According to the author, ______.

A、the author is going to introduce a new idea

B、the author is about to avoid any conclusion

C、the author is about to give up his own point of view

D、the author will stick to his own point of view

5.The passage seems to attach importance to ______.

A、the greater ease of travel nowadays than before

B、the uncontrollable tendency to identification

C、the similarities in terms of way of life between different cultures

D、the differences between European peoples and other nations

Proto-Indo-European is believed to be the ancestor of most European languages, such as Greek, German, Spanish, French and Italian.()

tional markets.()

n each group are related by a common ancestor.()

A.correspondence

B.response

C.complexity

D.responsibilit