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TEM-4 2002(完形填空与单项选择) 本文由xuwenmin666贡献 doc文档可能在WAP端浏览体验不佳。建议您优先选择TXT，或下载源文件到本机查看。 (TEM-4 2002) People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it a very simple affair (32) . developed gradually as a system of grunts,hisses and cries and (31) (33) , when we observe the language behaviour of (34) we regard as primitive cultures, we find it (35) complicated. It was believed that an Eskimo must have at the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words (36) to get along reasonably well, much larger than the (37) Vocabulary of an average businessman who speaks English. (38) these Eskimo words are far more highly inflected(词尾变化的) than (39) of any of the well-known European languages, for a noun can be spoken or written in (41) hundred different forms, each (42) a precise (40) meaning different form (43) of any other. The forms of the verbs are even more (44) .The Eskimo language is, (45) one of the most difficult in the world to learn, (46) the result that tried to learn it. (48) , there has grown up, in almost no traders or explorers have (47) communication between Eskimos and whites, a jargon (49) to the pidgin English used in Old China, with a vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Daish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually (50) by travellers as “the Eskimo language”. 31. A. must be B. must have been C. ought to be D. should be 32. A. in the beginning B. on the beginning C. in the end D. at the end 33. A. However B. Therefore C. Probably D. Undoubtedly 34. A. whose B. that C. which D. what 35. A. conspicuously B. usually C. surprisingly D. sufficiently 36. A. so as B. so that C. as such D. as well as 37. A. active B. passive C. associative D. decisive 38. A. However B. Moreover C. Though D. Therefore 39. A. the others B. all others C. these D. those 40. A. single B. singular C. plu