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绝密★启用前英语试卷【9 月】 2017 年全国硕士研究生入学全真模拟考试 研考 英二 试卷条形码  英语（二） （科目代码 : 204） 考生注意事项 答题前，考生须在试题册指定位置上填写考生编号和考生姓名；在答题卡指定位置上填写报考单位、考生姓名和考生编号，并涂写考生编号信息点。 考生须把试题册上的“试卷条形码”粘贴条取下，粘贴在答题卡的试卷条形码粘贴位置框中。不按规定粘贴条形码而影响评卷结果的，责任由考生自负。( 此次模考忽略此项 ) 选择题的答案必须涂写在答题卡相应题号的选项上，非选择题的答案必须书写在答题卡指定位置的边框区域内。超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题册上答题无效。 填 ( 书 ) 写部分必须使用黑色签字笔书写，字迹工整、笔迹清楚 ; 涂写部分必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂。 考试结束，将答题卡按规定交回。 （以下信息考生必须认真填写） 考生编号 考生姓名 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) 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, 5 things like unicorn ( 独角兽 ) that have never existed. The key 6 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 7 together in different ways, according to , to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 9 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 10 about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex 11 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 star