◎ 题干
完形填空。
     How men first learnt to invent words is unknown;     1    ,the origin of language is a mystery. All we
really know is that men,   2    animals, somehow    3    certain sounds to express thoughts, actions, and
things,    4    they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed    5    certain signs,    6 
  letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and    7   could be written down. These
sounds,    8    spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The    9    of words, then, lies in their associations-the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with    10    for us by experience.    11    we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our    12    and the more we read
and learn, the more    13    words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those    14    not
only have great thoughts but also    15    these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds
and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is   16    we call literary style. Above all, the real poet
is a matter of    17    . he can convey (传达) his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can    18    men to tears. We should therefore learn to    19    our words carefully
and use them accurately,    20    they will make our speech silly and vulgar (粗俗的).
(    )1. A. in other words  
(    )2. A. unlike          
(    )3. A.discovered      
(    )4. A.unless          
(    )5. A.to              
(    )6. A. formed          
(    )7. A. what            
(    )8. A. whether        
(    )9. A. energy          
(    )10. A. sounds        
(    )11. A.The longer      
(    )12. A. past          
(    )13. A.a number of    
(    )14. A.who            
(    )15. A.say            
(    )16. A.what            
(    )17. A.thoughts        
(    )18. A.move            
(    )19. A.elect          
(    )20. or                
B. word for word  
B. like          
B. found          
B. so that        
B. with          
B. spoken        
B. which          
B. neither        
B. force          
B. pronunciation  
B. Long          
B. present        
B. the number of  
B. that          
B. write          
B. how            
B. himself        
B. let            
B. select        
B. and            
C. in a word  
C. as        
C. created    
C. as if      
C. upon      
C. written    
C. whom      
C. either    
C. power      
C. structure  
C. Longer    
C. now        
C. the number
C. what      
C. explain    
C. why        
C. words      
C. get        
C. decide    
C. so        
D. in word    
D. with      
D. invented  
D. in case    
D. at        
D. called    
D. as        
D. if        
D. strength  
D. meanings  
D. The long  
D. future    
D. numbers of
D. they      
D. express    
D. which      
D. poems      
D. make      
D. choose    
D. but        
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