Question

XI.综合填空(每小题1分，共10分)

阅读短文，从方框中选择怡的词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺。 

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       grow,different,another,remember,only,

       tell,real,to, language,newspaper 

    How many words do the Eskimos have for snow? In 1911,one book said there were four words.

    Some years later, (76) book said there were seven. In the 1930s or 1940s,a(n) (77) said, “The Eskimos have more than ten words for snow."

    Over the years the story went on,and the numbers (78) . Some books said that the Eskimos had 100 words for snow,others said 1,000. So,how many are there (79) ? The fact is there isn’t an easy answer (80) the question.

    In fact,there isn’t (81)  one Eskimo language; there are many. Also,having words for (82) kinds of snow is usual: there are many words for snow in other (83) too. In English,for example,we have sleet (a mix of snow and rain) , slush (part snow,part water) and others.

    So just (84) that the Eskimos don’t have more words for snow than we English speakers do. The next time someone (85) you that the Eskimos have 1,000 words for snow,tell them it isn’t true!

Answer 1

XI. 76. another   77. newspaper   78. grew   79. really   80. to   81. only   82. different   83. languages   84. remember   85. tells