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　Can you remember the day 1 you spoke your first word?

　　Try to imagine 2 the first few months of your life were like. I am

3  you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. __4__ you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It 5  your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You tried your best to watch and listen. You began to know that people made certain sounds to 6  certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sound you 7 . And little by little you were able to make the 8  sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the 9  of language. A certain sound 10  a certain thing. One sound might be as good as 11 . But it is no good as a word 12 everybody agrees 13 its meaning. When a 14 of people use the same sounds for things, they can understand each other. Only then do they have a language.

　　After you found the secret of language, you 15 words. Some of the words meant 16 ,such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. 17 words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words described things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to 18 words together to express an idea, such as “I want to go out and lay with my friends.” This is language. People can communicate 19 it. So we say languages are 20 to communicate.

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A. go with

B. come with

C. follow

D. understand

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A. the second

B. the other

C. another

D. else

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　完型填空

　Can you remember the day 1 you spoke your first word?

　　Try to imagine 2 the first few months of your life were like. I am

3  you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. __4__ you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It 5  your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You tried your best to watch and listen. You began to know that people made certain sounds to 6  certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sound you 7 . And little by little you were able to make the 8  sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the 9  of language. A certain sound 10  a certain thing. One sound might be as good as 11 . But it is no good as a word 12 everybody agrees 13 its meaning. When a 14 of people use the same sounds for things, they can understand each other. Only then do they have a language.

　　After you found the secret of language, you 15 words. Some of the words meant 16 ,such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. 17 words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words described things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned to 18 words together to express an idea, such as “I want to go out and lay with my friends.” This is language. People can communicate 19 it. So we say languages are 20 to communicate.

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(2)

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(3)

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(4)

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A. go with

B. come with

C. follow

D. understand

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A. the second

B. the other

C. another

D. else

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　　Can you remember the day __1__ you spoke your first word?

　　Try to imagine __2__ the first few months of your life were like. I am __3__ you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. __4__ you grew older, you were awake more of the time. It __5__ your parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You tried your best to watch and listen. You began to know that people made certain sounds to __6__ certain things.

　　Then you began to try making the sound you __7__. And little by little you were able to make the __8__ sound for one thing. On that day you came to understand the __9__ of language. A certain sound __10__ a certain thing. One sound might be as good as __11__. But it is no good as a word __12__ everybody agrees __13__ its meaning. When a __14__ of people use the same sounds for things, they can understand each other. Only then do they have a language.

　　After you found the secret of language, you __15__ words. Some of the words meant __16__ , such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES. __17__words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM. And other words described things, such as GOOD and DIRTY, Soon you learned to __18__ words together to express an idea, such as “I want to go out and play with my friends.” This is language. People can communicate __19__ it. So we say languages are __20__ to communicate.