2006年12月新四级英语真题完形填空

Directins:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.


　　Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 67 from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 68it is much more than that. Many animals can69.The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 70other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything.71 things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed. The key 72 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 73 together in different ways, according to 74, to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing75humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 76about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex77that we take for granted.Indeed, we are not aware of most78of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 79.The speaker has to translate thoughts into80 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the  81 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 82 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 83 the words spoken, understand the pattern of 84 of the words (sentences), and finally 85 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But _86_ started, it is of course a continuous process.              

67.A)apart B)off  C)up  D)down

68.A)so     B)but  C)or   D)for

69.A)transfer B)transmit C)convey D)communicate

70.A)to B)from C)over D)on

71.A)only B)almost C)even D)just

72.A)stays B)situates C)hides D)lies

73.A)stuck B)strung C)rung D)consisted

74.A)rules B)scales C)laws D)standards

75.A)combines B)contains C)defines D)declares

76.A)what B)whether C)while D)if

77.A)prospect B)progress C)process D)produce

78.A)aspects B)abstracts C)angles D)assumptions

79.A)anybody B)another C)other D)everybody

80.A) body B) gesture C) written D) spoken

81.A) growing B) fixing C) beginning D) building

82.A)put B)take C) draw D) figure

83.A)identify B) locate C) reveal D) discover

84.A) performance B) organization C) design D) layout

85.A)prescribe B) justify C) utter D) interpret

86.A) since B) after C) once D) until