精品2016下半年英语四级完形填空试题及答案解析6

2016

下半年英语四级完形填空试题及答案解析

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Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our

ability to produce and use 5 that our

highly evolved brain provides us 6 an innate language

ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this

innateness theory say that our 8 for language is

inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9

a function of the growth of the brain during

ore there are critical 10 times for

language development.

Current 11 of innateness theory are mixed, however,

evidence supporting the existence of some innate

abilities is undeniable. 12 , more and more schools

are discovering that foreign languages are best taught

in 13 children often can learn several

languages by being 14 to them, while adults have a

much harder time learning another language once the 15

of their first language have become firmly fixed.

16 some aspects of language are undeniably innate,

language does not develop automatically in a

en who have been 17 from other human

beings do not possess demonstrates that

18 with other human beings isnecessary for proper

language linguists believe that this

is even more basic to human language 19 than any

innate theorists view language as

imitative, learned behavior. 20 , children learn

language from their parents by imitating s

gradually shape their child's lang

uage skills by positively reinforcing precise

imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones.

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Cloze Test 6

答案

1.

【答案】

B

【解析】此处意为：当人类刚 刚开始进化，他们如同新生

儿一样不会运用语言这种工具。

evolved

< br>逐渐发展，进化符合题意。

generated

生殖，发

展；

born (bear

的过去分词

)

不能作谓语动词；

originat ed

起

源，不能用

first

修饰。

2.

【答案】

A

【解析】根据语法分析，答案应用 来修饰语言的。

valuable

珍贵的；

appropriate

合适的，适当的；

conveni ent

方便的，便利的；

favorite

最喜欢的。语言并不是人类选择

的结果，而是人类在进化过程中慢慢发展起来的，对 人类来说，

应当是珍贵的。

3.

【答案】

A

【 解析】此处意思是：语言的发展增加了人类未来的成就

和文化进步的可能性。