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题干:Languageisthemostastonishingbehaviorintheanimalkingdom.Itisthespecies-typicalbehaviorthatsetshumanscompletely(1)fromallotheranimals.Languageisameansofcommunication,(2)itismuchmorethanthat.Manyanimalscan(3).Thedanceofthehoneybeecommunicatesthelocationofflowers(4)othermembersofthehive(蜂群).Buthumanlanguagepermitscommunicationaboutanything,(5)thingslikeunicorn(独角兽)thathaveneverexistedThekey(6)inthefactthattheunitsofmeaning,words,canbe(7)togetherindifferentways,accordingto(8),tocommunicatedifferentmeanings.Languageisthemostimportantlearningwedo.Nothing(9)humanssomuchasourabilitytocommunicateabstractthoughts,(10)abouttheuniverse,themind,love,dreams,ororderingadrink.Itisanimmenselycomplex(11)thatwetakeforgrante[D]Indeed,wearenotawareofmost(12)ofourspeechandunderstanding.Considerwhathappenswhenonepersonisspeakingto(13).Thespeakerhastotranslatethoughtsinto(14)language.Brainimagingstudiessuggestthatthetimefromthoughtstothe(15)ofspeechisextremelyfast,only0.04seconds!Thelistenermusthearthesoundsto(16)outwhatthespeakermeans.Hemustusethesoundsofspeechto(17)thewordsspoken,understandthepatternof(18)ofthewords(sentences),andfinally(19)themeaning.Thistakessomewhatlonger,aminimumofabout0.5seconds.But(20)started,itisofcourseacontinuousprocess.
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