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1、使用说明内容为新GRE(GRErevised)OG中的阅读的套题练习,参照阅读2772设置,答案被隐藏。显示的方法是鼠标左键单击“常用”工具栏“显示/隐藏编辑标记”按钮(只有WORD才有此按钮,写字板没有)。再次单击又被隐藏。见下图:SECTION3VerbalReasoningTime—35minutes25QuestionsForeachofQuestions1to4,selectoneanswerchoiceunlessotherwiseinstructed.Questions1to3arebasedonthefollowingreadin
2、gpassage.WhetherthelanguagesoftheancientAmericanpeopleswereusedforexpressingabstractuniversalconceptscanbeclearlyansweredinthecaseofNahuatl.Nahuatl,likeGreekandGerman,isalanguagethatallowstheformationofextensivecompounds.Bythecombinationofradicalsorsemanticelements,singlecomp
3、oundwordscanexpresscomplexconceptualrelations,oftenofanabstractuniversalcharacter.Thetlamatinime(thosewhoknow)wereabletousethisrichstockofabstracttermstoexpressthenuancesoftheirthought.Theyalsoavailedthemselvesofotherformsofexpressionwithmetaphoricalmeaning,someprobablyorigin
4、al,somederivedfromTolteccoinages.Oftheseforms,themostcharacteristicinNahuatlisthejuxtapositionoftwowordsthat,becausetheyaresynonyms,associatedterms,orevencontraries,complementeachothertoevokeonesingleidea.Usedmetaphorically,thejuxtaposedtermsconnotespecificoressentialtraitsof
5、thebeingtheyreferto,introducingamodeofpoetryasanalmosthabitualformofexpression.DescriptionThispassageclaimsthatNahuatlwasusedtoexpressabstractuniversalconcepts,bycombiningsemanticelements,andgoesontoexplainthatthetlamatinimeusedthesetermstoexpresssubtledistinctionsForthefollo
6、wingquestion,considereachofthechoicesseparatelyandselectallthatapply.1.Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthepassageregardingpresent-dayresearchrelatingtoNahuatl?ASomerecordorevidenceofthethoughtofthetlamatinimeisavailable.?BForatleastsomeNahuatlexpressions,researchersareabl
7、etotracetheirderivationfromanotherancientAmericanlanguage.CResearchersbelievethatinNahuatl,abstractuniversalconceptsarealwaysexpressedmetaphorically.ExplanationChoicesAandBarecorrect.ChoiceAiscorrect:thetlamatinimearementionedinthefirstsentenceofthesecondparagraph,whereitsays
8、theywereabletouseNahuatl’sstockofabstractterms“toexpressthenuancesof