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1、1.2010年真题Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcom-munication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobewell1___equippedasanyothertosaythethingstheirspeakers2___wanttosay.Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalk3___aboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Cert
2、ainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecul-tivationofrice.Whereasthisisnotthefaultoftheir4___language.TheEskimos,itissaid,canspeakaboutsnowwithfurthermoreprecisionandsubtletythanwe5___caninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolan-guage(oneofthosesometimesmisc
3、alled'primitive')isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.Thisexampledoesnotcometolightadefectin6___English,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.ThepositionissimplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilarenvironments.7___TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichinterms8___fordifferentkindsofs
4、nowiftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinc-tionasimportant.9__Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEs-kimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.10__2.2009年真题Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklya
5、rhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifferencebetweenschoollore1__________andnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhen2__________thelittlelistenerhasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,orevengrandchildren.Theperiodbetween3_________
6、_learninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingitmaybesomethingfromtwentytoseventyyears.Withtheplayground4__________lore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassedon5__________withintheveryhouritislearnt;andinthegeneral,6__________itpassesbetweenchildrenofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferencein
7、agebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,orevenjustforfifty,7__________itfollowsthatithasbeenretransmittingoverandover;8__________verypossiblyi
