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1、大学英语六级选词填空练习(3)导读:本文大学英语六级选词填空练习(3),仅供参考,如果觉得很不错,欢迎点评和分享。 SectionA Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Eachchoiceinthe
2、bankisidentifiedbyaletter.PleasemarkthecorrespondingletterforeachitemonAnswerSheet2withasinglelinethroughthecentre.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce. Questions36to45arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Cultureisthesumtotalofallthetraditions,customs,beliefs,andwaysoflifeofagiven
3、groupofhumanbeings.Inthis(36),everygrouphasaculture,howeversavage,undeveloped,oruncivilizeditmayseemtous. Totheprofessionalanthropologist(人类学家),thereisnointrinsic(37)ofonecultureoveranother,justastotheprofessionallinguistthereisnointrinsichierarchy(等级制度)amonglanguages. Peopleoncethoug
4、htofthelanguagesofbackwardgroupsas(38)andundevelopedformsofspeech,consistinglargelyofgruntsandgroans.Whileitispossiblethatlanguageingeneralbeganasaseriesof gruntsandgroans,itisafactestablishedbythestudyof"backward"languagesthatnospokentongueanswersthatdescriptiontoday.Mostlanguagesofunc
5、ivilizedgroupsare,byourmostseverestandards,extremelycomplex,delicate,andingeniouspiecesofmachineryforthe(39)ofideas.TheyfallbehindourWesternlanguagesnotintheirsoundpatternsor(40)structures,whichusuallyarefullyadequateforalllanguageneeds,butonlyintheirvocabularies,which41theobjectsandact
6、ivitiesknowntotheirspeakers.Eveninthisdepartment,however,twothingsaretobenoted:1.Alllanguagesseemto(42)themachineryforvocabularyexpansion,eitherbyputtingtogetherwordsalreadyinexistenceorbyborrowingthemfromotherlanguagesandadaptingthemtotheirownsystem.2.Theobjectsandactivitiesrequiringna
7、mesanddistinctionsin"backward"languages,whiledifferentfromours,areoftensurprisingly(43)andcomplicated. Thisstudyoflanguage,inturn,(44)anewlightupontheclaimoftheanthropologiststhatallculturesaretobeviewed(45),andwithoutideasofrankorhierarchy. A.savageB.superiorityC.conceiveD.t