完形填空：
Can you remember the day 1 you
spoke your first word?
Try to imagine 2 the first
few months of your life were like. I am 3 you
just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying. 4 you
grew older, you were awake more of the time. It 5 your
parents more time to play with you and talk to you. You
tried your best to watch and listen. You began to know
that people made certain sounds to 6 certain
things.
Then you began to try making the sound you 7 .
And little by little you were able to make the 8 sound
for one thing. On that day you came to understand the 9 of
language. A certain sound 10 a
certain thing. One sound might be as good as 11 .
But it is no good as a word 12 everybody
agrees 13 its meaning.
When a 14 of people rise
the same sounds for things, they call understand each other.
Only then do they have a language.
After you found the secret of language，you 15 words.
Some of the words meant 16 ,
such as BOOKS，CHAIRS and SHOES. 17 words
meant doing things，such as GO and SWIM. And other words
described things, such as GOOD and DIRTY. Soon you learned
to 18 words together
to express an idea, such as“I want to go out and lay with
my friends. ”This is language. People can communicate 19 it.
So We say languages are 20 to
communicate.
1．A．on which B．in which C．at which D．from
which
2．A．how B．whether C．what D．where
3．A．afraid B．sorry C．what D．sure
4．A．Before B．As C．After D．Since
5．A．cost B．used C．spent D．took
6．A．go with B．come with C．follow D．understand
7．A．caught B．listened to C．heard D．mastered
8．A．real B．right C．pleasant D．soft
9．A．spirit B．secret C．method D．purpose
10．A．remains B．contains C．includes D．means
11．A．the second B．the other C．another D．else
12．A．unless B．if C．until D．because
13．A．with B．to C．on D．for
14．A．number B．group C．score D．for
15．A．mastered B．invented C．discovered D．learned
16．A．things B．matters C．materials D．goods
17．A．Many B．The other C．Few D．Some
18．A．take B．put C．bring D．use
19．A．in B．with C．of D．on
20．A．contains B．remains C．ways D．roads
答案与提示：
1．A 此句是定语从句，由于先行词是the day，关系词须用when或on which.
2．C what不但引导一个宾语从句，而且在从句中作介词like的宾语；而how, where是副词，在从句中不能作介词like的宾语，where意思不合题意。
3．D 根据上下文意思只能选D。
4．A as当……时候，随着……；before在……之前；after……之后；since自从……
5．D 常用句型：It takes sb. some time to do sth. /sb. spend
some time in doing sth. 某人花费时间做某事，Sth. cost sb. some money.
某物花费某人多少钱。由上面句型可以看出，take作谓语时，主语用it；主语是人时，谓语须用spend；物作主语谓语用cost。
6．A 常用短语go with意为“与……一起”。
7．C you heard是定语从句，修饰sound。其他词汉语意思均不合适。
8．B 依据上下文确定答案。
9．B 可参考文章最后一段第一句话。
10．D 根据句意只能选D项。
11．C 固定搭配one…another…意为“一个……另一个……”，如果有限数(特指)两个人(物)时，应用one…,the
other…，如The old man has two sons，one is a worker，the other
is a PLA man.
12．A unless意为“除非”。
13．D agree on达成共识；agree with sb.同意某人的意见；agree to sth.(plan,
idea, suggestion, opinion)。
14．B a group of people“一片的人，一个地方的人”；a number of＋名词复数形式，意为“许多”，the
number of＋名词复数形式，意为“……的数目”；the number of＋名词单数，意为“……的号码/数目”。
15．D 根据上下文的意思，D项符合题意。
16．A things指具体的东西；matter指情况。
17．D some…other 固定搭配。
18．B 短语put sth. together意为“把……放在一起”。
19．A 习惯用法，语言前用in，意思是“使用”。
20．C way 方式，方法；road 路，道路
