Weareconvinced____therighteousnessofourcause.

PartIIICloze

Directions:Therearetwentyblanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices.ChoosetheonethatbestfitsintothepassageandthenmarksyouranswerontheAnswerSheet.

Whatmakesachildspeakalanguagehaslongbeenapuzzletolinguists.61speaking,therearetwoschoolsoflinguists,bothofwhomtrytoexplain62achildpicksupalanguagesoeasily.Thefactthatachildpicksalanguage63is64:Atoneyearold,achildisabletosay“bye-bye”;attwo,heisabletousefifty;bytherehebeginsto65tenses.ThefamousAmericanlinguistNoamChomsky66thathumanbeinghaveasortofbuilt-insystemforlanguageuse,andthatthe67is68.Childrenarenottaughtlanguage69theyaretaughtarithmetic.Otherlinguists,70,holdtheviewthatachildlearns71ofhislanguagefromthehintsintheenvironment.72,theoristsofbothschools73thatthereisabiologicalbasisforlanguageuse.The74iswhichismoreimportant,theinnerabilityortheenvironment.Thisiscertainlyafield75tobeexplored.Researchersfrombothschoolsarebusyfindingevidenceto76theirowntheory,but77sideispersuadingtheother.

Itseemsthatinorderto78whyachildlearnsalanguagesoeasily,wehaveto79thejointeffortsofbothschools.Somelinguist,likeDeVilliers,hasrecognizedthevalueofcooperation,and80linguistsofbothsidestoworktogether.

61.A.SurprisinglyB.PersonallyC.ProperlyD.Roughly

62.A.thatB.whenC.whyD.how

63.A.independentlyB.naturallyC.withouthelpD.withease

64.A.confusingB.surprisingC.questionedD.suspected

65.A.masterB.studyC.haveD.get

66.A.doubtsB.believesC.realizesD.criticizes

67.A.helpB.teacherC.environmentD.hint

68.A.quiteessentialB.veryimportantC.notnecessaryD.onlysecondary

69.A.asB.forC.whenD.though

70.A.inparticularB.asaresultC.howeverD.therefore

71.A.alittleB.someC.nothingD.most

72.A.BeforeB.FromnowonC.JustnowD.Bynow

73.A.suspectB.disagreeC.agreeD.realize

74.A.caseB.argumentC.problemD.question

75.A.waitingB.planningC.neverD.unlikely

76.A.provideB.createC.supplyD.support

77.A.notaB.oneC.neitherD.either

78.A.findoutB.ruleoutC.searchforD.lookfor

79.A.getridofB.trustinC.relyonD.persistin

80.A.orderedB.criticizedC.challengedD.urged

翻译训练：普通话与方言

中国土地广阔，人口众多。尽管全国都讲汉语，但是不同地区的人说汉语的方式不同，这被称为方言。方言一般被称为地方话，是汉语在不同地区的分支，只在特定地区使用。汉语方言非常复杂。它们有以下三方面不同：发音、词汇和语法。发音的区别最为显著。2000多年前，中国人发现社交时应该使用统一的语言。和方言相比，普通话(mandarin)能被所有人理解。普通话有利于不同种族、地区人民之间的信息传递和文化交流。

翻译：

Bymakingvehicleslighterinweightaluminumhasgreatlyreducedtheamountoffuelneededtomovethem,(PassageTwo)

Theonlyproblemthestudentsarefacingatgraduationisthedismaljobmarket.