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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come fr
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come fr
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2024-04-16
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. A study of the English language【B1】______a dramatic history and astonishing creativity. One word can illustrate this idea of meaning in flux: "revolution. " The word entered English in the 14th century from the Latin via French. "Revolution" means【B2】______: that was how it was used. Most often "revolution" was applied to astronomy to describe a planet【B3】______in space.
The word carried no political meaning. "Revolution" did not【B4】______a political meaning in English until at least the 16th century. Its meaning—a circular movement—was still tied to its origin but had 【B5】______into politics. It could now mean a turnabout in power. This is more complicated than you might think. In 1796, a【B6】______ occurred and "revolution" had come to mean the rebellion or overthrow of tyrants(专制君主). So we had the American Revolution, which【B7】______George III out of the Colonies, and the French Revolution, which gave us the【B8】______of Louis XVI and the scene of a nation devouring itself. If you’re a Marxist you can recast that to mean one class【B9】______another. By the time "revolution" was developing into the word we know today—not just the overthrow of a tyrant but action【B10】______belief in a new principle not just a political act. [br] 【B3】
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revolving
解析
空格所在句子不缺少主干成分,结合句意,空格处应填入后置定语修饰planet。结合录音可填入revolving,意为“旋转”。拼写单词时应注意去掉revolve结尾的字母e加-ing。
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