首页
登录
职称英语
People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arri
People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arri
游客
2025-03-31
10
管理
问题
People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed gradually as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and【C1】______a very simple affair in the beginning.【C2】______, when we observe the language behaviour of【C3】______we regard as primitive cultures, we find it【C4】______complicated. It was believed that an Eskimo must have at the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words【C5】______to get along reasonably well, much larger than the active vocabulary of an average businessman who speaks English.【C6】______, these Eskimo words are far more highly inflected(词尾变化的)than【C7】______of any of the well-known European languages, for a【C8】______noun can be spoken or written in【C9】______hundred different forms, each【C10】______a precise meaning different from that of any other. The forms of the verbs are even more【C11】______The Eskimo language is, therefore, one of the most difficult in the world to learn,【C12】______the result that almost no traders or explorers have【C13】______tried to learn it. Consequently, there has grown up, in communication between Eskimos and whites, a jargon【C14】______to the pidgin English used in Old China, with a vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Danish, Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually【C15】______by travellers as " the Eskimo language". [br] 【C15】
选项
A、referred to
B、talked about
C、spoken
D、told
答案
A
解析
refer to sb./sth.as是固定搭配,表示“称某人(或物)为”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4020620.html
相关试题推荐
Theseexcursionswillgiveyouanevendeeper______intoourlanguageandcultu
Shewasan______writerbecauseshepersuadedalotofpeopletoseethetruthof
Mostoftheyoungpeopleholdthemistakenbeliefthatgoodsproducedinourown
Hisdesireto______otherpeoplehascausedtroubleinhisfamily.(2002年上海交通大学考博试
Colour-blindpeopleoftenfinditdifficultto______betweenblueandgreen.(2
Colour-blindpeopleoftenfinditdifficultto______betweenblueandgreen.A、s
Thelocalauthoritiesrealizedtheneedtomake______forelderlypeopleinthei
Thepeoplewhoobjectedtothenewapproachweretoldthatsinceworkhadalread
Veryfewpeopleunderstoodhislecture,thesubjectofwhichwasvery______.(20
Someyoungpeoplehavemadea(n)______bydevelopingprivatebusiness.A、fundB、w
随机试题
[originaltext]OwnershipofunderseagoldtreasurediscoverednearaSpanish
AndIamlonelysometimeswhenIcomebackhomeafteralecturetrip,whenIhav
Somepeoplesaythetraditionalcalendarof180daysnolongermeetsthenee
水磨石地面面层的施工,下列哪条不正确?()A.水磨石面层厚度除有特殊要求外,
从自然界动物或病人中发现的狂犬病毒称之为A.野毒株或街毒株 B.减毒株 C.
患儿男,10岁。发热、头痛呕吐3天,嗜睡半天,于7月10日入院。体检:T40℃,
根据《道路运输条例》规定,客运经营者不按照规定携带车辆营运证的,处()罚款。A.
某企业集团计划新建有色金属冶炼厂。下图为甲、乙、丙、丁四地的成本分析图(单位相同
在片剂中,淀粉可作为A.湿润剂 B.助流剂 C.稀释剂 D.干燥黏
下列哪项是乙醇擦浴的水温及浓度A.30℃,25%~35% B.35℃,25%~
最新回复
(
0
)