出自:东北农业大学大学英语Ⅲ

Directions:
For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET.
From the ##56## “Lord Williams” clearly had a great amount of ##57##. A few villagers were ##58##of him but most saw nothing that##59##doubts until later. All agreed that he##60## a great amount of money ##61## the village. His money was used to##62## many properties. Many people thought him charming and##63##and did not suspect he was ##64##them. Where did this money ##65## from? He told##66## that he had ##67## the money from a rich uncle. Certainly he was happy ##68## nearly 5 million pounds into the village. This was a ##69##village with a##70## view which ##71##over the##72##. He was satisfied to##73##money into this village with its ##74##views. This was his ##75##village.

56. A) begin B) beginner C) beginning D) began
57. A) wealthy B) wealth C) healthy D) health
58. A) suspicious B) suspicion C) doubtable D) doubted
59. A) arose B) aroused C) arise D) arouse
60. A) injected B) objected C) rejected D) projected
61. A) on B) into C) at D) to
62. A) erect B) store C) restore D) resource
63. A) considerate B) considerable C) considering D) considered
64. A) leading B) misleading C) unleading D) disleading
65.A) get B) take C) come D) go
66.A) none B) anyone C) someone D) everyone
67.A) borrowed B) loaned C) heritage D) inherited
68.A) digging B) dropping C) pouring D) running
69.A) wealthy B) colorful C) beautiful D) dutiful
70.A) fantastic B) statistic C) artistic D) critical
71.A) disappears B) disappearing C) reach D) appear
72.A) horizon B) horizontal C) horizons D) horizontals
73.A) sink B) sunk C) sank D) sunken
74.A) twisting B) rolling C) straightening D) striding
75.A) various B) anxious C) glorious D) courageous

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 1 from all other animals. Language is a means of 2 , but it is much more than that. Many animals can 3 . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 4 other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 5 things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 6 in the fact that different words can be 7 together in different ways, according to 8 to communicate different meanings.

Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing can 9 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract 10 , whether about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an extremely complex 11 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 12 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 13 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 14 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 15 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 16 what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 17 the spoken words, understand the pattern of 18 of the words (sentences), and finally 19 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But once started, it is of course a(n) 20 process.



1. A. apart B. off C. up D. down

2. A. advertisement B. communication C. discovery D. invention

3. A. transfer B. move C. convey D. communicate

4. A. to B. from C. over D. on

5. A. only B. almost C. even D. just

6. A. stays B. situates C. hides D. lies

7. A. stuck B. joined C. rung D. controlled

8. A. rules B. scales C. laws D. standards

9. A. combine B. contain C. define D. declare

10. A. activities B. thoughts C. effects D. chances

11. A. expectation B. progress C. process D. produce

12. A. aspects B. abstracts C. angles D. assumptions

13. A. anybody B. another C. other D. everybody

14. A. body B. gesture C. written D. spoken

15. A. growing B. fixing C. beginning D. building

16. A. put out B. take down C. draw up D. figure out

17. A. identify B. locate C. reveal D. discover

18. A. performance B. organization C. design D. show

19. A. regulate B. justify C. release D. interpret

20. A. slow B. interesting C. continuous D. serious