PART V 完形填空
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely _67_ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication,_68_it is much more than that. Many animals can _69_. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers _70_other members of the hive（蜂群）. But human language permits communication about anything._71_things like unicorn（獨角獸）that have never existed. The key _72_in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be _73_together in different ways, according to _74_, to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing_75_humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, _76_about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, It is an immensely complex_77_that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most _78_of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to _79_.The Speaker has to translate thoughts into 80 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 81 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 82 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 83 the words spoken., understand the pattern of 84 of the words （sentences）, and finally 85 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 86 started, it is of course a continuous process.
67.A）apart B）off C）up D）down
68.A）so B）but C）or D）for
69.A）transfer B）transmit C）convey D）communicate
70.A）to B）from C）over D）on
71.A）only B）almost C）even D）just
72.A）stays B）situates C）hides D）lies
73.A）stuck B）strung C）rung D）consisted
74.A）rules B）scales C）laws D）standards
75.A）combines B）contains C）defines D）declares
76.A）what B）whether C）while D）if
77.A）prospect B）progress C）process D）produce
78.A）aspects B）abstracts C）angles D）assumptions
79.A）anybody B）another C）other D）everybody
80.A） body B） gesture C） written D） spoken
81.A） growing B） fixing C） beginning D） building
82.A）put B）take C） draw D） figure
83.A）identify B） locate C） reveal D） discover
84.A） performance B） organization C） design D） layout
85.A）prescribe B） justify C） utter D） interpret
86.A） since B） after C） once D） until
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely _67_ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication,_68_it is much more than that. Many animals can _69_. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers _70_other members of the hive（蜂群）. But human language permits communication about anything._71_things like unicorn（獨角獸）that have never existed. The key _72_in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be _73_together in different ways, according to _74_, to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing_75_humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, _76_about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, It is an immensely complex_77_that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most _78_of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to _79_.The Speaker has to translate thoughts into 80 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 81 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 82 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 83 the words spoken., understand the pattern of 84 of the words （sentences）, and finally 85 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 86 started, it is of course a continuous process.
67.A）apart B）off C）up D）down
68.A）so B）but C）or D）for
69.A）transfer B）transmit C）convey D）communicate
70.A）to B）from C）over D）on
71.A）only B）almost C）even D）just
72.A）stays B）situates C）hides D）lies
73.A）stuck B）strung C）rung D）consisted
74.A）rules B）scales C）laws D）standards
75.A）combines B）contains C）defines D）declares
76.A）what B）whether C）while D）if
77.A）prospect B）progress C）process D）produce
78.A）aspects B）abstracts C）angles D）assumptions
79.A）anybody B）another C）other D）everybody
80.A） body B） gesture C） written D） spoken
81.A） growing B） fixing C） beginning D） building
82.A）put B）take C） draw D） figure
83.A）identify B） locate C） reveal D） discover
84.A） performance B） organization C） design D） layout
85.A）prescribe B） justify C） utter D） interpret
86.A） since B） after C） once D） until