Reading & Writing:Fill in the blanks #14 Language

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Language comes so naturally to us that it is easy to forget what a strange and miraculous gift it is. All over the world members of our fashion their breath into hisses and hums and squeaks and pops and listen to others do the . We do this, of course, not only because we like the sounds but because details of the sounds contain information about the of the person making them. We, humans, are fitted with a means of our ideas, in all their unfathomable vastness. When we listen to speech, we can be led to think thoughts that have never been thought before and that never would have to us on our own.

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本题 PTE Core 核心词汇(词义 + 原文例句):

 

species:名词,意为“物种,种类”。

例句:members of our species fashion their breath into hisses...

含义:我们人类这个物种会将呼吸转化为语言。

intentions:名词复数,意为“意图,打算”。

例句:information about the intentions of the person making them

含义:声音中包含说话者的意图信息。

sharing:动名词/现在分词,意为“分享”。

例句:a means of sharing our ideas

含义:语言是一种我们表达思想的手段。

occurred:动词过去式,意为“发生,出现在脑中(想法)”。

例句:thoughts that... never would have occurred to us

含义:这些想法本不会出现在我们的脑海中。

 

本题 PTE Core 固定搭配(原句 + 释义):

 

do the same:做同样的事

例句:listen to others do the same

contain information about:包含……的信息

例句:details of the sounds contain information about the intentions

lead to:导致,引导

例句:we can be led to think thoughts...

occur to someone:出现在某人脑中,被某人想到

例句:never would have occurred to us

 

正确答案解析:

 

species:搭配“members of our species”,符合上下文讨论人类语言的特性。

same:前后呼应“fashion their breath into... listen to others”,表达“也这样做”。

intentions:语义上表达“说话者的意图”,与声音细节密切相关。

sharing:作为 language 的功能,动名词用法自然。

occurred:过去完成时态结构“would have occurred”,逻辑与时间吻合。

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