2014年职称英语考试-阅读理解强化习题(15)_职称英语阅读理解

2014年职称英语考试-阅读理解强化习题(15)

　　A. physical distance

　　B. psychological distance.

　　C. physiological distance.

　　D. philosophical distance.

　　4. Which of the following could best replace the word band in We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group ?

　　A. Strip of land

　　B. Distance

　　C. Society

　　D. Community

　　5. The example of the children holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows that

　　A. social distance is not always needed.

　　B. there is no social distance among small children.

　　C. humans are different from animals in social distance.

　　D. social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.

　　Some Things We Know about Language

　　Many things about language are a mystery, and many will always remain so. But some things we do know.

　　First, we know that all human beings have a language of some sort. There is no race of men anywhere on earth so backward that it has no language, no set of speech sounds by which the people communicate with one another. Furthermore, in historical times, there has never been a race of men without a language.

　　Second, there is no such thing as a primitive language. There are many people whose cultures are undeveloped, who are, as we say, uncivilized, but the languages they speak are not primitive. In all known languages we can see complexities that must have been tens of thousands of years in developing.