2016高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）_高考复习指南

2016高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）

　　A. The history of the English language.

　　B. The friendship between Murray and Minor

　　C. Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary. D. Broadmoor Asylum and its patients.

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　　Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. ②It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds. ③This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle it is.

　　Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature’s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it’s an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.

　　Not that we don’t have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called “body language”. Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.