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物类之起，必有所始。荣辱之来，必象其德。肉腐出虫，鱼枯生蠹。怠慢忘身，祸灾乃作。强自取柱，柔自取束。邪秽在身，怨之所构。施薪若一，火就燥也，平地若一，水就湿也。草木畴生，禽兽群焉，物各从其类也。是故质的张，而弓矢至焉；林木茂，而斧斤至焉；树成荫，而众鸟息焉。语法填空(十三) 英语的前生后世+手势的文化
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A [2018·武威改编]
English
WorldLanguage
Oncepeopledreamedofalanguagethateverybodyintheworldcouldunderstand.Now,forthe1.(one)timeinhumanhistory,perhapsthereisone—English.Itistheofficiallanguageinmorethan50countriesand250—300millionpeoplespeakit2.asecondlanguage.Somesaythathalftheworldwillbespeakingitintheyear2050.
DifficulttoMaster?
Englishisnotthe3.(easy)languagetolearn
——
mostofitscommonverbsareirregularandithasalargevocabularyatleast200,000wordsareincommonuse. User-friendly
Butsomethingsmakeiteasy.Forexample,nounsdon'thavegender(
性
别)andtheusagesofverbsare4.(simple)thanotherlanguages.Thereisonlyoneformtospeaktosomeone5.(direct)—“you”.Adjectivesdon'tagree6.nouns,andmanynounsareoftenalsoverbs. EnglishIsEverywhere
物类之起，必有所始。荣辱之来，必象其德。肉腐出虫，鱼枯生蠹。怠慢忘身，祸灾乃作。强自取柱，柔自取束。邪秽在身，怨之所构。施薪若一，火就燥也，平地若一，水就湿也。草木畴生，禽兽群焉，物各从其类也。是故质的张，而弓矢至焉；林木茂，而斧斤至焉；树成荫，而众鸟息焉。
Someotherlanguagesmayhavemore7.(speak),likeChinese.ButEnglish8.(use)inmanydifferentareas.Itisthelanguageoftransport:mostairlinepilotsandair-trafficcontrollersuseit.AtseaEnglishistheinternationallanguageof9.(communicate). TheFutureofEnglish
WhatisthefutureofEnglishasagloballanguage?10.anotherlanguagereplaceit? Manythinknot—ithasbeenalreadytoopopular.
B
Differentgestures(
手
势)meandifferentthingsindifferentcountries.Sometimesagesturethatispoliteinonecountryisnotpoliteinanotherandshouldnot11.(use).Differentmeaningsofgesturescanalsocauseproblemsin12.(understand)whatanotherpersonistryingtosay.
Agesturethatmanypeopledonotunderstandisthe13.thatusesthethumb.Most14.(western)willsometimesshowthattheylikesomethingbyholdingoutaclosedhandwiththethumbliftingintheair.Thisiscalledtogivesomeoneorsomething“thethumbsup”.Often,onlyonethumbisused,15.itshouldbe“thethumbup”.
Theusualexplanation(
角
解斗
释)forthe16.(original)ofthisgestureisnotreallycorrect.ItsaysthatinancientRomantimes,whenpeoplewerepleased17.thewayagladiator(
士)hadfought,theyshowedtheirthumbsup.Whentheywerenotpleased,theygavetheirthumbs18..Whenagladiatorwasgiventhethumbsup,theemperorallowedhim19.(live).Whenagladiatorwasgiventhethumbsdown,theemperororderedhimtobekilled.
The20.(true)is,however,itwastranslatedintoawrongmeaningbymistake.Ifpeoplewantedtosavethegladiator,theyputouttheirhandsandhidtheirthumbsintheirhands.Iftheywantedthegladiatortodie,theypointedtheirthumbsstraightathim.
参考答案
A 1.first 2.as 3.easiest 4.simpler 5.directly 6.with
7.speakers 8.isused 9.communication 10.Will
B 11.beused 12.understanding 13.one 14.westerners 15.so 16.origin 17.with
18.down 19.tolive 20.truth