Question

根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词.

Man has a big brain. He can think and s 1. languages. Scientists once thought that man isn’t the same as animals b 2. man can think and learn. They know now that dogs, monkeys and birds can learn, too.

They are beginning to u 3. that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can’t speak. They make much n 4. when they are afraid, or unhappy. Apes(猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join w 5. to make sentences. They cannot think l 6. us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been a 7. to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very w 8. when he is four or five, b 9. no animals learn to speak.

How do children learn it? Scientists don’t really know w 10. happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

Answer 1

1.speak

2.because

3.understand

4.noise

5.words

6.like

7.able

8.well

9.but

10.what

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了人不同于动物，人会说话而动物不会说话。动物害怕或不高兴时会发出噪音。因为动物没有语言，他们不可能像我们一样思考。科学家也弄不明白当人说话时，人体内部发生了什么。

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2.

3.

4. noise 发出噪音。句意：动物害怕或不高兴时会发出噪音。故此处用名词noise。

5. words to make sentences. 连词成句。句意：但是他们不会连词成句，故此处用名词words。

6. have no language. 可知他们没有语言，我们会说话，因此此处指他们不像我们。句意：因为他们没有语言，他们不可能像我们一样思考。故用介词like（像）。

7. able to 能够，会。

8.时就能把母语说的很好，结合句意，此处用副词well。

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10. 后的宾语从句缺少主语，表示事物故用代词what。句意：科学家也弄不明白当人说话时，人体内部发生了什么。

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