We are profoundly ignorant about the
origins of language and have to content ourselves with more or less plausible
speculations. We do not even know for certain when language arose, but it seems
likely that it goes back to the earliest history of man, perhaps haft a million
years ago. We have no direct evidence, but it seems probable that it took the
earliest forms of human cooperation. In the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene(更新世)
period, our earliest human ancestors established the Old Stone Age culture; they
made stone tools and, later, tools of bone, ivory, and antler; they made fire
and cooked their food; they hunted big game, often by methods that called for
considerable cooperation and coordination. As their material culture gradually
developed, they became artists and drew pebbles as well as wonderful paintings
更多"TEXT B We are profoundly "的相关试题: [单项选择]We are profoundly ignorant about the origins of language and have to content ourselves with more or less plausible speculations. We do not even know for certain when language arose, but it seems likely that it goes back to the earliest history of man, perhaps haft a million years ago. We have no direct evidence, but it seems probable that it took the earliest forms of human cooperation. In the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene(更新世) period, our earliest human ancestors established the Old Stone Age culture; they made stone tools and, later, tools of bone, ivory, and antler; they made fire and cooked their food; they hunted big game, often by methods that called for considerable cooperation and coordination. As their material culture gradually developed, they became artists and drew pebbles as well as wonderful paintings of animals on the walls of caves. It is difficult to believe that the makers of these Paleolithic(旧石器时代的) cultures lacked the power of speech. It is a long step, admittedly, f
A. communication among primitive men B. the need to communicate C. the language of children D. the first man’s extensive vocabulary [单项选择]
TEXT B For about three centuries we have been doing science, trying science out, using science for the construction of what we call modern civilization. Every dispensable item of contemporary technology, from canal locks to dial telephones to penicillin, was pieced together from the analysis of data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments. Three hundred years seems a long time for testing a new approach to human development long enough to settle back for critical appraisal of the scientific method, maybe even long enough to vote on whether to go on with it or not. There is an argument. Voices have been raised in protest since the beginning, rising in pitch and violence in the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolution, summoning urgent crowds into the streets any day these days on the issue of nuclear energy. Give it back, say some of the voices, it doesn’t really work, we’d tried A. Many valuable items were produced in the past. B. Man supports scientific progress unanimously. C. Some held hostile attitude toward science in the past. D. Three hundred years is not long enough in science. [单项选择]{{B}}Text 2{{/B}}
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