[填空题]We use language every day and we live in a world of words. Hardly any
moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, 41. ______
languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend
on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know 42. ______
more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language 43. ______
is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from 44. ______
animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language 45. ______
and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we 46. ______
understand precise the relationships between language and thought, 47. ______
language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when
language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language
is that we, like language users, take too many things

[填空题]We use language every day and we live in a world of words. Hardly any
moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, 41. ______
languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend
on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know 42. ______
more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language 43. ______
is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from 44. ______
animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language 45. ______
and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we 46. ______
understand precise the relationships between language and thought, 47. ______
language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when
language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language
is that we, like language users, take too many things

[单项选择]Every time a language dies, we lose part of the picture of what our brains can do.（）
A. 每次当一种语言消亡 ,我们都会失去有关人类大脑的一部分知识。
B. 每一种语言消亡 ,我们都去人脑能力的一部分功能。
C. 每种语言死亡，我们便失去一部分图画，无论我们大脑能做什么。
D. 每次当一种语言消亡，我们便失去有关人类大脑能力的部分图画。
E. 每当一种语言消亡，我们都会失去关于人类大脑能力的一部分知识。

[单项选择]Whether we like it or not，the world we live in has changed greatly in the last decade，and it is likely to change even more in the next decade．（）
A. 无论我们是否喜欢这个世界，它都在过去的十年问发生了巨大的变化，而其在未来十年内会有更大的变化。
B. 无论我们是否愿意，我们的生活在过去十年间已经改变了许多，而且在未来十年里可能改变变化更多。
C. 无论我们是否愿意，我们的生活方式令这个世界改变了很多，而且在未来还会有更大的变化。
D. 无论我们是否愿意，我们生活的世界在过去十年间已经变化了许多，而且在未来的十年里可能变化更多。

[单项选择]Whether we like it or not, the world we live in has changed a great deal in the last hundred years, and it is likely to change even more in the next hundred.（）
A. 无论我们是否喜欢这个世界，它都在过去的一百年间发生了巨大的变化，而其在未来会有更大的变化。
B. 无论我们是否愿意，我们的生活在过去一百年间已经变化了许多，而且在未来一百年里可能变化更多。
C. 无论我们是否愿意，我们的生活方式令这个世界改变了很多，而且在未来还会有更大的变化。
D. 无论我们是否愿意，我们生活的世界在过去一百年间已经变化了许多，而且在未来的一百年里可能变化更多。

[单项选择]World Heart Day 　　Sunday was World Heart Day.The World Heart Federation and its member groups in more than one hundred countries organized the celebrations.The World Health Organization and other United Nations agencies provided support for the（51）. 　　World Heart Day was first observed six years（52）.Organizers proposed the event as a way to help reduce the spread of heart disease.The World Heart Federation says heart（53）kills seventeen million people each year. 　　The group urges people to be active and have a good,healthy diet.It also warns（54）activities known to increase a person’s risk of heart attack or stroke. 　　Some of the warnings are directed at children.The World Heart Federation says about twenty-two million boys and girls under the age of five are obese-severely overweight. 　　Children are normally energetic and active.（55）,two thirds of all children are not active enough.Such children greatly（56）their risk of becoming obese.They also increase their（57）of developing heart
A. maintains
B. protects
C. keeps
D. helps