[单项选择]The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as （）in American literature.
A. the Age of Colonialism
B. the Age of Romanticism
C. the Age of Realism
D. the Age of Modernism

[单项选择]Why has Mary been absent from class
A. She has been ill.
B. She has been in Mexico.
C. Some relatives have been visiting her.

[简答题] From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can make very positive statements about how language originated. There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (S1) _________ records of ancient languages shows us language in a new and (S2) _________ emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (S3) _________ originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the necessary (S4) _________ evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of a language with a large proportion of (S5) _________ such cries than we find in English. It is true that the absence of such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in other grounds (S6) _________ too the theory is not very attractive. People of all races and languages make rather similar noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that (S7) _______