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Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed gradually as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and ( 26 ) a very simple affair in the beginning.( 27 ), when we observe the language behaviour of( 28 ) we regard as primitive cultures,we find it ( 29 ) complicated. It was believed that an Eskimo must have the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words ( 30 ) to get along reasonably well, much larger than the active vocabulary of an average businessman who speaks English.( 31 ), these Eskimo words are far more highly infleeted(词尾变化的) than ( 32 ) of any of the well -known European languages,for a ( 33 ) noun can be spoken or written in ( 34 ) hundred different forms, each ( 35 ) a precise meaning different from that of any other.
The forms of the verbs are even more ( 36 ). The Eskimo language is, therefore,one of the most difficult in the world to learn,( 37 ) the result that almost no traders or explorers have ( 38 )tried to learn it. Consequently , there has grown up, in communication between Eskimos and whites, a jargon ( 39 ) to the pidgin English used in Old China, with a vocabulary of from 300 to 600 uninflected words. Most of them are derived from Eskimo but some are derived from English, Danish,Spanish, Hawaiian and other languages. It is this jargon that is usually ( 40 ) by travellers as “the Eskimo languagen”.
26. A. must be B. must have beenC. ought to be D. should be
27. A. However B. Therefore C. Probably D. Undoubtedly
28. A. whose B. that C.which D.what
29. A. conspicuously B. usuallyC. surprisingly D. sufficiently
30. A.so as B.so thatC. as such D. as well as
31. A. However B. MoreoverC. Though D. Therefore
32. A. the others B. all othersC. these D. those
33. A. single B. singularC. plural D. compound
34. A. some B. severalC. various D. varied
35. A. getting B. causingC. having D. owning
36. A. endless B. multipleC. uncountable D. numerous
37. A. with B.forC. owing to D.as
38. A. still B. indeedC. just D. even
39. A. alike B. similarC. related D. relevant
40. A. referred to B. talked aboutC. spoken D. told
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