Question

1．Linguistic（語言學的） Puzzles
         How did language begin？What was the world's first language？Do all languages come from one，original language？（71）E．
         In the 4th century BC，the Greek historian Herodotus wrote this account：Psamtik I an Egyptian King，wanted to find out what the oldest language in the world was（72）B．．He told his servant to find two newborn babies．When the servant had found them，the king gave them to a shepherd （牧羊人） and said，"Keep these babies with the goats．Take care of them，but do not talk to them．Listen for any words that they say．"The king wanted to find out what language the children would speak if they were left alone．He said，"The first words they speak will come from the original language of the world．"
（73）F． He told the king．who asked his scholars about this word．They told him that the Phiygians，who lived in an area which is now Turkey，called bread"becos．"The king said，"Then Phiygian is the oldest language．"Today we know that the king's conclusion was wrong．We don't know why the children said"becos"．
（74）A．Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same"family"and that they started from the same parent language，Proto-Indo-European．Linguists think that it had split into several different languages，including Greek and Sanskrit，between 2000 and 1000 BC．Other languages，such as English and Spanish，developed from later splits．
（75）G．Two questions that interest linguists are：How does language change？Why does language change？If you like solving mysteries，historical linguistics may be the job for you．

A．Nowadays，we study the origin of language more scientifically
B．He was talking about this problem with his scholars when he had an idea
C．The King was very kind to his servant and his servant remained royal to him
D．Linguists are the scholars who are very interested in categorizing the language families
E．People have been trying to find the answers to these questions for more than 2，000 years
F．One day，while the babies were babbling to each other，the shepherd heard them say"becos"
G．Linguists have classified many language families，and they are still trying to categorize others．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于語言學發(fā)展的說明文．內容主要針對語言的起源、發(fā)展以及最初詞匯的出現(xiàn)等問題進行了深入的探討．

解答 71．E    72．B    73．F    74．A    75．G
71．E．考查上下文的理解能力．前面提出了關于語言學的許多問題，那么接下來的就是針對這些問題的探索；故選E．
72．B．考查上下文的理解能力．前面提到公元前4世紀古希臘歷史學家Herodotus的努力，所以B項具有承上啟下的作用，銜接自然；故選B．
73．F．考查上下文的理解能力．根據(jù)下面一句的描述He told the king．who asked his scholars about this word．They told him that the Phiygians，who lived in an area which is now Turkey，called bread"becos可知，與F項中的孩子最初發(fā)出的聲音becos相對應；故選F．
74．A．考查上下文的理解能力．通過后面內容的敘述Scholars discovered that many European and southern Asian languages belonged to the same"family"and that they started from the same parent language，Proto-Indo-European可知，現(xiàn)在學者的研究要更加科學；故選A．
75．G．考查上下文的理解能力．根據(jù)后面一句Two questions that interest linguists are提出了現(xiàn)在語言學家感興趣的兩個話題，那么前面自然會進一步解釋語言學家們的研究成績，故選G．

點評 對于選句填空這種題型要搞明白上下文之間的邏輯關系，要根據(jù)對話者所說的語氣及語義關系來做出判斷；只要符合文章的結構、通順合理即可．