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  【Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldco】

  Howmenfirstlearnttoinventwordsisunknown;inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatmen,unlikeanimals,somehowinventedcertainsoundstoexpressthoughtandfeelings,actionsandthings,sothattheycouldcommunicatewitheachother;andthatlatertheyagreeduponcertainsigns,calledletters,whichcouldbecombinedtopresentthosesounds,andwhichcouldbewrittendown.Thosesounds,whetherspokenorwritteninletters,wecallwords.

  Thepowerofwords,then,liesintheirassociations-thethingtheybringupbeforeourminds.Wordsbecomefilledwithmeaningforusbyexperience;andthelongerwelive,themorecertainwordsrecalltousthegladandsadeventsofourpast;andthemorewereadandlearn,themorethenumberofwordsthatmeansomethingincreases.

  Greatwritersarethosewhonotonlyhavegreatthoughtsbutalsoexpressthesethoughtsinwordswhichappealpowerfullytoourmindsandemotions.Thischarmingandtellinguseofwordsiswhatwecallliterarystyle.Aboveall,therealpoetisamasterofwords.Hecanconveyhismeaninginwordswhichsinglikemusicandwhichbytheirpositionandassociationcanmovementotears.Weshouldthereforelearntochooseourwordscarefullyandusethemaccurately,ortheywillmakeourspeechsillyandvulgar.(238)

  1.Theoriginoflanguageis_______.

  A.alegendhandeddownfromthepastB.amatterthatishiddenorsecret

  C.aquestionwithnoanswerD.aproblemnotyetsolved

  2.Whatistrueaboutwords?

  A.Theyareusedtoexpressfeelingsonly.B.Theycannotbewrittendown.

  C.Theyaresimplysounds.D.Theyaremysterious.

  3.Therealpowerofwordsliesintheir_______.

  A.propertiesB.characteristics

  C.peculiarityD.representativefunction

  4.By“association”,theauthormeans_______.

  A.aspecialqualityB.anappearancewhichispuzzling

  C.ajoiningofideasinthemindD.astrangefeature

  5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttherealpoetisNOTtrue?

  A.Heisnomorethanamasterofwords.

  B.Hecanconveyhisideasinwordswhichsinglikemusic.

  C.Hecanmovementotears.

  D.Hisstyleisalwayscharming.

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崔庆权

  c

  c

  d

  c

  a

  BTW,thisisanicelywrittenarticleaboutlanguage.

2020-02-29 16:54:12

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