Part IV Cloze (10%) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fit into the passage. Then mark the correspondi
　　In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words, which makes up the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 【B1】 which we become familiar in daily conversation, which we 【B2】 , that is to say, from the 【B3】 of our own family and from our friends, and 【B4】 we should know and use 【B5】 we could not read or write. They 【B6】 the common things of life with all the people who 【B7】 the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people 【B8】 and are not excluded 【B9】 a limited class.
　　On the other hand, our language 【B10】 a large number of words which are comparatively 【B11】 used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little 【B12】 to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 【B13】 acquaintance (熟悉) with them comes not from our mother’’s 【B14】 or from the talk of our schoolmates, 【B15】 from books that we read, lectures that we 【B16】 , or the more 【B17】 conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular 【B18】 in a style properly higher above the habitual 【B19】 of everyday life. Such words are called "learned", and the 【B20】 between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of language study process.
　　56.
　　A at
　　B with
　　C by
　　D through
　　答案:B
　　be familiar with sth．‘对…熟悉’。意思是：有些词是我们在日常对话中慢慢熟悉的。
　　57.
　　A study
　　B imitate
　　C stimulate
　　D learn
　　答案:D
　　根据后面的from一词可选出。固定搭配learn sth from sb‘从某人处学到某事’。
　　58.
　　A mates
　　B relatives
　　C members
　　D fellows
　　答案:C
　　members of the family‘家庭成员’固定说法。这句意思是说我们从家庭成员和朋友那里学来的词语。
　　59.
　　A which
　　B that
　　C those
　　D ones
　　答案:A
　　which…，which…，and which…照应上下文，可见整体感的重要性。这些定语从句都是修饰those words。
　　60.
　　A even
　　B despite
　　C even if
　　D in spite of
　　答案:C
　　even if“即使”，表示让步。意为即使我们不会读、写这些词汇，我们也应该知道并会使用这些词汇。
　　61.
　　A mind
　　B concern
　　C care
　　D relate
　　答案:D
　　relate…with，这句话是说这些词将日常生活中的事物与使用此种语言的人们关联起来。
　　62.
　　A hire
　　B apply
　　C adopt
　　D use
　　答案:D
　　使用某种语言用use。
　　63.
　　A in public
　　B at most
　　C at large
　　D at best
　　答案:C
　　People／world at large指的是‘多数人而非一部分人’，例如：we have always tried to provide the public at large with accurate information．而at most指的是‘至多’，例如：He is 40 at(the)most．
　　64.
　　A in
　　B from
　　C with
　　D on
　　答案:B
　　exclude sth from sth／sth is excluded from sth.表示‘排除某事在外’，意为：这些词汇属于大众而非专属某一阶层／而非排除于任何阶层之外。
　　65.
　　A consists
　　B consists of
　　C makes
　　D composes
　　答案:B
　　‘由…组成’的说法：consist of(注意：consist是vi)，be made up of，be composed of，例如：Our class consists of 24 students．／Our class is made up of／composed of 24 students．

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