How men first learned to invent words is unknown. In other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is tha

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问题     How men first learned to invent words is unknown. In other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agree upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words.
    The power of words, then lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.
The meaning of words comes from their______.

选项 A、letters
B、differences
C、sounds
D、associations

答案D

解析 根据第二段第一句,“The quick adoption of the scheme may have indicated lessabout the state lawmakers’respect for working people than about a fear of risking theiranger.”从这句话可以看出,之所以通过“劳动节”,是因为立法者害怕激起工人们的愤怒.而不是对他们表示尊重。
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