首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense
Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense
admin
2014-09-27
37
问题
Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us.
To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages.
People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped form of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind the Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted: 1. All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2. The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or the person addressed, or remote from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.
This study of language, in turn, casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to viewed independently, and without ideas of rank or hierarchy.
According to the author, "backward" languages tend to expand in______.
选项
A、grammatical structures
B、vocabularies
C、complication
D、sound patterns
答案
B
解析
文中提到“All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion”,因此“backward”languages也不例外,在词汇方面有扩张的倾向,所以B是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OoRd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
appointments此题仍旧讲email的作用,听前预测时可根据confirm的意思猜测应该是约会、订单等商业性词汇,听时就不会措手不及。
corruption细节题,为什么要测试一下警察?因为有某些丑闻影响了警察形象,可以推断此丑闻与金钱有关。
Fiftyvolunteerswerealphabeticallydividedintotwoequalgroups.GroupAtoparticipateina7-weekexerciseprogram,andGro
Weoftenfeelblindlyproudofourgreatachievementsineconomy,andevenofourculture.Asamatteroffact,ourculturehas
Whatdoeseachvanitystampcost?
OneofthemostpowerfultoolseverdevelopedistheP.C.,thepersonalcomputer.Oneofthecompaniesimportanttothehistory
1973独白最后一句指出了基辛格获得诺贝尔奖的时间是1973年。该句中只出现了这一个时间,考生要听清的是它与事件之间的对应关系。
depressed记者想给她拍照,无非是想拍到她沮丧的表情,因此她固守着不让人进来。此题完全可以通过阅读题目猜出,一个女人离婚了,闭门不出,不是伤心就是沮丧。注意不能写成depressing。
50本题考查考生对于具体信息的听辨能力。原句为“Hewas50.”,应该看清楚试题,比如这题“Death(Age)”,说明需要补充的内容肯定是一个表示年龄的数字。另外,注意不要把“50”写成“15”。
随机试题
一早孕妇女,既往流产2次,现又有点滴阴道流血,除上述哪项外均有助于判断能否再次流产一妇女28岁反复早期流产3次,做哪项检查有助于查明流产原因
胎儿娩出1分钟仅有心跳而无呼吸,Apgar评分4~7分胎儿在宫内有缺氧现象危及胎儿健康和生命,多发生在妊娠末期
关于承插式混凝土管道接口安装质量的说法,错误的是()。
辅助账簿也称备查账簿,是为备忘备查而设置的账簿。在实际会计实务中,主要包括()等。
在我国已注册的商标,进入他国市场无须再在东道国办理注册,也能在该国享有商标所有权。()
以下关于绩效标准法的说法错误的是()。(2008年5月三级真题)
单位打算举办听证会。在听证人员选定之后,群众对听证人员的选拔却有意见,领导让你去处理此事,你怎么办?
什么是可转换证券?其基本特征是什么?
A、Reduceviolationsofintellectualpropertyrights.B、Controlthegrowingpopulation.C、Workingtogethertofightterrorism.B
A、Themanshouldstartrunningdaily.B、Shealsopreferstoexerciseintheafternoon.C、It’simportanttowarmupbeforeexerci
最新回复
(
0
)