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
How men first learned to invent words is unknown. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sound
How men first learned to invent words is unknown. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sound
admin
2008-11-26
129
问题
How men first learned to invent words is unknown. 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 agreed 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 happy and sad events of our past; the more we read and learn, the larger the number of words that mean something to us becomes.
Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and feelings. This attractive use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can express his meaning in words which sing like music, and, by their position and association, can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them correctly, or they will make our speech dull and silly.
Which of the following is true of words according to the passage?
选项
A、Their power is beyond imagination.
B、They enable people to live longer and read more.
C、They remind people of their past experience.
D、They last longer than signs or sounds.
答案
C
解析
文章第二段中有这样一些句子:……词的力量在于它们的联想,即它们让我们联想到的事物。词随着我们经验的积累而富有意义。我们活得越久,能够令我们回忆起那些生活中幸福的、悲哀的事件的词就越多。说明词能够令人们想起他们过去的经历。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/QcfK777K
本试题收录于:
浙江省大学英语三级题库大学英语三级分类
0
浙江省大学英语三级
大学英语三级
相关试题推荐
Oneofthequestionscomingintofocusaswefacegrowingscarcityofresourcesintheworldishowtodividelimitedresources
Thecomplaintaboutpeopleaddingwatertothebeeristheearliestrecordofalcohol.
YouwouldliketospendtwomonthsinLondonthissummer,stayingwithanEnglishfamily.Youhavebeenofferedaccommodationin
Whatdoesthemansaywillbelostwiththedisappearanceofalanguage?
Theseproposalssoughttoplacegreaterrestrictionsontheuseandcopyingofdigitalinformationthan______intraditionalme
Healthexpertspointoutthatabudget-crunchedpublicschoollosesalotwhenit______PEclasses.
Itiswellknownthatknowledgeisthe______conditionforexpansionofmind.
ThespeakersaremainlydiscussingtherulesinEnglishlanguage.
DanisHayesraisedtheessentialparadoxandaskedhowpeoplecouldhavefoughtsohardagainstenvironmentaldegradation,_____
Thedifferencebetweenaliquidandagasisobvious【66】theconditionsoftemperatureandpressurecommonlyfoundatthesurface
随机试题
胰腺CT的扫描范围为
《建设项目竣工环境保护验收技术规范一生态影响类》规定了生态影响类建设项目竣工环境保护验收调查()。
项目准备阶段的咨询包括()
某市建筑集团公司承担一栋20层智能化办公楼工程的施工总承包任务,层高3.3m,其中智能化安装工程分包给某科技公司施工。在工程主体结构施工至第18层、填充墙施工至第8层时,该集团公司对项目经理部组织了一次工程质量、安全生产检查。部分检查情况如下:(1)现场
在会计职业道德规范中,坚持准则的基本要求是熟悉准则、遵循准则和坚持准则。()
在计算外商投资企业和外国企业所得税时,下列说法正确的是( )。
基督教起源于公元1世纪亚洲西部巴勒斯坦地区的犹太人中间。()
行政性督导工作中督导者扮演的角色有()
一般认为,剑乳齿象是从北美迁入南美洲的。剑乳齿象的显著特征是具有较真的长剑形门齿,颚骨较短,臼齿的齿冠隆起,齿板数目为7~8个,并呈乳状凸起,剑乳齿象因此得名。剑乳齿象的牙齿结构比较复杂,这表明它能吃草。在南美洲的许多地方都有证据显示史前人类捕捉过剑乳齿象
CompletethesentencesbelowwithwordstakenfromReadingPassage1.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.Writeyoura
最新回复
(
0
)