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
In ancient times most cultures and civilizations made some reference to the origin of their languages. However, they did not stu
In ancient times most cultures and civilizations made some reference to the origin of their languages. However, they did not stu
admin
2011-01-23
70
问题
In ancient times most cultures and civilizations made some reference to the origin of their languages. However, they did not study language by observation or experimentation--at least as far as we can judge from records that have survived to this day. Most comments on the origins of languages come to us in folk-tales or religious writings, but the Greek historian Herodotus tells us one experiment.
An Egyptian king named Psammetichos wished to find out which was the world’s oldest language. To gain this information he decided to isolate two newborn babies until they began to speak. Because they were kept from adults, they would have no patterns to imitate. The king made the assumption that the children would speak what was a natural language--which would be the oldest. After some months the children were heard to make a sound which was recorded as "bekos". This was found to be very similar to the Phrygian word for "bread". Therefore Phrygian (a language once spoken in Asia Minor) was considered to be the first language of mankind. At least by King Psammetichos, and, we may assume, by his court.
The author thinks that the king’s experiment ______ .
选项
A、was the first reliable experiment in language study in history
B、proved what it meant to prove
C、was not necessarily sound though based on observation
D、was utterly ridiculous and not worth mentioning
答案
C
解析
根据文章最后一句中的“we may assume”,我们可以推测作者对文中内容的态度。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/zp3d777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Itwasnot"thecometofthecentury"expertspredicteditmightbe.However,Kohoutekhasprovidedabonanzaofscientificinfor
Itwasnot"thecometofthecentury"expertspredicteditmightbe.However,Kohoutekhasprovidedabonanzaofscientificinfor
Itwasnot"thecometofthecentury"expertspredicteditmightbe.However,Kohoutekhasprovidedabonanzaofscientificinfor
Itwasnot"thecometofthecentury"expertspredicteditmightbe.However,Kohoutekhasprovidedabonanzaofscientificinfor
[A]Thefirstandmoreimportantistheconsumer’sgrowingpreferenceforeatingout:theconsumptionoffoodanddrinkinplac
Howeverimportantwemayregardschoollifetobe,thereisnodenyingthefactthatchildrenspendmoretimeathomethaninth
随机试题
妊娠贫血心脾两虚证的常用方
32岁,已婚,继发不孕3年,月经规律,5d/30d,偶有经期痛。既往药物流产3次,有盆腔炎病史。妇科检查:外阴毛发分布正常,阴道通畅,子宫中位,常大,活动差,质中,无压痛,双附件增厚,轻度压痛。输卵管通液提示通而不畅。
痛风是下列何种物质代谢异常所致
病人杨女士,43岁。近日由于宫颈癌入院,需做广泛性子宫切除和盆腔淋巴结清扫术。手术当天的护理,错误的是
男性,40岁,颅中窝骨折伴脑脊液耳漏的患者。该患者的处理措施中正确的是
在工程招标代理企业中,暂定级工程招标代理机构,只能承担工程总投资()万元人民币以下的工程招标代理。
根据《注册造价工程师管理办法》,注册造价工程师的权利包括()。
下列关于我国银行业自律组织的说法中,错误的有()。
影响员工个人薪酬水平的因素包括()。
TheOlympicgames(oftenreferredtosimplyasTheOlympicsorTheGames)isaninternationalmulti-sporteventsubdividedintosu
最新回复
(
0
)