单选题 In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words. They, taken together, (26) the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words (27) which we become familiar in ordinary conversation, which, we learn, (28) is to say, from the members of our own family and from our friends, and which we should know and use (29) we could not road or write. They . (30) the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of (31) who speak the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people (32) and are not the (33) of a limited class only.
On the other hand, our language includes a large number of words which are (34) seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every (35) person, but there is little (36) to use them at home. Our first (37) with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our classmates, (38) from books that we read, lectures that we hear, or the more formal conversation of (39) educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in an elevated (40) . Such words are called "learned", and the difference between them and "popular" words is (41) great importance to a right understanding of language. We may (42) a girl as "lively" or as "vivacious. "In the first (43) , we are using a native English word (44) from the familiar noun "life". In the (45) , we are using a Latin derivative which has exactly the same meaning.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】wake up意为组成、构成,bring up意为抚养,take up为开始从事某件事情、某种爱好,put up为搭起、建成。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】with是与familiar搭配的,构成非限定性定语从句介词前提。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】“that is to say”意思是:也就是说。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这里even if表递近关系。大意是:即使不会读写也能够运用这些词汇。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】concern指与…有关。reveal为展现、揭示,connect意为连接, interfere后加with表示干预。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】all表示所有讲该种语言的人。从该句话意可以指出应该选 B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】at large为一词组,意为一般、大体上。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】意为这些词汇属于一般百姓,并不是某一阶段的财富。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】relatively意为相对来说。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】educated people指受过教育的人。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】occasion意为场合,从本句句意可以看出应该填occasion。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】first encounter指第一次接触。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】but在此表示转折关系,意为不是…而是。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】受过高等教育的人,应该用“highly educated”形容。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】an elevated style指更高层次的谈话风格。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】“of great importance”指具有重要作用。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】描述某人或场景,应用describe。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】case指情况,in the first case指在第一种情况。sample指样品。stage指时期、舞台。phase指阶段。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】formed在这里是过去分词修饰word。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】latter指两个中的后一个,later指后来,latest指最近。