【正确答案】正确答案：The first meaning for a word that a dictionary definition gives is usually its literal meaning. The figurative use of language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, clarity or freshness. For example, the literal meaning of the word tree is "a tall woody plant". However, once we start talking about a tree in the context of a family tree, it is no longer a literal tree we are talking about, but a figurative one. Therefore, the literal use of the word tree refers to an organism which has bark, branches and leaves. A family tree shares some of these qualities—graphically, a record of a family and a representation of a tree can look similar, and in a way they are both a process of organic growth, so we use the same word tree for both.

【答案解析】解析：(考查字面语言与比喻语言的区别)