单选题Animals other than humans have not developed communications comparable to human language. But is it possible that other animals have the【C21】______to learn a language if they are adequately taught? Obviously, this is a fascinating notion. The idea of communicating directly with another species has long been a part of human folklore and children's fantasies. But【C22】______a scientific level, the question of whether animals can learn a language is important primarily, because it【C23】______to the controversy between the cognitive and the learning approaches to language. If language is【C24】______on and is actually an outgrowth of the intellectual structure of the human mind, there is the strong supposition【C25】______only humans are capable of using language. Therefore, Noam Chomsky and other psycholinguists have argued that only humans can learn a language, 【C26】______most behaviorists feel that with sufficient patience it should be possible to teach an animal some sort of language. 【C27】______the two schools of thought clearly differ on this point, it is not really a crucial test of the two theories. If a chimpanzee can master a simple language all it would mean is that the chimp's intellectual capacity and brain structure are more【C28】______to ours than we thought. It would not necessarily imply that our intellectual structure is unimportant in our own mastery of language. Thus, teaching an animal language is an impressive demonstration of the power of learning techniques, but it is not evident that language is developed entirely through learning. On the other hand, the question of whether other animals can learn a language is fascinating 【C29】______its own right, aside from its value as a test of the two theories of language development. Accordingly, 【C30】______one's position on the theoretical dispute, we must consider training an animal to use language a dramatic accomplishment.

单选题{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006's World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be even more pronounced. What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses: a) certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills; b) winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer {{U}}mania{{/U}}; d) none of the above. Anders Ericsson, a 58-year-old psychology professor at Florida State University, says he believes strongly in "none of the above." Ericsson grew up in Sweden, and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own research if he switched to psychology. His first experiment, nearly 30 years ago, involved memory: training a person to hear and then repeat a random series of numbers. "With the first subject, after about 20 hours of training, his digit span had risen from 7 to 20," Ericsson recalls. "He kept improving, and after about 200 hours of training he had risen to over 80 numbers." This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. In other words, whatever inborn differences two people may exhibit in their abilities to memorize, those differences are swamped by how well each person "encodes" the information. And the best way to learn how to encode information meaningfully, Ericsson determined, was a process known as deliberate practice. Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task, Rather: it involves setting specific goals, obtaining immediate feedback and concentrating as much on technique as on outcome. Ericsson and his colleagues have thus taken to studying expert performers in a wide range of pursuits, including soccer. They gather all the data they can, not just performance statistics and biographical details but also the results of their own laboratory experiments with high achievers. Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated. Or, put another way, expert performers--whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming-- are nearly always made, not born.

单选题"With malice toward none, with charity for all. "

单选题Beowulf, a typical example of______, is regarded today as the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons.

单选题As he grew older, all memory of his childhood began to______from his mind.

单选题______are language varieties appropriate for use in particular speech situations.

单选题The author raises the question "what about pain without gain?" because ______.

单选题As______known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.

单选题In English, ______and______are often expressed by subject and object.

单选题Metonymy involves using the familiar to stand for the unfamiliar.（对外经贸2005研)

单选题Police don"t yet know why Hawkins chose the Westroads Mall or the Von Maur department store in particular, Warren said, adding only that the teen may have frequented the mall.

单选题He was______admittance to the concert hall for not being properly dressed.

单选题This room is in a terrible mess it______cleaned.

单选题______ manifest various grammatical relations or grammatical categories such as number, tense, degree and case.

单选题When people are asked what kind of housing they want, the question ______ a variety of answers.

单选题The potential profit, and the ease A on which they can be made from insider trading, market manipulation, conflict-of-interest transactions B and many other illegal or unethical activities C are too great and too pervasive D to be ignored .

单选题To the child, the genius with imagination, or the wholly untraveled, the approach to a great city for the first time is a wonderful thing. Particularly if it be evening-that mystic period between the glare and gloom of the world when life is changing from one sphere or condition to another. Ah, the promise of the night. What does it not hold for the weary! What old illusion of hope is not here forever repeated ! Says the soul of the toiler to itself. " I shall soon be free. I shall be in the ways and the hosts of the merry. The streets, the lamps, the lighted chamber set for dining, are for me. The theatre , the halls, the parties, the ways of rest and the paths of song—these are mine in the night. "The following passage is taken from the novel entitled______.

单选题Economists reached a consensus that inflation in China would come from the sizzling property market instead of the food or energy sector.

单选题According to the author, one of the driving forces behind the M&A wave is ______.

单选题Community service can______anything from gardening to helping old people" s homes.