单选题 Every group has a culture, however uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist, there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages. People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex. They differ from Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, but only in their vocabularies, which reflect the objects and activities known to their speakers. Even in this aspect, two things are to be noted. First, all languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. Second, the objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in "backward" languages, while different from the West, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated. A Western language distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"). But some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker, or to the person addressed, or removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.

单选题With the continued rise in sea level, more ice would ______ into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise even higher, which in turn would release more ice and set in motion a vicious cycle.

单选题The young man dangled in midair, held by one frail rope. A．fragile B．strong C．thick D．straw

单选题It is well known that retired workers in China are ______ free medical care. A. entitled to B. associated with C. involved in D. devoted to

单选题Anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff furthered her reputation as an authority on Native American culture with her study of the symbols, myths, and rituals of the Huichol people. A. deserved B: retained C. renewed D. advanced

单选题Now which are the animals really to be pitied in captivity? First, those clever beings whose lively urge for activity can find no outlet behind the bars of the cage. This is most conspicuous, even for the uninitiated, in the ease of animals which, when living in a free state, are accustomed to roaming about widely. Owing to this frustrated desire, foxes and wolves housed, in many oldfashioned zoos, in cages which are far too small, are among the most pitiable of all caged animals. Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture! This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.

单选题Nevertheless, most domestic architecture of the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century displays a wide divergence of taste and freedom of application of the rules laid down in these books. A. description B. development C. difference D. display

单选题The century-old hostilities between the two tribes eventually terminated through the persistent efforts of the local government. A. diminished B. shrunk C. vanished D. worsened

单选题The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government officials. A. grants B. rights C. advantages D. interests

单选题The incidence of this disease has been greatly reduced thanks to our health care program.

单选题You might include a couple of heady growth stocks ______ with your more pedestrian investments.

单选题In each person's life there are three stages. When one was young, people said, "He will do something." As he grew older and did nothing, they said, "He could do something if he found himself." When he was white-haired, people said of him, "UHe might do something if he could try anything/U."

单选题A number of writers who once greatly disparaged the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting approbation for their former criticism. A. censure B. approval C. adulation D. analysis

单选题The ______ winds in the Great Basin are from the west. Warm, moist air from the Pacific Ocean is forced upward as it crosses the Sierra Nevada.

单选题Whenever we hear of a natural disaster, we feel sympathetic to the people to be affected .

单选题Construction is expanding all over China, no doubt many materials will be needed at a very big amount in future.

单选题The people of China are working very hard to make {{U}}concerted{{/U}} efforts to invigorate the country.

单选题A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of {{U}}article{{/U}}.

单选题Never before can we witness such a preposterous state of affairs as we are seeing today. A. could we have witnessed B. have we witnessed C. should we witness D. could we witness

单选题It is commonly acknowledged that no one can make a ______ purse out of a sow's ear. A. cotton B. nylon C. silk D. satin