From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first 1 , they were like newborn children, unable to use this 2 tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future 3 and cultural growth increased. Many linguists believe that evolution is 4 for our ability to produce and use language. They 5 that our highly evolved brain provides us 6 an innate language ability not found in lower 7 . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our 8 for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, 9 a function of the growth of the brain during childhood. Therefore there are critical 10 times for language development. Current 11 of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. 12 , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in 13 grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being 14 to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the 15 of their first language have become firmly fixed. 16 some aspects of language are undeniably innate, language does not develop automatically in a vacuum. Children who have been 17 from other human beings do not possess language. This demonstrates that 18 with other human beings is necessary for proper language development. Some linguists believe that this is even more basic to human language 19 than any innate capacities. These theorists view language as imitative, learned behavior. 20 , children learn language from their parents by imitating them. Parents gradually shape their child's language skills by positively reinforcing precise imitations and negatively reinforcing imprecise ones. 请在20处填上正确答案（）

As a result
B. After all
C. In other words
D. Above all

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在1处填上正确答案（）

A. how
B. where
C. when
D. whether

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在3处填上正确答案（）

A. clarity
B. emotion
C. sentiment
D. affectio

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在5处填上正确答案（）

A. recite
B. recognize
C. read
D. repeat

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在4处填上正确答案（）

A. except
B. but
C. except for
D. but for

Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry that gointothe collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is 1 I became an animal collector in the first 2.The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any 3 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”,4 the word “zoo”, which I would 5 over and over again with a shrill 6 until someone, ingroupsto 7 me up, would take me to the zoo.When I 8 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great 9 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time 10 the countryside in search of fresh specimens to 11 to my collection of pets.12 on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 13 , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches,14 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I 15 had enough money of my own to be able to 16 my first trip and I have been going 17 ever since then.Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of 18 ,it is certainly a job which will appeal 19 all those who love animals and 20. 请在8处填上正确答案（）

A. grew
B. was growing
C. grow
D. grow

The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every 62.__________ region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“ The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 63.___________ vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 64.___________ lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 65.___________ echo each other in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture. At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic 66.__________ system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 67.__________ reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might 68._________ undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 69._________ existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 70.__________ and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 71.________ is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the American public. 在62处填写改错内容。

The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every 62.__________ region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“ The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 63.___________ vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 64.___________ lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 65.___________ echo each other in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture. At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic 66.__________ system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 67.__________ reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might 68._________ undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 69._________ existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 70.__________ and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 71.________ is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the American public. 在68处填写改错内容。

The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every 62.__________ region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“ The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 63.___________ vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 64.___________ lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 65.___________ echo each other in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture. At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic 66.__________ system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 67.__________ reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might 68._________ undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 69._________ existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 70.__________ and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 71.________ is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the American public. 在67处填写改错内容。

The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every 62.__________ region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“ The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 63.___________ vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal would have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 64.___________ lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 65.___________ echo each other in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture. At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic 66.__________ system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 67.__________ reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might 68._________ undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 69._________ existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 70.__________ and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 71.________ is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the American public. 在70处填写改错内容。