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Language is the most astonishing behavior. in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior. that sets humans completely 【B1】______ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 【B2】______ it is much more than that. Many animals can 【B3】______ . The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 【B4】______ other members of the hive (蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 【B5】______ things like unicorns (独角兽) that have never existed. The key 【B6】______ in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 【B7】______ together in different ways, according to 【B8】______ , to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 【B9】______ humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 【B10】______ about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex 【B11】______ that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 【B12】______ of our speech and under standing. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 【B13】______ . The speaker has to translate thoughts into 【B14】______ language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the 【B15】______ of speech is extremely fast, only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to 【B16】______ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 【B17】______ the words spoken, understand the pattern of 【B18】______ of the words (sentences), and finally 【B19】______ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 【B20】______ started, it is of course a continuous process.
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听力原文：M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were you when you started to write？ And what was your first book？
W: [22] I wrote my first finished story when I was about six. It was about a small animal, rabbit, I mean. And I've been writing ever since.
M: Why did you choose to be an author？
W: [23] If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do it. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing.
M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults？
W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one. But I never really imagine a target audience when I'm writing. [24] The ideas come first. So it really depends on the idea that grabs me next.
M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from？
W: [25] I've no idea where the ideas came from. And I hope I'll never find out. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain, which makes me think about invisible train platforms.
M: How do you come up with the names of your characters？
W: I invented some of them, but I also collect strange names. I've gotten them from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memorials and people I've met.
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