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金石教育2014-2015学年第一学期期中试题 第I 卷 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） （共15小题，每题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。 A It is one of the most annoying words in the English language and it seems there is no escaping it．The word“huh?”is in worldwide use, a study found． Researchers discovered that languages spoken in countries from Ghana and Laos to Iceland and Italy all include‘‘huh?”,or something that sounds very like it. They said that while the study may sound silly，the word is an absolutely necessary part of speech．Without it and similar words，it would be impossible to show that we haven’t heard or understood what had been said and this would 1cad to constant misunderstandings． But while other words used in the same context，such as‘‘sotry’or‘‘what”，vary widely across languages，“huh?”remains unchanged． The Dutch researchers carefully studied ten languages from around the world，including Siwu,which is spoken in Ghana,and an Australian Aboriginal language，as well as Italian，Spanish，Dutch and Mandarin Chinese． They analysed tapes of recorded conversations for words that sounded like‘‘huh?”and were used to request that whatever had Just been said be repeated．All contained a version of“huh?”．The word was also found in another21 languages．While there were subtle differences in each country,a11 sounded basically the same． This is surprising because normally unrelated languages will use very different words to describe the same thing．For instance，the Japanese for“dog’’is‘‘inu”，while the French is‘‘chien”．It is thought that languages around the world have developed their own version of“huh?’’because the sound is quick and simple to form，as well as being easily undertood． The researchers，said that it might seem unimportant to carry out scientific research into a word like“huh?’but in fact this little word is an essential tool in human communication．They also have an answer for those who claim that‘‘huh?’’isn’t a word．They say that it qualifies because