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2012年高水平大学自主选拔学业能力测试 全真模拟 Advanced Assessment for Admission（AAA） 英语 CLOZE Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely __67__ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, __68__it is much more than that. Many animals can __69__. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers __70__other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything. __71__things like unicorn(独角兽)that have never existed. The key__72__in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be __73__together in different ways, according to__74__, to communicate different meanings. Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing __75__humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, __76__about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, It is an immensely complex__77__that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most __78__of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to __79__.The Speaker has to translate thoughts into __80__ language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the __81__ of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to __82__ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to __83__ the words spoken, understand the pattern of __84__ of the words (sentences), and finally __85__ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But __86__ started, it is of course a continuous process. 67. A) apart B) off C) up D) down 68. A) so B) but C) or D) for 69. A) transfer B) transmit C) convey D) communicate 70. A) to B) from C) over D) on 71. A) Only B) Almost