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PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 2012届钻石卡学员英语（二）强化阶段测试 考试时间：180分钟 满分：100分 学员姓名： 是否学数学： 目标院校和专业： 总分： Section I Use of English Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points) What can be said of the normal process of aging, from a linguistic point of view? In general 1 , there is a clear and 2 relationship: no one would have much difficulty 3 a baby, a young child, a teenager, a middle-aged person, or a very old person from a tape recording. With children, it is possible for 4 in language development, and people 5 in Little is known about the patterns of 7 change that affect older people. It is plain that our voice quality, vocabulary, and style 8 as we grow older, but research into the nature of these changes is in its earliest stages. 9 , a certain amount of information is known about the production and 10 of spoken language by very old people, 11 regarding the phonetic changes that take place. Speech is 12 to be affected by reductions in the 13 of the vocal organs. The muscles of the chest 14 , the lungs become less elastic, the ribs less mobile: 15 , respiratory efficiency at age 75 is only about half that at age 30, and this has 16 for the ability to speak loudly, rhythmically, and with good tone. In addition, speech is affected by poorer movement of the soft palate and changes in the 17 skeleton, especially around the mouth and jaw. There are other, more general signs of age. Speech rate slows, and fluency may be more inconsistent. Hearing 18 , especially after the early fifties. Weakening 19 of memory and attention may affect the ability to comprehend complex speech patterns. But it is not all bad news: vocabulary a