2022吉林大学英语考试真题卷（1）.pdf

2022吉林大学英语考试真题卷（1）

本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，

60分及格。

一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一

个最符合题意）

1.Manythingsaboutlanguageareamystery,andmanywill

alwaysremainso.Butsomethingswedoknow.First,weknow

thatallhumanbeingshavealanguageofsomesort.There

isnoraceofmenanywhereonearthsobackwardthatithas

nolanguage.And,inhistoricaltimes,therehasneverbeen

araceofmenwithoutalanguage.Second,thereisnosuch

thingasaprimitivelanguage.Therearemanypeoplewhose

culturesareundeveloped,whoare,aswesay,uncivilized,

butthelanguagestheyspeakarenotprimitive.Inallknown

languageswecanseecomplexitiesthatmusthavebeentens

ofthousandsofyearsindeveloping.Thishasnotalwaysbeen

wellunderstood;indeed,thedirectcontraryhasoftenbeen

stated.PopularideasofthelanguageoftheAmerican

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Indianswillillustrate.Manypeoplehavesupposedthatthe

Indianscommunicatedinaveryprimitivesystemofnoises.

Studyhasprovedthistobenonsense.Thereare,orwere,

hundredsofAmericanIndianlanguages,andallofthemturn

outtobeverycomplicatedandveryold.Theyarecertainly

differentfromthelanguagesthatmostofusarefamiliar

with,buttheyarenomoreprimitivethan.Englishand

Greek.Athirdthingweknowaboutlanguageisthatall

languagesareperfectlyadequate.Thatis,eachoneisa

perfectmeansofexpressingthecultureofthepeoplewho

speakthelanguage.Finally,weknowthatlanguagechanges.

Itisnaturalandnormalforlanguagetochangestheonly

languageswhichdonotchangearethedeadones.Thisiseasy

tounderstandifwelookbackwardintime.Changegoeson