2010 年英语专业四级真题完形填空及答案解析 PART III CLOZE [15 MIN] Decide w hich of the choices given below w ould best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks
Mark the best choice for each blank on Answ er Sheet Tw o
How men first learned to invent words is unknown; (31) , the origin of language is a mystery
All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain (32) to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, (33) they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (34) certain signs, called letters, which could be (35) to represent those sounds, and which could be (36)
Those sounds, whether spoken, (37) written in letters, we call words
The power of words, then, lies in their (38) the things they bring up before our minds
Words become