2019-2020同步外研英语选修九新突破模块综合检测+4+Word版含解析-1-/18模块综合检测(四)(满分:120分;时间:100分钟)Ⅰ
阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)AWedonotusuallythinkabouthowourlanguageworks
Talkingissuchanatural,everydayactivitythatwedonotoftenstoptoconsiderhowitactuallyworks
Whenwedostudyourlanguage,though,weareoftensurprisedthatweareabletounderstandourconversations
Wordscanmeansomanydifferentthings
However,itturnsoutthatthespeakingsituationhelpsalotinmakinglanguagework
First,thespeakingsituationhelpsmakewordsmoreparticular
Forexample,theword“dog”candescribeadogthataspeakersawinadream
Itcanalsobeusedtodiscussaneighbor'sdog
Nolanguagehasaseparatewordfortheidea“dogthatIsawyesterday”andanotherwordfortheidea“dogthatIsawinadream”.Thisisbecausethespeakingsituationmakesitclearwhatspeakersmeanwhentheyusewords
So,whenyouhaveaconversationwit