2005年11月19日北京地区成人本科学位英语考试试题(A卷)PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart
Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements
ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD
YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter
Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Languagesareremarkablycomplexandwonderfullycomplicatedorgansofculture
(76)(Theycontainthequickestandthemostefficientmeansofcommunicatingwithintheirrespectiveculture
)Tolearnaforeignlanguageistolearnanotherculture
Inthewordsofapoetandphilosopher,“Asmanylanguagesasonespeaks,somanylivesonelives
”Acultureanditslanguageareasnecessaryasbrainandbody;whileoneisapartoftheother,neithercanfunctionwithouttheother
Inlearningaforeignlanguage