Culture is the total sum of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group og human beings. In this sense, every group has a culture, however savage, undeveloped, or uncivilized it may seem to us. To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic hierarchy among languages. People once thought of the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped forms of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. While it is possible that language in general began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of “backward” languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They fall behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually full
The language of uncivilized groups as compared to Western languages are limited in （）.
- A、sound patterns
- B、vocabularies
- C、grammatical structures
- D、both A and B
正确答案:B
答案解析:有
The author says that professional linguists recognize that （）.
- A、Western languages are superior to Eastern languages
- B、All languages came from grunts and groans
- C、The hierarchy of languages is difficult to understand
- D、There is no hierarchy of languages
正确答案:D
答案解析:有
The article states that grunt-and-groan forms of speech are found （）.
- A、nowhere today
- B、among the Australian aborigines
- C、among Eastern cultures
- D、among people speaking “backward” languages
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
According to the author, languages, whether civilized or not, have （）.
- A、the potential for expanding vocabulary
- B、their own sound patterns
- C、an ability to transfer ideas
- D、grammatical structures
正确答案:A
答案解析:有
Which of the following is implied but not articulated in the passage?
- A、The study of languages has discredited anthropological studies.
- B、The study of language has reinforced anthropologists in their view that there is no hierarchy among cultures.
- C、The study of language is the same as the study of anthropologists.
- D、The study of languages casts a new light upon the claim of anthropologists.
正确答案:B
答案解析:有
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