07年专业八级考试部分试题及答案(2)
改错题：
Fromwhathasbeensaid,itmustbeclearthatnoonecan makeverypositivestatementsabouthowlanguageoriginated. Thereisnomaterialinanylanguagetodayandintheearliest（1）and→or recordsofancientlanguagesshowuslanguageinanewand（2）show→showing emergingstate.Itisoftensaid,ofcourse,thatthelanguage（3）the删除originatedincriesofanger,fear,painandpleasure,andthe（4）and→but necessaryevidenceisentirelylacking:therearenoremote
tribes,noancientrecords,providingevidenceof alanguagewithalargeproportionofsuchcries（5）large→lager thanwefindinEnglish.Itistruethattheabsence ofsuchevidencedoesnotdisprovethetheory,butin（6）in→on othergroundstoothetheoryisnotveryattractive. Peopleofallracesandlanguagesmakerathersimilar noisesinreturntopainorpleasure.Thefactthat（7）retur n→response suchnoisesaresimilaronthelipsofFrenchmen andMalaysianswhoselanguagesareutterlydifferent, servestoemphasizeonthefundamentaldifference（8）on删除betweenthesenoisesandlanguageproper.Wemay saythatthecriesofpainorchortlesofamusement
arelargelyreflexacti ons,instinctiveto∧largeextent,（9）∧a whereaslanguageproperdoesnotconsistofsigns butofthesethathavetobelearntandthatare（10）these→those