2019英语专八模拟试卷及答案（八）

　　PART III LANGUAGE USAGE [15 MIN]

　　The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proof-read the passage and correct it in the following way:

　　For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET THREE as instructed.

　　We use language every day. We live in a world of words. Hardly any moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, __1__

　　languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know __2__

　　more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language __3__

　　is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from __4__

　　animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language ___5__

　　and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we __6__

　　understand precisely the combinations between language and thought, __7__

　　language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language is that we, like language users, take too many things for granted. __8__

　　Language comes to every normal person so naturally that a few __9__

　　of us stop to question what language is, much less do we feel the necessity to study it. Language is far more complex than most people have probably imagined and the necessity to study it is far greater than some people may have assured. Linguistic is a branch of science which takes language as its object of investigation.__10__

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