四级快速阅读精选：语言和个人

　　Once we admit that the study of language behavior involves describing and explaining the unobservable, the situation becomes much more complicated, because we have to postulate some set of processes, some internal mechanism, which operates when we speak and understand. We have to postulate something we can call a mind. The study of language from this point of view can then be seen as a study of the specific properties, processes and states of the mind whose outward manifestations are observable behavior; what we have to know in order to perform linguistically.This approach to language, as a phenomenon of the individual, is thus principally concerned with explaining how we acquire language, and its relation to general human cognitive systems, and with the psychological mechanisms underlying the comprehension and production of speech; much less with the problem of what language is for, that is, its function as communication, since this necessarily involves more than a single individual.

　　36.What is the best title for this passage?

　　A) Language as Means of Communication. B) Language and Psychology.

　　C) Language and the Individual. D) Language as a Social Phenomenon.

　　37.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A) Language is often regarded as part of human psychology.

　　B) People develop language skills of different degrees as a result of different personal experiences.

　　C) Language is a special kind of psychological behavior that is born with an individual.

　　D) People learn to speak and write through imitation and training.

　　38.What does the term “behavior” in the second paragraph especially refer to in this passage?

　　A) It refers to observable and physical movements and acts.

　　B) It refers to the part of language behavior that involves understanding or interpretation.

　　C) It refers to both the overt and the unobservable language behaviors in communicating.

　　D) It refers to acts of speaking and writing.

　　39.What does “internal mechanism”(Line 3, Para. 3) mean?

　　A) Secret machine. B) Mental processes. C) Overt system. D) Mechanic operation.

　　40.What can you infer from the passage?

　　A) Its individualistic approach to language is meant to study the psychological processes of language acquisition.

　　B) The individualistic approach to language is mainly concerned with how language functions in society.

　　C) The study of language is sure to involve more than a single individual.

　　D) Psychological approach to language is concerned with the comprehension and production of speech.

　　答案：CCCBA