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五、(2024·邢台期中)阅读理解。
人与社会——语言与文化
Language shows the environment where we live. We name the things around. Usually, the important things own many specific names, while the less important things only have some general names. So in one culture, people may have a large vocabulary to describe a certain object, while in another culture, such vocabulary is small.
For instance, the Chinese have many words for "rice" and for "family members". The British use many different expressions for "rain". Kids growing up on a farm may be able to offer ten different words for "plow", a farming tool.
In some cultures, there is an amazingly large vocabulary to describe a certain thing. It's said that the Inuit have about 100 words for "snow". For them, snow is so important to life that each of its forms and conditions has to own a name. They divide snow into different categories(类别), such as snow lying on the ground, snow floating in the sky and snow piling up. These different kinds of snow will tell them different weather conditions. The same is true of the Arabs, whose life depends much on camels. In the Arabic language, according to camels' appearance, characters, drinking behaviors, and the roles they play, there are hundreds of different words for the camel and all of its parts. Snow and camels are far less important in English-speaking cultures, and the single words "snow" and "camel" can usually satisfy their needs. When the needs become more specific, however, they can create longer phrases to meet the needs: "corn snow" "flying snow" "big camel" "funny camel", etc.
As we can see, there is a ______ between the words and the ideas of that culture. So it's not hard to understand that each culture passes on its ideas and thoughts through words.
1. What does Paragraph 2 serve as?
A. Opinions.
B. Examples.
C. Conclusions.
D. Reasons.
(B)
2. According to the passage, what kind of place do the Inuit live in?
A. Cold.
B. Dry.
C. Hot.
D. Wet.
(A)
3. In English-speaking cultures, how do people show more specific meanings of single words like "snow" and "camel"?
A. By inventing new words.
B. By using other sentences.
C. By creating longer phrases.
D. By translating from another language.
(C)
4. (创新考法·信息还原题)Which of the following words can be put in the blank in the last paragraph?
A. difference
B. connection
C. change
D. distance
(B)

答案： 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.B