Exercise 3 (200612)
Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely ___67___ from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, ___68___ it is much more than that. Many animals can___69___. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers ___70___ other members of the hive（蜂群）. But human language permits communication about anything，___71___things like unicorn（独角兽）that have never existed. The key ___72___ in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be ___73___together in different ways, according to___74___, to communicate different meanings.
Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing___75___humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, ___76___about the university the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an immensely complex___77___that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most ___78___of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to ___79___. The speaker has to translate thoughts into ___80___ language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from thoughts to the___81___of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to ___ 82___ out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to ___83___the words spoken., understand the pattern of ___84 ___of the words （sentences）, and finally ___85___ the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But___86___ started, it is of course a continuous process.
67. A）apart           B）off             C）up             D）down
68. A）so             B）but             C）or              D）for
69. A）transfer         B）transmit         C）convey       D）communicate
70. A）to              B）from           C）over            D）on
71. A）only            B）almost         C）even             D）just
72. A）stays           B）situates         C）hides            D）lies
73. A）stuck           B）strung          C）rung         D）consisted
74. A）rules           B）scales          C）laws      &