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      Man has a big brain. He can think and 1. s languages. Scientists once thought that man isn’t the same as animals 2. b man can think and learn. They know now that dogs,monkeys and birds can learn,too.

      They are beginning to 3. u that men are different from animals because they can speak. Animals can't speak. They make much 4. n when they are afraid,or unhappy.Apes (猿) can learn some things more quickly than man. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they cannot join 5. w to make sentences. They cannot think 6. 1 us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been  7. a  build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very 8. w when he is four or five,9. b no animals learn to speak.

      How do children learn it? Scientists don't really know 10. w happens inside our body when we speak. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

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[答案]1. speak   2. because   3. understand   4. noise   5. words   

6. like   7. able   8. well   9. but   10. what

[解析]本文叙述了人与动物的不同之处。

1. 与languages连用，表示说语言。句意：他会思考和说话，故用动词speak。

2. 句意：科学家曾经认为人脑与动物的大脑不一样，因为人会思考和说话，根据句意前后是因果关系，故用连词because。

3. 句意：他们开始理解人不同于动物，因为人会说话。此处用动词understand。

4. make noise发出噪音。句意：动物害怕或不高兴时会发出噪音。故此处用名词noise。

5. join words to make sentences.连词成句。句意：但是他们不会连词成句。

6. 根据…they have no language.可知他们没有语言，不可能像我们一样思考。

like表示像……。

7. 句意：因为人类有语言，他们能建造一个现代的世界。be able to能够，会。

8. 句意：每个孩子四，五岁时说自己的母语说的很好，结合句意，此处用副词well。

9. 句意：但是动物没有学会说话。转折关系，故用连词 but。

10. 谓语动词know后的宾语从句缺少主语，表示事物，故用代词what。句意：科学家也弄不明白当人说话时，人体内部发生了什么。