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Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, belief, and way of life of a given group of human beings．In this sense, every group has a culture, however primitive, undeveloped, or uncivilized, it may seem to us． 　　To the professional anthropologist(人类学家)，there is no superiority of one culture over another, just as to the professional linguist(语言学家)there is no higher or lower grades among languages． 　　People once thought of the languages of backward groups as undeveloped form of speech, consisting largely of rough and simple sounds．While it is possible that language in general began as a series of simple sounds, it is a fact established by the study of “backward” languages that no spoken tongue answers that description today．Most languages of uncivilized groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely complex delicate pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas．They fall behind our western languages not in their sound pattern or grammatical structures, which reflects the objects and activities known to their speakers．Even in this department, however, two things are to be noted：1．All languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence or by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system．2．The objects and activities requiring names and distinctions in “backward” languages, while different from ours, are often surprisingly numerous and complicated． 　　This study of language in turn casts a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently and without ideas of rank or grade． (1) According to the passage, we know that ________． [　　] A． only developed group has a culture B． Only civilized group has culture C． all groups have a culture D． some cultures may seem to be primitive and undeveloped (2) Compared with western languages, the languages of uncivilized group are not limited in the following except ________． [　　] A． vocabularies B． sound patterns C． grammatical structures D． both A and C (3) According to the passage, all the followings are true except ________ [　　] A． most languages of uncivilized groups are extremely complex pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas B． there is not superiority(优越)of one culture over another C． the languages seem to possess the machinery for vocabulary expansion D． the languages of backward groups are undeveloped forms of speech, consisting of simple sounds (4) The study of language ________． [　　] A． has no connection with the claim of the anthropologists B． provides the anthropologist a lamp C． makes people have further understanding of the claim of the anthropologists D． makes the claim of the anthropologists brighter

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答案：1．C;2．A;3．D;4．C;