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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．inevitably
B．eventually
C．surprisingly
D．immediately
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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
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18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

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Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
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But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
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Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

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This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

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Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

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When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

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Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

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When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．undoubtedly
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C．immediately
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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．which
B．whether
C．what
D．that
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Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．prominent
B．major
C．subtle
D．basic
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When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．bonus
B．bubble
C．single
D．big
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In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．resist
B．escape
C．silence
D．stop
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．direct
B．continuous
C．active
D．exclusive
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．track
B．trace
C．spot
D．point
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．few
B．much
C．many
D．little
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．denies
B．counters
C．doubts
D．debates
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．partially
B．brightly
C．vividly
D．clearly
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．fried
B．faced
C．won
D．defended
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．but
B．because
C．and
D．or
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．above
B．off
C．of
D．on
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．incorporating
B．including
C．comprising
D．containing
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．give
B．pick
C．make
D．set
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．in all
B．at best
C．by far
D．for all
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．report
B．complete
C．drop
D．improve
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．answered
B．tackled
C．neglected
D．rejected
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．to
B．as
C．for
D．into
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．remain
B．vary
C．increase
D．decrease
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．phenomena
B．contributions
C．successes
D．talents
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．beyond
B．from
C．in
D．on
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．adds
B．add
C．adding
D．added
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．professional
B．accurate
C．convincing
D．difficult
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．puts
B．takes
C．tracks
D．turns
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．efficient
B．effective
C．successful
D．sufficient
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．other than
B．more than
C．rather than
D．better than
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．culture
B．language
C．aspect
D．country
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．denounced
B．accepted
C．characterized
D．justified
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．surveys
B．leads
C．tests
D．recruits
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．prices
B．consumption
C．supply
D．charges
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．demand
B．context
C．action
D．progress
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．neither
B．either
C．as
D．so
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．who
B．what
C．whom
D．which
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．to be doing
B．done
C．to do
D．to be done
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．Ones
B．They
C．Those
D．All
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．persuaded
B．distracted
C．foxed
D．impressed
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．Even if
B．If only
C．Despite that
D．Now that
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．Then
B．Or
C．So
D．But
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．thinking
B．living
C．expressing
D．sounding
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．expose
B．identify
C．address
D．raise
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．imagine
B．imitate
C．dazzle
D．learn
单项选择题

When shopkeepers want to lure customers into buying a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in the Journal of Marketing , they are 21 a trick.
A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of University of Minnesota, looked at consumers" 22 to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 23 at fractions.
Consumers often struggle to realise, 24 , that a 50% increase in 25 is the same as a 33% discount in price. They 26 assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was offered in a 27 pack than when it carried an equivalent discount.
This numerical blind 28 remains even when the deal 29 favours the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% 30 the price. The discount is 31 the better proposition, but the experiment shows the supposedly clever students viewed them 32 equivalent.
Marketing types can draw lessons 33 just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car"s efficiency, for example, it is more 34 to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, 35 the equivalent percentage fall in fuel 36 .
There may be lessons for officials 37 regulate prices too. Even well-educated shoppers are easily 38 . Sending everyone back to school for math seems out of the question. 39 more prominently displayed unit prices in shops and advertisements would be a great 40 .

A．relief
B．surprise
C．help
D．success
单项选择题

In September, more than a dozen whales beached themselves in the Canary Islands. Rescuers tried to water down the whales and keep them cool. But all of them 1 died.
Nearby, NATO naval forces were 2 echo sounding devices meant to 3 an enemy"s submarines, and public 4 of the deaths ultimately came to 5 suspicions of a link between whale distress and loud ocean noises.
The theory is 6 the mammals seek to 7 the roar of the deep, rush toward the surface and in some cases end up going ashore.
For decades, environmentalists have worked to reduce the undersea noise—usually with 8 success, given the growing industrialization and militarization of the oceans. They have 9 suits and waged letter-writing campaigns, 10 a recent petition that asks the United States Navy to 11 its testing of underwater sound equipment.
The discovery by biologists in Hawaii that whales can 12 the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noise 13 another dimension to the debate.
Michael Jasny, a senior policy analyst, called the research fascinating and said he hoped it would prove 14 in protecting whale hearing from these threats.
But he 15 the finding as a work in 16 that posed many unanswered questions.
"A lot more work needs 17 ," he said. "Could it be replicated in the wild It"s a huge question."
18 whales could learn to decrease the sensitivity of their hearing, Mr. Jasny said, that would 19 only a relatively small part of the oceanic noise problem. "It"s important to understand that it"s 20 ," he said of the proposed method. "It won"t be a silver bullet."

A．true
B．useless
C．limited
D．risky
单项选择题

Who hasn"t wanted to master not just two languages but 10 Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be 41 in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his 42 , and many left astonished.
In Babel No More , Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and 43 linguistic geniuses. 44 on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question 45 not be "How many languages do you know" but rather "In how many languages do you live" Understanding the 46 cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 47 contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch 48 that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
Fair enough, 49 what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they 50 up a new language, or eight Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been 51 by science. After all, we study extraordinary 52 in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses
Erard 53 down Mezzofanti"s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one 54 but not another. Most interestingly, he 55 a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but 56 is a practical strategy. 57 who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about 58 like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to 59 but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get 60 .

A．lost
B．frustrated
C．fired
D．hurt
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