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Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other's minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇跡) it is.
Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by \observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Nature's talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, it's an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.
Not that we don't have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called "body language". Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.
Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skills? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn't tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.
72. according to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is ________.
A.our ability to use language
B.the miracle of technology
C.the amazing power of nature
D.our ability to make noises with mouth
73. What feature of"body language" mentioned in the passage is common to both human an animals?
A.Lifting heads when sad.
B.Keeping long faces when angry.
C.Bristling hair when ready to attack.
D.Bowing heads when willing to obey.
74. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A.Body language is unique to humans.
B.Animals express emotions just as humans do.
C.Humans have other powers of communication.
D.Humans are no different from animals to some degree.
75. This passage is mainly about ________.
A.the development of body language.
B.the special role humans play in nature
C.the power to convey information to others
D.the difference between humans and animals in language use
第二卷（非選擇題 滿分35分）
第四部分 寫作（共兩節，滿分35分）
第一節 對話填空（共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分）
請認真閱讀下面對話，并根據各題所給首字母的提示，在答題卡上標有題號的橫線上，寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確形式、使對話通順。
M＝Mum, S＝Sara, P＝Peter
(When Sara came home from work, she found her mother in an anxious state. )
S: What's wrong, Mum? You seem upset.
M: It's your (76) y________ sister Jill. She should have been here an hour ago.
S: Don't (77) w________, Mum! It's not all that late and she has probably not (78) r________ how late it is. I think she'll be here soon.
(Just then Sara's brother Peter came into the kitchen. )
P: What's up? Mum's on the phone and she seems as though she's going to cry.
S: It's Jill. She should have (79) r________home by now and Mum's getting anxious.
P: You needn't feel so anxious Mum! You know what teenage girls are like. I'm (80) s________ she's all right.
M: I can't help but he concerned. I've just rung Lucy and she said Jill left her outside the cinema ages ago to get the bus home.
P: Well, the bus service isn't very frequent in the evenings. Perhaps she (81) m________one and is waiting for another. Have you tried (82) p________her on her mobile?
M: Yes, but there's no reply. That made me even more worried. I think (83) s________ must have happened to Jill. Do you think we should call the (84) p________?
S: Calm down, Mum! You'll make yourself ill. Perhaps she switched her mobile (85) o________ in the cinema and forgot to switch it back on again. Or it may need to be charged.
第二節 書面表達（滿分25分）
英語中 “please” “thank you” “sorry”等禮貌用語具有增進友誼，改善關系、化解矛盾神奇的力量，因而被稱為 “magic words”。請 “Magic Power of Polite Words”為題寫一篇100詞左右的英語作文。代表裁不限（敘述文評論文說論文……）
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