四六级考试

【单选题】In every cultivated language, there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words (1) which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we (2) , that is to say, from the (3) of our own family and from our familiar associates, and (4) we should know and use even if we could not read or write. They (5) the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who (6) the language. (7) words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people at large and are not the exclusive (8) of a limited class. On the other hand, our language (9) a multitude of words which are comparatively (10) used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every (11) person, but there is little (12) to use them at home or in the marketplace. Our (13) acquaintance with them comes not from our mother’s (14) or from the talk of our schoolmates, (15) from books that we read, lectures that we (16) , or the more (17) conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular (18) in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual (19) of everyday life. Such words are called " (20) ", and the distinction between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
A．breeding
B．cultivating
C．educated
D．learning

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 词义辨析题。用过去分词educated作定语修饰people，意为“受过教育的人”，符合句意，故选C；其他选项分别是意为“养育”、“培养”和“学习”的现在分词形式，不可直接修饰people，均排除。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>