公共英语考试

【单选题】Text
In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprises the whole vocabulary. First, there arc those words (26) which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we (27) , that is to say, from the (28) of our own family and from our familiar associates, and (29) we should know and use (30) we could not read or write. They (31) the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who (32) the language. Such words may be called "popular", since they belong to the people (33) and are not exclusive (34) of a limited class.
On the other hand, our language (35) a multitude of words which are comparatively (36) used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little (37) to use them at home or in the market-place. Our first acquaintance with these words (38) not from our mother’s (39) or from the talk of our school-mates, (40) from books that we read, lectures that we (41) , or the more (42) conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular (43) in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual (44) everyday life. Such words (45) "learned", and the distinction between them and the "popular" words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
A、mates
B、relatives
C、members
D、fellows
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 本题考查异形近义名词的词义辨析。members“成员”；family members“家庭成员”；relatives“亲戚”；mates“伙伴，同事”；fellow“伙伴，家伙”。mate可组成复合名词，如：roommate“同房间的人”， workmate“同事”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>