I。Reading

Readthefollowingpassagesandchoosethebestanswerfromthe4choicesbeloweachquestion。

Passage1：

ThecommonbeliefofsomelinguiststhateachlanguageisaperfectvehicleforthethoughtsofthenationspeakingitisinsomewaystheexactcounterpartoftheconvictionoftheManchesterschoolofeconomicsthatsupplyanddemandwillregulateeverythingforthebest。Justaseconomistswereblindtothenumerouscasesinwhichthelawofsupplyanddemandleftactualwantsunsatisfied，soalsomanylinguistsaredeaftothoseinstancesinwhichtheverynatureofalanguagecallsforthmisunderstandingsineverydayconversation，andinwhich，consequently，awordhastobemodifiedordefinedinordertopresenttheideaintendedbythespeaker：“Hetookhisstick－no，notJohn‘s，buthisown。”Nolanguageisperfect，andifweadmitthistruth，wemustalsoadmitthatitisnotunreasonabletoinvestigatetherelativemeritsofdifferentlanguagesorofdifferentdetailsinlanguages。

1）Theprimarypurposeofthepassageisto_________。

A。refuteabeliefheldbysomelinguists。

B。showthateconomictheoryisrelevanttolinguisticstudy。

C。illustratetheconfusionthatcanresultfromtheimproperuseoflanguage。

D。suggestawayinwhichlanguagescanbemademorenearlyperfect。

2）Themisunderstandingpresentedbytheauthorinline7issimilartowhichofthefollowing？

I。Xusestheword“you“torefertoagroup，butYthinksthatXisreferringtoonepersononly。

II。Xmistakenlyusestheword“anomaly“torefertoatypicalexample，butYknowsthat“anomaly“means“exception。“

III。Xusestheword“bachelor“tomean“unmarriedman，“butYmistakenlythinksthatbachelormeans“unmarriedwoman。“

A。Ionly

B。IIonly

C。IIIonly

D。IandIIonly

3）Inpresentingtheargument，theauthordocsallofthefollowingEXCEPT_________。

A。givinganexample。

B。drawingaconclusion。

C。makingacomparison。

D。presentingaparadox。

4）Whichofthefollowingcontributestothemisunderstandingdescribedbytheauthorinline7？

A。Itisunclearwhomthespeakerofthesentenceisaddressing。

B。Itisuncleartowhomtheword“his“refersthefirsttimeitisused。

C。Itisuncleartowhomtheword“his“refersthesecondtimeitisused。

D。Themeaningof“took“isambiguous。