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People learn Languages all the time, and for all kinds of reasons. For example, you probably have various reasons to study English than your classmates.(1)____ But have you ever thought about creating entirely new language from scratch? There's been a boom in made-up languages recently, driving by the epic "Lord of the Rings' and other fantasy movies and books. (2)____(3)____ The trend has also fueled as more and more people venture online.There are websites, discussion boards, and chat rooms that teach how to build a language, others that share new languages, and some that seek collaborators. (4)____ Made-up languages aren't restricted on Star Trek fans and Esperanto speakers.(5)____
It spends time and determination to create a new language. (6)____ A creator needs to do more than substitute existing words with invented ones. There' s rhythm and intonation to consider-how does the language sound when spoken? If it}s invented for humans in a movie or book, how does biology change the sound? How does it represent the culture of the people who speak it?.(7)____ Then there arle grammar rules, such as masculine and feminine nouns or verbs, word order, or the use of irregular verbs. Even if a simple language can take years to develop.(8)____
Yet the new languages don't have the same sticking power as real languages like English. As for the made-up languages of today, there are an infinite number of reason behind their creation. Some people do it as a hobby, another as a way to relax Some just like the challenge.(9)____ (10)____

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文章大意
本文讨论的是新语言创造的现象。受科幻电影和互联网的影响，人们开始热衷于“创造新语言”。随着越来越多人上网，网上也出现了教人们创造新语言、分享新语言的网站和聊天室等。这大大推动了“创造新语言热”的发展。然而，创造一门全新的语言绝非易事，因为创造者不仅仅需要替换现有词汇，而且需要考虑节奏和语调——比如为某种“非人类”创造的语言，该物种会如何改变声音。创造的语言当然也不会像现实语言那么有生命力。人们创造新语言的原因也多种多样：或为爱好，或为放松自己，或作为一个挑战。
答案详解
1．various→different词汇错误。various指“名目繁多的”，而different意为“不同的”，强调差别。下文的than your classmates表明是与同学相比，应该是“不同的”理由，故将various改为different。
2．∧entirely→an词汇错误。language既能作可数名词，也可以作不可数名词，作可数名词意为“某国的语言”，作不可数名词时，意为“某人说的话”，本文指的是前者，为可数名词，联系上文可确定此处的you指“你”，故相应地language也用单数形式，应在entirely前加上不定冠词an。
3．driving→driven词汇错误。根据句意，这种创造新语言的热潮是受到科幻电影和书驱动的。分析句子结构，driving→ books作定语修饰boom，被修饰的成分boom跟drive是被动关系，故需用过去分词driven。
4．∧fueled→been语法错误。The trend和fueled之间是被动关系，故此处为被动语态，需在fueled前加been。整句意为“越来越多的人上网推动了这种趋势。”
5．on→to词汇错误。be restricted to为固定搭配，意为“局限于”，故需将此处的介词on改为to。
6．spends→takes词汇错误。spend和take都有“花费”的意思。spend的主语为人，常用于sb. spend sth.on (in doing) sth句型。take表示“花费”时，主语常用it，用于it takes+sb．+time+to do sth.句型中。因此将spends改为takes。
7．humans→non-humans语篇错误。由下文的“生物如何改变声音”中的biology可推断此处不是指人类，humans在此与句意不符，要改为与它意思相反的non-humans 。
8．if→if语法错误。Even if为让步状语从句的引导词，意为“即使”：而Even为副词，本身就表示“甚至，即使”。在该句中，由于只有一个句子，不存在从句，故需将if删掉。
9．reason→reasons语法错误。reason为可数名词，当reason被an infinite number of(无限多)修饰时，需要用复数形式，故将reason改为reasons。此外，本句中的there are也提示reason应用复数形式。
10. another→others词汇错误。another指“（三个或三个以上中的）另一个”，常用于one...another...，的句型中。而some常跟others连用，表示“一些……而其他……”。故将another改为others