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People learn Languages all the time, and for all kinds of reasons. For example, you probably (1)____have various reasons to study English than your classmates. But have you ever thought about (2)____creating entirely new language from scratch? There's been a boom in made-up languages recently, (3)____driving by the epic "Lord of the Rings' and other fantasy movies and books. (4)____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. (5)____ Made-up languages aren't restricted on Star Trek fans and Esperanto speakers.
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? (7)____ 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? Then there are 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,(9)____ 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.(10)____

参考答案及解析

参考答案及解析:
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→删掉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。

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。