Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.
From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can
make very positive statements about how language originated.
There is no material in any language today and in the earliest
records of ancient languages show us language in a new and
emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language
originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the
necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote
tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of
a language with a large proportion of such cries
than we find in English. It is true that the absence
of such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in
People of all races and languages make rather similar
noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that (7)
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such noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmen
and Malaysians whose languages are utterly different,
serves to emphasize on the fundamental
difference on
between these noises and
language proper. We may
say that the cries of pain or chortles of amusement
are largely reflex actions, instinctive to∧large
extent,
whereas language proper does not consist of signs
but of these that have to be learnt and that are (10)
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