[单项选择]People thinking about the origin of language for the first time usually arrive at the conclusion that it developed (31) as a system of grunts, hisses and cries and (32) a very simple affair in the beginning. (33) , when we observe the language behavior of (34) we regard as primitive cultures, we find it (35) complicated. It was believed that an Eskimo must have the tip of his tongue a vocabulary of more than 10,000 words (36) to get along reasonably well, much larger than the active vocabulary of a (n) (37) businessman who speaks Eng-fish. (38) , these Eskimo words are far more highly inflected (词尾变化的) than (39) of any of the well-known European languages, for a (40) noun can be spoken or written in (41) hundred different forms, each (42) a precise meaning different from that of any other. The forms of the verbs are even more (43) . The Eskimo language is, (44)
A. some
B. several
C. various
D. varied