Lin1978  +  550535 Mon, 04 Aug 08 03:33 AM The article below is excerpted from the college entrance examination of our country, This is an episode from a 1960 science fiction story. The women in the story give birth to children that have the same appearance. They all have blond hair and " strange eyes." As the children grow, they run around village in a pack, wearing identical clothing and hairstyles, staring at everyone impolitely. What one children learn is also known by the others instantly. Villages began to __ their belief that the children all have "one mind." In this story, the children are produced by some unexplained force by outer space... There are two options for this blank, (1) wonder and (2) express The answer is (2) express, but I think (1) would be better. Could somebody tell me what are the different meanings between these two words filled in the blank? And how do I explain the sentence? Thank you for your patient to read my question. Lin1978 Joined on Mon, Jan 1 2007 New Member 24 Articles

	Grammar Geek  +  550546 Mon, 04 Aug 08 04:51 AM Hi Lin, I wonder - in the original did it really say " What one children learn is also known by the others instantly. " or did it say "What one child learns is also known by the others instantly."?    They may wonder to themselves. But they express to each other.    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,651 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!