There is one fairly standard reason why some thinkers regard the meaning-of-life question as being itself meaningless. They argue 1 meaning is a matter of language, not objects. It is a 2 of the way we talk about things, not a feature of things themselves, 3 shape, weight or color. A cabbage or a computer is not meaningful in itself; it becomes 4 only by being caught up in our conversations. On this theory, we can make life 5 by our talk about it; but it cannot have a meaning in itself, 6 than a cloud can. It would not 7 sense, for example, to speak of a cloud as being true or false. 8 , truth and falsehood are functions of our human judgments about clouds. However, there are problems with this argument, 9 there are with most philosophical arguments. We shall be 10 a few of them later on.

1. A. that B. how C. if D. what

2. A. means B. question C. problem D. method

3. A. with B. for C. like D. as

4. A. this B. that C. such D. so

5. A. rich B. important C. meaningful D. colorful

6. A. not more B. far more C. much more D. any more

7. A. make B. bring C. take D. give

8. A. Hence B. Rather C. Still D. Therefore

9. A. when B. since C. as D. for

10. A. writing about B. hunting for C. listening to D. looking at

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