【T18】A.LINGUIST AND CONTROVERSIALIST B.THE PERSONAL C.C-找考题网

【T18】
A.LINGUIST AND CONTROVERSIALIST
B.THE PERSONAL
C.CAPTURE SPOKEN ENGLISH
D.TEND TO A.THE CULT OF THE AUTHENTIC AND【T13】______
B.HAS SOUGHT TO【T14】______ON THE PAGE
C.JOHN MC WHORTER, A【T15】______OF MIXED LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE VIEWS
D.ITALIAN POLITICIANS【T16】______ELABORATE SPEECH AMERICANS NO LONGER EXPECT PUBLIC FIGURES, WHETHER IN SPEECH OR IN WRITING, TO COMMAND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH SKILL AND GIFT.NOR DO THEY ASPIRE TO SUCH COMMAND THEMSELVES.IN HIS LATEST BOOK, DOING OUR OWN THING, THE DEGRADATION OF LANGUAGE AND MUSICAND WHY WE SHOULD, LIKE, CARE,【T17】______, SEE THE TRIUMPH OF 1960S COUNTERCULTURE ASRESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECLINE OF FORMAL ENGLIS
H. BLAMING THE PERMISSIVE 1960S IS NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS IS NOT YET ANOTHER CRITICISM AGAINST THE DECLINE IN EDUCATIO
N.MR.MCWHORTER'S ACADEMIC SPECIALITY IS LANGUAGE HISTORY AND CHANGE, AND HE SEES THE GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF 'WHOM', FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE NATURAL AND NO MORE REGRETTABLE THAN THE LOSS OF THE CASE-ENDINGS OF OLD ENGLIS
H. BUT【T18】______, 'DOING OUR OWN THING', HAS SPELT THE DEATH OF FORMAL SPEECH,WRITING, POETRY AND MUSI
C.WHILE EVEN THE MODESTLY EDUCATED SOUGHT AN ELEVATED TONE WHEN THEY PUT PEN TO PAPER BEFORE THE 1960S, EVEN THE MOST WELL REGARDED WRITING SINCETHEN【T19】______.EQUALLY, IN POETRY, THE HIGHLY PERSONAL GENRE IS THE ONLY FORM. THATCOULD CLAIM REAL LIVELINESS.IN BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH, TALKING IS TRIUMPHING OVER SPEAKING, SPONTANEITY OVER CRAFT. ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ENTERTAINING ARRAY OF EXAMPLES FROM BOTH HIGH AND LOW CULTURE, THE TREND THAT MR.MCWHORTER DOCUMENTS IS UNMISTAKABL
E.BUT IT IS LESS CLEAR, TO TAKE THE QUESTION OF HIS SUBTITLE:WHY WE SHOULD, LIKE, CAR
E.AS A LINGUIST, HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ALL VARIETIES OF HUMAN LANGUAGE, INCLUDING NONSTANDARD ONES LIKE BLACK ENGLISH, CAN BE POWERFULLY EXPRESSIVE—THERE EXISTS NO LANGUAGE OR DIALECT IN THE WORLD THAT CANNOT CONVEY COMPLEX IDEAS.HE IS NOT ARGUING, AS MANY DO, THAT WE CAN NO LONGER THINK STRAIGHT BECAUSE WE DO NOT TALK PROPER. RUSSIANS HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AND CARRY CHUNKS OF MEMORIZED POETRY IN THEIR HEADS, WHILE【T20】______THAT WOULD SEEM OLD-FASHIONED TO MOST ENGLISHSPEAKERS.MR.MCWHORTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FORMAL LANGUAGE IS NOT STRICTLY NECESSARY,AND PROPOSES NO RADICAL EDUCATIONAL REFORMS—HE IS REALLY GRIEVING OVER THE LOSS OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL MORE THAN USEFUL.WE NOW TAKE OUR ENGLISH ON 'PAPER PLATES INSTEAD OF CHINA'.A SHAME, PERHAPS, BUT PROBABLY AN INEVITABLE ON
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【参考答案】

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根据语境可知，空格所在句的意思应为：然而，狂热崇尚真实和个性化以及“自行其是”已经导致正式演说、写作、诗歌以及音乐的死亡。所以，A项符合题意。

未分类题【T18】A.EACH OTHER B.THE MORE C.EXPRESS THESE THOUGHTS D.LEARN TO A.NOT ONLY HAVE GREAT THOUGHTS BUT ALSO【T13】______IN WORDS B.THEY COULD COMMUNICATE WITH【T14】______ C.WE SHOULD THEREFORE【T15】______CHOOSE OUR WORDS D.THE LONGER WE LIVE,【T16】______CERTAIN WORDS RECALL TO US HOW MEN FIRST LEARNT TO INVENT WORDS IS UNKNOWN; IN OTHER WORDS, THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE IS A MYSTERY.ALL WE REALLY KNOW IS THAT MEN, UNLIKE ANIMALS, SOMEHOW INVENTED CERTAIN SOUND TO EXPRESS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, ACTIONS AND THINGS, SO THAT【T17】______; AND THAT LATER THEY AGREED UPON CERTAIN SIGNS,CALLED LETTERS, WHICHCOULD BE COMBINED TO REPRESENT THOSE SOUNDS, AND WHICH COULD BE WRITTEN DOWN.THOSE SOUNDS, WHETHER SPOKEN OR WRITTEN IN LETTERS, WE CALL WORDS. THE POWER OF WORDS, THEN, LIES IN THEIR ASSOCIATIONS—THE THINGS THEY BRING UP BEFORE OURMINDS.WORDS BECOME FILLED WITH MEANING FOR US BY EXPERIENCE; AND【T18】______THE GLAD AND SAD EVENTS OF OUR PAST; AND THE MORE WE READ AND LEARN, THE MORE THE NUMBER OF WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TO US INCREASES. GREAT WRITERS ARE THOSE WHO【T19】______WHICH APPEAL POWERFULLY TO OUR MINDSAND EMOTIONS.THIS CHARMING USE OF WORDS IS WHAT WE CALL LITERARY STYLE.ABOVE ALL, THE REAL POET IS A MASTER OF WORDS.HE CAN CONVEY HIS MEANING IN WORDS WHICH SING LIKE MUSIC, AND WHICH BYTHEIR POSITION AND ASSOCIATION CAN MOVE MEN TO TEARS.【T20】______CAREFULLY AND USETHEM ACCURATELY, OR THEY WILL MAKE OUR SPEECH SILLY AND DULL.