The meaning of language was considered as something __

单项选择题______ refers to the phenomenon that words of different meanings have the same form.

[A] Polysemy
B. Synonymy
C. nomonymy
D. nyponymy

单项选择题The author’s proposal of marriage can be described as______.

A. romantic
B. realistic
C. plain
D. exciting

单项选择题The middle of the 18th century was predominated by a newly rising literary form, that is the modem English ______, which gives a realistic presentation of life of the common English people.

A. prose
B. short story
C. novel
D. tragicomedy

单项选择题The expression an easy sell in the sixth paragraph probably means [A] being ended without controversy. [B] being sold at a cheap price. [C] being accepted by others lightly. [D] being accepted without doubt.

All of which raises a question: why are we still wrestling with this stuff Why, more than a quarter of a century after the high court ruled race had a legitimate place in university admissions decisions, are we still fighting over whether race should play a role
One answer is that the very idea of affirmative action--that is, systematically treating members of various groups differently in the pursuit of diversity or social justice--strikes some people as downright immoral. For to believe in affirmative action is to believe in a concept of equality turned upside down. It is to believe that "to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently, " as the idea was expressed by U. S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.
That argument has never been an easy sell, even when made passionately by President Lyndon B. Johnson during an era in which prejudice was thicker than L. A. smog. Now the argument is infinitely more difficult to make. Even those generally supportive of affirmative action don’t like the connotations it sometimes carries. "No one wants preferential treatment, including African-Americans, "observed Ed Sarpolis, vice president of EPIC-MRA, a Michigan polling firm.
In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan’s right to use race in the pursuit of "diversity," even as it condemned the way the undergraduate school had chosen to do so. The decision left Jennifer Gratz, the named plaintiff, fuming. "I called Ward Connerly... and I said, ’We need to do something about this’, " recalled Gratz, an animated former cheerleader. They decided that if the Supreme Court wouldn’t give them what they wanted, they would take their case--and their proposition--directly to the people.
Californians disagree about the impact of Connerly’s proposition on their state. But despite some exceedingly grim predictions, the sky did not fall in. Most people went about their lives much as they always had.
In a sane world, the battle in Michigan, and indeed the battle over affirmative action writ large, would offer an opportunity to seriously engage a question the enemies and defenders of affirmative action claim to care about: how do you go about creating a society where all people--not just the lucky few--have the opportunities they deserve It is a question much broader than the debate over affirmative action. But until we begin to move toward an answer, the debate over affirmative action will continue--even if it is something of a sideshow to what should be the main event.

单项选择题On which of the following aspects does Frisen disagree with some radicals

[A] Whether research should be done on embryonic stem cells.
B. Whether research should be done on adult stem cells.
C. When should people expect a drug for Parkinson’s.
D. When should clinical trials of stem-cells research begin.

The meaning of language was considered as something ______ in traditional semantics.