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Standard English is the variety of English which is usually used in print and which is normally taught in schools and to non-nat

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问题     Standard English is the variety of English which is usually used in print and which is normally taught in schools and to non-native speakers learning the language. It is also the variety which is normally【C1】______by educated people and used in news broadcasts and other【C2】______situations. The difference between standard and nonstandard, it should be noted, has【C3】______in principle to do with differences between formal and colloquial【C4】______; standard English has colloquial as well as formal variants.
【C5】______, the standard variety of English is based on the London【C6】______of English that developed  after the Norman Conquest resulted in the removal of the Court from Winchester to London. This dialect became the one【C7】______by the educated, and it was developed and promoted【C8】______a model, or  norm, for wider and wider segments of society. It was also the【C9】______that was carried overseas, but  not one unaffected by such export. Today,【C10】______English is arranged to the extent that the grammar  and vocabulary of English are【C11】______the same everywhere in the world where English is used;【C12】______among local standards is really quite minor,【C13】______the Singapore, South Africa, and Irish varieties are  really very【C14】______different from one another so far as grammar and vocabulary are【C15】______. Indeed,  Standard English is so powerful that it exerts a tremendous【C16】______on all local varieties, to the extent that many of long-established dialects of England have【C17】______much of their vigor(活力)and there is  considerable pressure on them to be【C18】______. This latter situation is not unique【C19】______English. it is also  true in other countries where processes of standardization are【C20】______. But it sometimes creates problems for speakers who try to strike some kind of compromise between local norms and national, even  supranational(跨国的)ones.
【C20】
选项 A、in the way
B、under way
C、out of the way
D、all the way
答案B
解析 此题属于语义搭配题。under way意为“在进行中”，例如：We have several projects under way．根据原文意思，在标准化进程实行的过程中，故选项B) under way正确。选项A) in the way意为“挡道的，妨碍人的”，例如：If you’re going to help，at least don’t get in the way．选项C) out of the way意为“不挡道，得到解决的”，例如：While the fight was going On，he tried to keep out of the way．选项D) all the way意为“一直，完全地”，例如：I ran all the way to the office．另外与way连用的常见短语有：by the way(顺带地)；find one’ sway(设法到达)；in a way(在某种程度上)；in no way(绝不)；make way(让路)； one way or another(用某种方法)；give way(让步，屈服)；On the way out(行将过时的)；see one’s clear  way to do/doing sth．(愿意做某事)。
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