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 non-standard, 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 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.
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选项 A、Formal
B、Colloquial
C、Non-standard
D、Standard

答案D

解析 测试要点:形容词词义选择。Formal“正式的”;Colloquial“口语的,通俗的”;Non-standard“非标准的”;Standard“标准的”。本文一直在谈论“标准英语”,本句也如此,故答案应为D。
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