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Language is something more than a system of communications; it is also a social convention, which one must observe. Improper use

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问题    Language is something more than a system of communications; it is also a social convention, which one must observe. Improper use of language can easily interfere with your success and advancement.
   Conversely, the proper use of the proper language can lead to success in both business and social relations. For this, there is a well-grounded psychological reason.
   Language is a set of roles agreed to and accepted by common agreement of all the speakers. There is no connection between the object "hat" and the word "hat" except that the word has been set apart by the English-speaking community to serve as the symbol of the object. A French- speaking community will use not "hat" but chapeau to represent the object we call a hat. It is unstable in the same way that a dollar bill, or a pound note is unstable of purchasing power.
   If you find yourself alone in a desert you will quickly realize that the value such dollar bills shrinks to nothing, and that a canteen of water is infinitely more valuable than a handful of hundred-dollar notes. You will also find that your language is of no particular value, since there is no one to use it on.
   But human beings normally do not live alone in deserts. They live in communities of their fellowman, and in such communities symbol values come into play. The dollar bill has no value in itself; it is only a piece of paper. But it is everywhere accepted as a symbol of purchasing (购买) power. In the same way, language becomes of value because it is accepted as the symbol of thought.
   Why is a forged (伪造的) dollar bill not accepted, while one produced by the government presses is? This is because we know that government has the silver with which to redeem the paper note.
   In language, the community has decided that certain words and forms are valid as symbol of thought and shall be accepted by all members of the community, while others, for one reason or another, are not valid.
All of the following statements are true EXCEPT that______ .
选项 A、symbol values of either language or money don’t exist outside communities
B、symbols of thought can’t express any meaning without common agreement
C、money is in itself something of value
D、only bills produced by the government are accepted of value
答案C
解析 本题考查细节。这种问题本身就很干扰思路，做题时换一种思路：哪个是错误的。第四段、第五段、第六段以对比的方式把语言和货币进行对比论证。得出结论：二者是一样的。货币本身就是一张纸，脱离了社区没有任何价值；货币之所以有价值是人们承认它，但只有政府制造的货币人们才承认它。语言也是如此。只有选项C货币本身是有价值的东西是错误的。
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