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A.linguist and controversialist B.the personal C.capture spoken English D.tend to A.the cult of the authentic and【T13】_
A.linguist and controversialist B.the personal C.capture spoken English D.tend to A.the cult of the authentic and【T13】_
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问题
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 English.
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education.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 English.
But【T18】______, "doing our own thing", has spelt the death of formal speech,writing, poetry and music.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 unmistakable.But it is less clear, to take the question of his subtitle:Why We Should, Like, Care.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 one.
【T17】
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答案
C
解析
根据语境可知,空格所在句的意思应为:在其最近出版的名为《自行其是:语言和音乐的退化及我们为什么应当喜欢和在乎》的书中,他指出20世纪60年代反文化的胜利应该对正式英语的衰退负责任。所以,C项符合题意。
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