问题 单项选择题

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 (1) by educated people and used in news broadcasts and other (2) situations. The difference between standard and nonstandard, it should be noted, has (3) in principle to do with differences between formal and colloquial (4) ; standard English has colloquial as well as formal variants.

(5) , the standard variety of English is based on the London (6) of English that developed after the Norman Conquest resulted in the removal of the Court from Winchester to London. This dialect became the one (7) by the educated, and it was developed and promoted (8) a model, or norm, for wider and wider segments of society. It was also the (9) that was carried overseas, but not one unaffected by such export. Today, (10) English is arranged to the extent that tile grammar and vocabulary of English are (11) the same everywhere in the world where English is used; (12) among local standards is really quite minor, (13) the Singapore, South Africa, and Irish varieties are really very (14) different from one another so far as grammar and vocabulary are (15) .Indeed, Standard English is so powerful that it exerts a tremendous (16) on all local varieties, to the extent that many of long-established dialects of England have (17) much of their vigor and there is considerable pressure on them to be (18) . This latter situation is not unique (19) English: it is also true in other countries where processes of standardization are (20) .But it sometimes creates problems for speakers who try to strike some kind of compromise between local norms and national, even supranational ones.

15()

A.talked

B.concerned

C.mentioned

D.involved

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

此题属于词语搭配题。as far as...be concerned表示“就…而言”,例如:As far as I am concerned,I cannot object to your decision.故选项[D]concerned正确。选项[A]talked(谈论),不符合题意;选项 [C]mentioned表示“提到”,例如:He casually mentioned that he was leaving his job.选项[D]involved表示“涉及,卷入,牵涉”,常与in/with搭配,例如:(1)The four men were all involved in organizing and carrying out the murders.(2)Winning the game involves both skill and fortune.

全句可译为:现在,在使用英语的地方,标准英语已经达到了语法和词汇基本相同的程度,各地之间的地方差异很小。因此,就语法和词汇而言,新加坡、南非以及爱尔兰的英语并没有什么不同。

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