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题干：Americansnolongerexpectpublicfigures,whetherinspeechorinwriting,tocommandtheEnglishlanguagewithskillandgift.Nordotheyaspiretosuchcommandthemselves.Inhislatestbook,DoingOurOwnThing：TheDegradationofLanguageandMusicandWhyWeShouldLike,Care，JohnMcWhorter，alinguistandcontroversialistofmixedliberalandconservativeviews，seesthetriumphof1960scounter-cultureasresponsibleforthedeclineofformalEnglish.Blamingthepermissive1960sisnothingnew,butthisisnotyetanothercriticismagainstthedeclineineducation.Mr.McWhorter'sacademicspecialtyislanguagehistoryandchange,andheseesthegradualdisappearanceof"whom",forexample,tobenaturalandnomoreregrettablethanthelossofthecase-endingsofOldEnglish.Butthecultoftheauthenticandthepersonal,“doingourownthing"，hasspeltthedeathofformalspeech,writing,poetryandmusic.Whileeventhemodestlyeducatedsoughtanelevatedtonewhentheyputpentopaperbeforethe1960s,eventhemostwellregardedwritingsincethenhassoughttocapturespokenEnglishonthepage.Equally，inpoetry，thehighlypersonal，performativegenreistheonlyformthatcouldclaimrealliveliness.InbothoralandwrittenEnglish，talkingistriumphingoverspeaking,spontaneityovercraft.Illustratedwithanentertainingarrayofexamplesfrombothhighandlowculture，thetrendthatMr.McWhorterdocumentsisunmistakable.Butitislessclear,totakethequestionofhissubtitle,whyweshould,like，care.Asalinguist,heacknowledgesthatallvarietiesofhumanlanguage,includingnon-standardoneslikeBlackEnglish，canbepowerfullyexpressive-thereexistsnolanguageordialectintheworldthatcannotconveycomplexideas.Heisnotarguing,asmanydo,thatwecannolongerthinkstraightbecausewedonottalkproper.Russianshaveadeeplovefortheirownlanguageandcarrylargechunksofmemorizedpoetryintheirheads，whileItalianpoliticianstendtoelaboratespeechthatwouldseemold-fashionedtomostEnglish-speakers.Mr.McWhorteracknowledgesthatformallanguageisnotstrictlynecessary,andproposesnoradicaleducationalreforms-heisreallygrievingoverthelossofsomethingbeautifulmorethanuseful.WenowtakeourEnglish"onpaperplatesinsteadofchina”.Ashame,perhaps,butprobablyaninevitableone.
题目：According to McWhorter，the decline of formal English_____. - A 、is inevitable in radical education reforms
- B 、is but all too natural in language development
- C 、has caused the controversy over the counter-culture
- D 、brought about changes in public attitudes in the 1960s
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
细节题。第二段第二句提到，Mcwhorter的学术专长是语言演变，他认为whom 一词的逐渐消 失是自然的，并不比古英语中词格尾缀的消失更让人惋惜。本句用whom作例子，实际上说 的就是正式英语的退化现象。由此可见，Mcwhorter认为正式英语的衰落是自然现象。因此 B选项正确。
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