- 阅读理解A
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 the last paragraph, “paper plates” is to "china" as_____. - A 、“temporary" is to "permanent"
- B 、"radical" is to "conservative"
- C 、"functional" is to "artistic"
- D 、“humble" is to "noble"
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
推理题。最后一段后两句提到，我们现在用“纸盘子”而非"瓷盘子”盛着我们的英语大餐。 真是惭愧啊，但很可能已无法避免。显然，作者这里用了比喻的修辞手法，其用意还是为了 说明主题：正式英语的退化。上文提到，Mcwhoter为那些美好事物而不是实用品的消逝而哀 叹。可见，“纸盘子"对应于实用品，而“瓷盘子”对应于美好事物。因此C选项正确。
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