In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied for by his

【A4】

A.THE INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORS.

B.PREVENTING THE KIWI DECLIN

E.

C.REASONS FOR CONCER

N.

D.EXPLANATION FOR LARGER BIRD POPULATIONS.

E.LAND OF THE KIW

I. KIWIS ARE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS ENDEMIC TO NEW ZEALAND, AND BY FAR THE SMALLEST LIVING RAT-ITES AND LAY THE LARGEST EGG IN RELATION TO THEIR BODY SIZE OF ANY SPECIES OF BIRD IN THE WORL

D. 【A1】______ THE KIWI IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEW ZEALAND, SO MUCH SO THAT AUSTRALIANS ENDEARINGLY REFER TO NEW ZEALANDERS AS "KIWI" —PEOPLE FROM THE LAND OF THE KIW

I.THIS UNIQUE BIRD, RECOGNIZABLE BY ITS SHORT SQUAT BODY AND ELONGATED BEAK, IS UNDER THREAT.ITS SMALL, CLAWLIKE WINGS RENDER THE KIWI FLIGHTLESS; IT MUST OF NECESSITY LIVE ON THE GROUN

D.THE KIWI IS THUS EASY PREY TO MARAUDING ENEMIES SUCH AS HUMANS AND MAMMALS. 【A2】______ WHEN THE GREAT LAND MASS OF THE SOUTH SPLIT 75 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE KIWI AND MANY OTHER GROUND-LIVING BIRD SPECIES BECAME SEPARATED FROM PREDATORY MAMMALS WITHIN WHAT WAS LATER TO BECOME KNOW AS NEW ZEALAN

D.THE BIRDS WERE ABLE TO MULTIPLY AND FLOURISH BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY FEW MAMMALS LANDLOCKED WITHIN THE ISLANDS.KIWIS HAVE EVOLVED CERTAIN MAMMALIAN CHARACTERISTICS OVER TIME, LIVING ON THE GROUND AND FREE AS THEY WERE FROM ATTACK BY MAMMALS. 【A3】______ HOWEVER, WHEN THE POLYNESIANS ARRIVED ABOUT 1,000 YEARS AGO BRINGING WITH THEM DOGS AND RATS, THE KIWI POPULATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES SOON SUFFERED A SEVERE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS.THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BROUGHT EVEN MORE DETERMINED PREDATORS, INCLUDING THE CAT AND, ESPECIALLY, THE STOAT —A KIND OF WEASEL INTRODUCED TO CONTROL RABBITS.THE STOAT IS A VERY VICIOUS AND EFFICIENT KILLER OF KIWIS. 【A4】______ THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF KIWIS, AND ALL SIX ARE THREATENE

D.TWO ARE "CRITICALLY ENDANGERED" BECAUSE THEY HAVE POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 250 MATURE BIRDS.TWO ARE "ENDANGERED" MEANING THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITHIN THREE GENERATIONS THEIR NUMBERS WILL HAVE DECLINED BY 50%.THE OTHER TWO ARE DESIGNATED "VULNERABLE" —ONE BECAUSE ITS HABITAT IS SHRINKING, THE OTHER BECAUSE IT IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT FROM STOATS AND OTHER MAMMALS. 【A5】______ 100 YEARS AGO THERE WERE MORE THAN 5 MILLION NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWIS.TODAY, THERE ARE PROBABLY AROUND 30,000 AND THE POPULATION IS DECREASING AT A RATE OF 6% A YEAR. ONLY THE LITTLE SPOTTED KIWI IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER THE CREATURE TO PREDATOR-FREE OFFSHORE ISLANDS.THERE ARE FURTHER REASONS FOR HOP

E.TRAPPING PREDATORS AND REARING BABY CHICKS FOR LATER RELEASE INTO THE WILD CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON KIWINUMBERS; BUT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DO SO ON A LARGE SCAL

E. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF NEW ZEALAND WERE TO LOSE ITS NATIONAL SYMBOL, THE KIW

I.SURELY THE STRANGEST BIRD IN EXISTENCE, UNABLE TO FLY, IT SNIFFS OUT ITS FOOD WITH A REMARKABLY STRONG SENSE OF SMELL.ITS LEGS ARE POWERFUL AND MUSCULAR, FOR THE KIWI IS A BURROWER LIVING IN DENS—SOME SPECIES EVEN PREFERRING TUNNELS, YET ANOTHER SIMILARITY IT SHARES WITH SOME MAMMALS.BUT IT CANNOT SHARE ITS HABITAT WITH THEM WITHOUT EVENTUALLY LOSING THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

【A3】

A.THE INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORS.

B.PREVENTING THE KIWI DECLIN

E.

C.REASONS FOR CONCER

N.

D.EXPLANATION FOR LARGER BIRD POPULATIONS.

E.LAND OF THE KIW

I. KIWIS ARE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS ENDEMIC TO NEW ZEALAND, AND BY FAR THE SMALLEST LIVING RAT-ITES AND LAY THE LARGEST EGG IN RELATION TO THEIR BODY SIZE OF ANY SPECIES OF BIRD IN THE WORL

D. 【A1】______ THE KIWI IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEW ZEALAND, SO MUCH SO THAT AUSTRALIANS ENDEARINGLY REFER TO NEW ZEALANDERS AS "KIWI" —PEOPLE FROM THE LAND OF THE KIW

I.THIS UNIQUE BIRD, RECOGNIZABLE BY ITS SHORT SQUAT BODY AND ELONGATED BEAK, IS UNDER THREAT.ITS SMALL, CLAWLIKE WINGS RENDER THE KIWI FLIGHTLESS; IT MUST OF NECESSITY LIVE ON THE GROUN

D.THE KIWI IS THUS EASY PREY TO MARAUDING ENEMIES SUCH AS HUMANS AND MAMMALS. 【A2】______ WHEN THE GREAT LAND MASS OF THE SOUTH SPLIT 75 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE KIWI AND MANY OTHER GROUND-LIVING BIRD SPECIES BECAME SEPARATED FROM PREDATORY MAMMALS WITHIN WHAT WAS LATER TO BECOME KNOW AS NEW ZEALAN

D.THE BIRDS WERE ABLE TO MULTIPLY AND FLOURISH BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY FEW MAMMALS LANDLOCKED WITHIN THE ISLANDS.KIWIS HAVE EVOLVED CERTAIN MAMMALIAN CHARACTERISTICS OVER TIME, LIVING ON THE GROUND AND FREE AS THEY WERE FROM ATTACK BY MAMMALS. 【A3】______ HOWEVER, WHEN THE POLYNESIANS ARRIVED ABOUT 1,000 YEARS AGO BRINGING WITH THEM DOGS AND RATS, THE KIWI POPULATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES SOON SUFFERED A SEVERE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS.THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BROUGHT EVEN MORE DETERMINED PREDATORS, INCLUDING THE CAT AND, ESPECIALLY, THE STOAT —A KIND OF WEASEL INTRODUCED TO CONTROL RABBITS.THE STOAT IS A VERY VICIOUS AND EFFICIENT KILLER OF KIWIS. 【A4】______ THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF KIWIS, AND ALL SIX ARE THREATENE

D.TWO ARE "CRITICALLY ENDANGERED" BECAUSE THEY HAVE POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 250 MATURE BIRDS.TWO ARE "ENDANGERED" MEANING THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITHIN THREE GENERATIONS THEIR NUMBERS WILL HAVE DECLINED BY 50%.THE OTHER TWO ARE DESIGNATED "VULNERABLE" —ONE BECAUSE ITS HABITAT IS SHRINKING, THE OTHER BECAUSE IT IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT FROM STOATS AND OTHER MAMMALS. 【A5】______ 100 YEARS AGO THERE WERE MORE THAN 5 MILLION NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWIS.TODAY, THERE ARE PROBABLY AROUND 30,000 AND THE POPULATION IS DECREASING AT A RATE OF 6% A YEAR. ONLY THE LITTLE SPOTTED KIWI IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER THE CREATURE TO PREDATOR-FREE OFFSHORE ISLANDS.THERE ARE FURTHER REASONS FOR HOP

E.TRAPPING PREDATORS AND REARING BABY CHICKS FOR LATER RELEASE INTO THE WILD CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON KIWINUMBERS; BUT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DO SO ON A LARGE SCAL

E. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF NEW ZEALAND WERE TO LOSE ITS NATIONAL SYMBOL, THE KIW

I.SURELY THE STRANGEST BIRD IN EXISTENCE, UNABLE TO FLY, IT SNIFFS OUT ITS FOOD WITH A REMARKABLY STRONG SENSE OF SMELL.ITS LEGS ARE POWERFUL AND MUSCULAR, FOR THE KIWI IS A BURROWER LIVING IN DENS—SOME SPECIES EVEN PREFERRING TUNNELS, YET ANOTHER SIMILARITY IT SHARES WITH SOME MAMMALS.BUT IT CANNOT SHARE ITS HABITAT WITH THEM WITHOUT EVENTUALLY LOSING THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

【A2】

A.THE INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORS.

B.PREVENTING THE KIWI DECLIN

E.

C.REASONS FOR CONCER

N.

D.EXPLANATION FOR LARGER BIRD POPULATIONS.

E.LAND OF THE KIW

I. KIWIS ARE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS ENDEMIC TO NEW ZEALAND, AND BY FAR THE SMALLEST LIVING RAT-ITES AND LAY THE LARGEST EGG IN RELATION TO THEIR BODY SIZE OF ANY SPECIES OF BIRD IN THE WORL

D. 【A1】______ THE KIWI IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEW ZEALAND, SO MUCH SO THAT AUSTRALIANS ENDEARINGLY REFER TO NEW ZEALANDERS AS "KIWI" —PEOPLE FROM THE LAND OF THE KIW

I.THIS UNIQUE BIRD, RECOGNIZABLE BY ITS SHORT SQUAT BODY AND ELONGATED BEAK, IS UNDER THREAT.ITS SMALL, CLAWLIKE WINGS RENDER THE KIWI FLIGHTLESS; IT MUST OF NECESSITY LIVE ON THE GROUN

D.THE KIWI IS THUS EASY PREY TO MARAUDING ENEMIES SUCH AS HUMANS AND MAMMALS. 【A2】______ WHEN THE GREAT LAND MASS OF THE SOUTH SPLIT 75 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE KIWI AND MANY OTHER GROUND-LIVING BIRD SPECIES BECAME SEPARATED FROM PREDATORY MAMMALS WITHIN WHAT WAS LATER TO BECOME KNOW AS NEW ZEALAN

D.THE BIRDS WERE ABLE TO MULTIPLY AND FLOURISH BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY FEW MAMMALS LANDLOCKED WITHIN THE ISLANDS.KIWIS HAVE EVOLVED CERTAIN MAMMALIAN CHARACTERISTICS OVER TIME, LIVING ON THE GROUND AND FREE AS THEY WERE FROM ATTACK BY MAMMALS. 【A3】______ HOWEVER, WHEN THE POLYNESIANS ARRIVED ABOUT 1,000 YEARS AGO BRINGING WITH THEM DOGS AND RATS, THE KIWI POPULATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES SOON SUFFERED A SEVERE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS.THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BROUGHT EVEN MORE DETERMINED PREDATORS, INCLUDING THE CAT AND, ESPECIALLY, THE STOAT —A KIND OF WEASEL INTRODUCED TO CONTROL RABBITS.THE STOAT IS A VERY VICIOUS AND EFFICIENT KILLER OF KIWIS. 【A4】______ THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF KIWIS, AND ALL SIX ARE THREATENE

D.TWO ARE "CRITICALLY ENDANGERED" BECAUSE THEY HAVE POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 250 MATURE BIRDS.TWO ARE "ENDANGERED" MEANING THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITHIN THREE GENERATIONS THEIR NUMBERS WILL HAVE DECLINED BY 50%.THE OTHER TWO ARE DESIGNATED "VULNERABLE" —ONE BECAUSE ITS HABITAT IS SHRINKING, THE OTHER BECAUSE IT IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT FROM STOATS AND OTHER MAMMALS. 【A5】______ 100 YEARS AGO THERE WERE MORE THAN 5 MILLION NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWIS.TODAY, THERE ARE PROBABLY AROUND 30,000 AND THE POPULATION IS DECREASING AT A RATE OF 6% A YEAR. ONLY THE LITTLE SPOTTED KIWI IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER THE CREATURE TO PREDATOR-FREE OFFSHORE ISLANDS.THERE ARE FURTHER REASONS FOR HOP

E.TRAPPING PREDATORS AND REARING BABY CHICKS FOR LATER RELEASE INTO THE WILD CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON KIWINUMBERS; BUT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DO SO ON A LARGE SCAL

E. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF NEW ZEALAND WERE TO LOSE ITS NATIONAL SYMBOL, THE KIW

I.SURELY THE STRANGEST BIRD IN EXISTENCE, UNABLE TO FLY, IT SNIFFS OUT ITS FOOD WITH A REMARKABLY STRONG SENSE OF SMELL.ITS LEGS ARE POWERFUL AND MUSCULAR, FOR THE KIWI IS A BURROWER LIVING IN DENS—SOME SPECIES EVEN PREFERRING TUNNELS, YET ANOTHER SIMILARITY IT SHARES WITH SOME MAMMALS.BUT IT CANNOT SHARE ITS HABITAT WITH THEM WITHOUT EVENTUALLY LOSING THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

【A1】

A.THE INTRODUCTION OF PREDATORS.

B.PREVENTING THE KIWI DECLIN

E.

C.REASONS FOR CONCER

N.

D.EXPLANATION FOR LARGER BIRD POPULATIONS.

E.LAND OF THE KIW

I. KIWIS ARE FLIGHTLESS BIRDS ENDEMIC TO NEW ZEALAND, AND BY FAR THE SMALLEST LIVING RAT-ITES AND LAY THE LARGEST EGG IN RELATION TO THEIR BODY SIZE OF ANY SPECIES OF BIRD IN THE WORL

D. 【A1】______ THE KIWI IS SYNONYMOUS WITH NEW ZEALAND, SO MUCH SO THAT AUSTRALIANS ENDEARINGLY REFER TO NEW ZEALANDERS AS "KIWI" —PEOPLE FROM THE LAND OF THE KIW

I.THIS UNIQUE BIRD, RECOGNIZABLE BY ITS SHORT SQUAT BODY AND ELONGATED BEAK, IS UNDER THREAT.ITS SMALL, CLAWLIKE WINGS RENDER THE KIWI FLIGHTLESS; IT MUST OF NECESSITY LIVE ON THE GROUN

D.THE KIWI IS THUS EASY PREY TO MARAUDING ENEMIES SUCH AS HUMANS AND MAMMALS. 【A2】______ WHEN THE GREAT LAND MASS OF THE SOUTH SPLIT 75 MILLION YEARS AGO, THE KIWI AND MANY OTHER GROUND-LIVING BIRD SPECIES BECAME SEPARATED FROM PREDATORY MAMMALS WITHIN WHAT WAS LATER TO BECOME KNOW AS NEW ZEALAN

D.THE BIRDS WERE ABLE TO MULTIPLY AND FLOURISH BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY FEW MAMMALS LANDLOCKED WITHIN THE ISLANDS.KIWIS HAVE EVOLVED CERTAIN MAMMALIAN CHARACTERISTICS OVER TIME, LIVING ON THE GROUND AND FREE AS THEY WERE FROM ATTACK BY MAMMALS. 【A3】______ HOWEVER, WHEN THE POLYNESIANS ARRIVED ABOUT 1,000 YEARS AGO BRINGING WITH THEM DOGS AND RATS, THE KIWI POPULATION AND OTHER VULNERABLE BIRD SPECIES SOON SUFFERED A SEVERE REDUCTION IN NUMBERS.THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BROUGHT EVEN MORE DETERMINED PREDATORS, INCLUDING THE CAT AND, ESPECIALLY, THE STOAT —A KIND OF WEASEL INTRODUCED TO CONTROL RABBITS.THE STOAT IS A VERY VICIOUS AND EFFICIENT KILLER OF KIWIS. 【A4】______ THERE ARE SIX TYPES OF KIWIS, AND ALL SIX ARE THREATENE

D.TWO ARE "CRITICALLY ENDANGERED" BECAUSE THEY HAVE POPULATIONS OF LESS THAN 250 MATURE BIRDS.TWO ARE "ENDANGERED" MEANING THAT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WITHIN THREE GENERATIONS THEIR NUMBERS WILL HAVE DECLINED BY 50%.THE OTHER TWO ARE DESIGNATED "VULNERABLE" —ONE BECAUSE ITS HABITAT IS SHRINKING, THE OTHER BECAUSE IT IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THREAT FROM STOATS AND OTHER MAMMALS. 【A5】______ 100 YEARS AGO THERE WERE MORE THAN 5 MILLION NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWIS.TODAY, THERE ARE PROBABLY AROUND 30,000 AND THE POPULATION IS DECREASING AT A RATE OF 6% A YEAR. ONLY THE LITTLE SPOTTED KIWI IS INCREASING BECAUSE OF SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER THE CREATURE TO PREDATOR-FREE OFFSHORE ISLANDS.THERE ARE FURTHER REASONS FOR HOP

E.TRAPPING PREDATORS AND REARING BABY CHICKS FOR LATER RELEASE INTO THE WILD CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON KIWINUMBERS; BUT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DO SO ON A LARGE SCAL

E. IT WOULD BE TRAGIC IF NEW ZEALAND WERE TO LOSE ITS NATIONAL SYMBOL, THE KIW

I.SURELY THE STRANGEST BIRD IN EXISTENCE, UNABLE TO FLY, IT SNIFFS OUT ITS FOOD WITH A REMARKABLY STRONG SENSE OF SMELL.ITS LEGS ARE POWERFUL AND MUSCULAR, FOR THE KIWI IS A BURROWER LIVING IN DENS—SOME SPECIES EVEN PREFERRING TUNNELS, YET ANOTHER SIMILARITY IT SHARES WITH SOME MAMMALS.BUT IT CANNOT SHARE ITS HABITAT WITH THEM WITHOUT EVENTUALLY LOSING THE BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

Which statement can be inferred from this passage?

A．Racial discrimination originated from the attempts of each race to keep its identity.

B．Despite the racial discrimination, all the people are helping America develop.

C．Indian should not be so superior.

D．The blacks suffer from the worst crimination now.

Why does the time chosen for the call communicate its importance?

A．It depends on the different culture.

B．It depends on the understanding to the life.

C．It depends on the social explanation.

D．It depends on the feeling to the time.

ements?

A．It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three of four days before a dinner party date in the U.S.

B．It may be appropriate to send your invitation cards to your guests three or four days before a dinner party date in some cultures.

C．It is best for one to make telephone calls at night because it costs much less.

D．If one is less than 5 minutes late, he has to make a short apology.

The best title for this passage is______.

A．The Voices of Time

B．The Saving of Time

C．The Importance of an Announcement

D．Time and Tide Wait for No Man

【T20】

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 ENGLIS

H. BLAMING THE PERMISSIVE 1960S IS NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS IS NOT YET ANOTHER CRITICISM AGAINST THE DECLINE IN EDUCATIO

N.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 ENGLIS

H. BUT【T18】______, "DOING OUR OWN THING", HAS SPELT THE DEATH OF FORMAL SPEECH,WRITING, POETRY AND MUSI

C.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 UNMISTAKABL

E.BUT IT IS LESS CLEAR, TO TAKE THE QUESTION OF HIS SUBTITLE:WHY WE SHOULD, LIKE, CAR

E.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 ON

E.

【T19】

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 ENGLIS

H. BLAMING THE PERMISSIVE 1960S IS NOTHING NEW, BUT THIS IS NOT YET ANOTHER CRITICISM AGAINST THE DECLINE IN EDUCATIO

N.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 ENGLIS

H. BUT【T18】______, "DOING OUR OWN THING", HAS SPELT THE DEATH OF FORMAL SPEECH,WRITING, POETRY AND MUSI

C.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 UNMISTAKABL

E.BUT IT IS LESS CLEAR, TO TAKE THE QUESTION OF HIS SUBTITLE:WHY WE SHOULD, LIKE, CAR

E.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 ON

E.