Questions61-65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Languageis,andshouldbe,alivingthing,constantlyenrichedwithnewwordsandformsofexpression.Butthereisavitaldistinctionbetweengooddevelopments,whichaddtothelanguage,enablingustosaythingswecouldnotsaybefore,andbaddevelopments,whichsubtractfromthelanguagebyrenderingitlessprecise.Avivacious,colorfuluseofwordsisnottobeconfusedwithmereslovenliness.Thekindofslovenlinessinwhichsomeprofessionalsdeliberatelyindulgeisperhapsakintothecult(迷信.oftheunfinishedwork,whichhaserodedmostoftheartsinourtime.Andthetrueanswertoitisthesamethatartisenhanced,nothindered,bydiscipline.Youcannotcarvesatisfactorilyinbutter.
ThecorruptionofwrittenEnglishhasbeenaccompaniedbyanevensharperdeclineinthestandardofspokenEnglish.WespeakverymuchlesswellthanwascommonamongeducatedEnglishmenagenerationortwoago.
Themodemtheatrehasplayedabaneful(有害的)partindimmingourappreciationoflanguage.Insteadoftheimmenselyarticulatedialogueof,forexample,Shaw(whowasalsoveryinsistentongoodpronunciation.,audiencesarenowsubjectedtostreamsofbarelyliteratetrivia,oftendesigned,onlytoowell,toexhibit'laekofcommunication',andlarded(夹杂.withtheobscenities(下流的话.andgrammaticalerrorsoftheintellectuallyimpoverished.EmilyPostonceadvisedherreaders:"Thetheatreisthebestpossibleplacetohearcorrectly-enunciatedspeech."Alas,nomore.Oneyoungactresswasrecentlyreportedtobetakinglessonsinhowtospeakbadly,sothatsheshouldfitinbetter.
ButtheBBCistheworsttraitor.AideryearsofverysuccessfullyhelpingtoraisethegeneralstandardofspokenEnglish,itsuddenlywentintoreverse.AstheheadofthePronunciationUnitcoyly(含蓄地.putit,"Inthe1960stheBBCopenedthefieldtoamuchwiderrangeofspeakers."TohearaBBCdiscjockeytalkingtothelatestape-likepopidolisatrulyshockingexperienceofverbalsqualor.Andtheprospectseemstobeofevenworsetocome.SchoolteachersareactivelyencouragedtoignorelittleJohnny'sincoherentgrammar,atrociousspellingandhaphazardpunctuation,becauseworryingaboutsuchthingsmightinhibithiscreativegenius.
61、Thewriterrelateslinguisticslovenlinesstotendenciesintheartstodayinthattheyboth_________
A.occasionallyaimatacertainfluidity
C.fromtimetotimeshowregardforthefinishingtouch
D.makeuseofeconomicalshortcuts
62、"Artisenhanced,nothindered,bydiscipline"(Lines6-7,Paragraph1)means_________
A.anartist'sworkwillbefinerifheobservescertainaestheticstandards
B.anunfinishedworkisboundtobecomparativelyinferior
C.theskillofcertainartistsconcealstheirslovenliness
D.artisticexpressionisinhibitedbytoomanyrules
63、Manymodemplays,theauthorfinds,frequentlycontainspeechwhich_________
A.isincoherentandlinguisticallyobjectionable
B.isfartooungrammaticalformostpeopletofollow
C.unintentionallyshockstheaudience
D.triestohidetheauthor'sintellectualinadequacies
64、TheauthorsaysthatthestandardofthespokenEnglishofBBC_________
A.istheworstamongallbroadcastingnetworks
B.hastakenaturnfortheworsesincethe1960s
C.hasraisedEnglish-speakinguptoanewlevel
D.isterriblebecauseofafewpopulardiscjockeys
65、Teachersarelikelytooverlookthelinguisticlapsesintheirpupilssince_________
A.theyfindthatchildrennolongerrespondtothiskindofdisciplinenowadays
B.theyfearthechildrenmaybecomelesscoherent
C.moreimportanceisnowattachedtooralexpression
D.thechildrenmaybediscouragedfromexpressingtheirideas
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