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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
(2020·河南适应性测试)
Language expresses our identity and reflects who we are，and who we want to be.Every time we speak，we give listeners information about ourselves and where we’re from.When we travel around the United States we often hear people ask：Oh，are you from New York/Chicago/Texas? 1 Their guesses might be based on our phonology (also called accent) or on our choice of particular vocabulary.
Interestingly，many of us consider our way of speaking to be neutral(无倾向性的)．It’s hard for us to hear features of our own speech that might be obvious to people who speak other dialects (方言)．Language experts use the term dialect to mean “a variety shared by a group of speakers”． 2 Bus drivers，teachers，your neighbors，CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and you (whether you know it or not) speak a dialect，too.
3 And why? The answer depends on who you are and where you live.We all recognize that some language sounds pleasant or correct or cool to us—and some sounds “uneducated” or just plain bad. 4
Learning what we feel about language is important to society for a number of reasons.Often，children who speak non-standard dialects may be inaccurately classified as “not knowing much English” or even “having a speech defect(缺陷)” with terrible consequences for them.Or people who regularly mix words or phrases from more than one language within sentences are thought to be unable to speak the languages very well.(But usually the opposite is true.)
Studying language helps us learn about the remarkable resources of the human brain. 5 It also helps us examine a form of social stereotyping we may not have been aware existed.
A．There are also many other reasons.
B．Or at least，where are you from?
C．It helps us learn more about social organization.
D．Clearly，they know everything about us.
E．With so many dialects，which one is the best?
F．By this definition，everyone speaks a dialect.
G．But one person’s thumbs down is another’s thumbs up.
【答案】 1.B 2.F 3.E 4.G 5.C
【解析】 本文是一篇说明文。介绍了研究语言的重要性以及会给我们带来的帮助。
1．段中题。根据空前一句“你是纽约/芝加哥/德克萨斯人吗？”，只有B选项“或者至少是问你是哪里人？”与其意思一致。故选B。
2．段中题。空前一句说语言专家用方言一词指“一个地方的人所用的一种不同的语言”，也就是专家对方言一词所下的定义，所以F选项中this definition(定义)正是对上一句中专家的定义的复现，切合题意，且与后文相通。故选F。
3．段首题。根据上一段最后一句“公交车司机、教师、你的邻居、财富榜500强公司的CEO以及你，也都在讲一种方言。”可知方言是非常多的，再根据空后面“And why？”以及后面的解释可知空处也是一个类似的问题，所以E选项“这么多方言，哪一种最好？”切合题意，其中该选项中的dialects是上一段最后一句中dialect的复现。故选E。
4．段尾题。根据上一句，我们都知道有的语言听起来愉快、正确或者很酷，而有的听着“无知”或者很糟糕，这正体现了语言的多元化，所以G选项 “但是各人有各人的表达方式。”符合上文。故选G。
5．段中题。根据空前一句可知，研究语言有助于我们了解人类大脑的非凡才智，而空后一句又说“这还有助于我们……”，所以空格处同样是讲研究语言的益处，起承上启下的作用。故选C。
