标题: 求问一道逻辑题！spelling bee [打印本页] 作者: 学海无涯学学学 时间: 2016-10-8 23:31 标题: 求问一道逻辑题！spelling bee [size=10.000000pt]Columnist: The winner of this year’s national spelling bee won by correctly spelling the spoken word Ursprache,which means “fame” in German. Given the richness of our language, why must we resort to words taken frommodern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words frommany other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that havebeen anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics,is the point of these contests.
[size=10.000000pt]Which of the following can most reasonably be inferred from the argument above?
A. The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary.
B. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.
C. Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.
D. To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.
E. The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
作者: iso9 时间: 2016-10-9 22:04
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The author wants to exclude foreign words because spelling bees should be based only on spelling ability, not on "knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics." Thus, the author mustbelieve that spelling foreign words correctly when they are spoken requires knowledge of the phonetics of the foreign language in question.