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Plusone · 发表于 2012-2-23 14:00:55

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 from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words from many other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that have been anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests.

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.

  Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.

  B Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.

  C To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.

  D The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
为什么是C,文章我就没看懂，谢谢啊！

Plusone · 发表于 2012-2-23 14:01:43

我好像发错地方了，对不起对不起……

daisyの小夢想 · 发表于 2012-2-23 17:16:20

Background: 本年度national spelling bee的比赛的冠军依靠成功拼出一个德国的单词而胜出。
Premise: spelling比赛测试的是spelling拼出单词的水平，而不应该是语言学和发音学的知识。
Conclusion:作者认为以后这样的比赛不应该用外文的词汇来作为考题，应该用完全已经英语化的单词来考。

所以答案是C To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation
选手要懂得辨认语言和发音才会拼写外文单词。(因为题目隐含的前提是外国单词会考取到选手的语言学和发音的知识)

alandiyer · 发表于 2012-2-23 17:33:52

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 from modern foreign languages to challenge our best spellers? Ursprache is listed in our dictionary, as are words from many other foreign languages, but future spelling bees should limit themselves to words in our dictionary that have been anglicized in all aspects because spelling English words, not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics, is the point of these contests.

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.

Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell.

B Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language.

C To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation.

D The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages.
为什么是C,文章我就没看懂，谢谢啊！

-- by 会员 Plusone (2012/2/23 14:00:55)

我也是新人。。。讨论下。
Sufficient -> Necessary cause--> Effect

spelling English words
the contests --> && -->should be eliminate this kind of ...
not knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics

Must be true question:
A The spelling contest winner knew how to spell most of the anglicized words in the dictionary. Foreign words are more difficult than anglicized words for all contestants to spell. (The Opposite Answer)
B Spelling contestant winners should be determined by their facility with all aspects of language. (The Opposite Answer)
C To spell foreign words, contestants must recognize the language and know its pronunciation. (Paraphrased Answers)
D The English language contains more borrowed words than most other languages. (Irrelevant)

神粥八宝 · 发表于 2018-1-6 11:20:08

看一下！

it'sConstance · 发表于 2020-8-16 13:51:50

转自Ron大神：
this is an inference question. this means that you're looking for a statement that is REQUIRED TO BE TRUE.

choice (d) is the only statement that, according to this passage, MUST be true. note the mention of "knowledge of linguistics and international phonetics" in the passage; this implies that correct spelling of foreign (non-english) words requires such knowledge.

choice (c) is not required by the passage; it's nearly impossible for a statement containing "should" to be required. moreover, and far worse, this statement is actually contrary to the spirit of the passage!
the main idea of the passage is that english spelling bees should be, basically, limited to native english words, and that many aspects of language - including the foreign influences on spelling - should be EXCLUDED from spelling contests. this is precisely the opposite of what is posited in choice (c).

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