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  3. English has been successfully promoted, and has been eagerly adopted in the global linguistic marketplace. One symptom of the im

English has been successfully promoted, and has been eagerly adopted in the global linguistic marketplace. One symptom of the im

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问题     English has been successfully promoted, and has been eagerly adopted in the global linguistic marketplace. One symptom of the impact of English is linguistic【C1】______. English intrudes on all the languages that it【C2】______. The technical terms "borrowing" and "loan words," 【C3】______Calvet has indicated long before, are【C4】______, since speakers of a language who borrow words from another have no【C5】______of returning anything. The transaction is purely【C6】______, and reflects the desirability of the product to the【C7】______. The only constraint on use is understandability—though states may【C8】______ban certain foreign forms and implement measures to devise new indigenous words and expressions. Borrowing is a phenomenon that has【C9】______users of other languages for more than a century. It has also generated an extensive【C10】______on linguistic borrowing from English. British English【C11】______a large number of words of American origin, often【C12】______the source being noticed. Many languages borrow gastronomic and haute couture terms from French; 【C13】______, there is a carry-over from the use of English in many of the domains listed above into the【C14】______of other languages. The English linguistic invasion has been so【C15】______that some governments, representing both small linguistic communities, for instance Slovenia and【C16】______ones, for instance France, have adopted measures to【C17】______the tide and shore up their own languages, 【C18】______in the area of neologisms for technical concepts. Such measures, which are【C19】______to be only partially successful, reflect an anxiety that essential cultural and linguistic values are【C20】______.
【C8】
选项 A、fail to
B、lead to
C、pretend to
D、attempt to
答案D
解析 从本段倒数第二句可以看出，有些国家会企图禁止使用外来词。因此选D项attempt to“试图”。
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