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  3. A. but B. direct C. fluent D. surveys E. subtle F. answered G. dazzle H. abilities I. neglected J. takes K. language L.

A. but B. direct C. fluent D. surveys E. subtle F. answered G. dazzle H. abilities I. neglected J. takes K. language L.

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问题     A. but B. direct C. fluent D. surveys E. subtle
    F. answered G. dazzle H. abilities I. neglected J. takes
    K. language L. knowledge M. tracks N. flowing O. continuous
    Who hasn’t wanted to master not just two languages but 10? Take Giuseppe Mezzofanti, a 19th-century priest who was said to be【C1】______ in as many as 50 languages. Native speakers came from all over the world to test his【C2】______, and many left astonished.
    In Babel No More, Michael Erard investigates the legend of Mezzofanti and other linguistic geniuses. Early on Erard asks what it means to really know a language. Claire Kramsch tells him the question should not be "How many languages do you know?" but rather "In how many languages do you live?" Understanding the【C3】______ cultural difference of a language requires extensive and 【C4】______ contact with its speakers, and for that reason Kramsch doubts that anyone could ever live in more than four or five languages.
    Fair enough,【C5】______ what about the astonishing feats of memory and calculation that people display when they pick up a new language, or eight? Erard points out that, for no good reason, this question has been【C6】______ by science. After all, we study extraordinary talents in mathematics and music; why not linguistic geniuses?
    Erard【C7】______down Mezzofanti’s papers, speaks to many language experts and even learns that some bilingual people experience mental illness in one【C8】______ but not another. Most interestingly, he【C9】______ a group of modern linguistic geniuses. Memory, motivation and practice are all important, they say, but so is a practical strategy. Those who claimed to speak 11 languages did not much care about sounding like a native. Unlike Mezzofanti, their goal was not to【C10】______but to do—see the world, read the local paper and not get lost.
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答案A
解析 空格前的fair enough总结了上文Kramsch的看法(人们没法在生活中讲多门语言)是有道理的，空格后提到人们在学习新语言时表现出惊人记忆力和计算本领。上下文之间构成转折，故填but。
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