问答题
Passage Six
Some 60 years ago, George Orwell wrote an allegorical novel, called Nineteen Eighty-Four , to describe life in a futuristic Britain under a one party police-sate presided over by an all-powerful figure known as Big Brother. One of the fealures of the nasty world described by Orwell was its systematic misuse of language, which went by the name of “Newspeak”. By re-defining words and endlessly repeating them, the Ministry of Truth through the Thought Police was able to control what people thought, and through that, their actions. Language was instrumental in destroying the culture.
The same technique is being used by different people today, with similar effects. In all areas of public administration, the words “spouse”, “husband” and “wife” have been replace by the word “partner”, although the words are subtly but substantially different in meaning, and convey different realities. In some schools and university departments, feminist ideologues have dictated that the personal pronoun “he” must not be used, and is replaced by the word “they”, which means something different. The word “homophobic”, which just a few years ago was used to describe a person who supported vigilante action against homosexuals, is now being used to describe anyone who defends the universal definition of marriage.
A.It
B.
B.One
C.
C.It
D.
D.It
E.
Which
F.Feminists
G.
B.“Partner”
H.
C.“Homophobic”
I.
D.The
J.
The
K.A.transformation
L.
B.transformation
M.
C.transformation
N.
D.transformation
O.
The
P.A.reliable
B.correct
C.beneficial
D.provable
According
Q.A.make
R.change
S.eliminate
T.None