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请阅读Passage2,完成第小题。
TheuseofdeferentiallanguageissymbolicoftheConfucianidealofthewoman,whichdominatesconservativegendernormsinJapan.Thisidealpresentsawomanwhowithdrawsquietlytothebackground,subordinatingherlifeandneedstothoseofherfamilyanditsmalehead.Sheisadutifuldaughter,wife,andmother,masterofthedomesticarts.ThetypicalrefinedJapanesewomanexcelsinmodestyanddelicacy;she"treadssoftlyintheworld",elevatingfemininebeautyandgracetoanartform.
Nowadays,itiscommonlyobservedthatyoungwomenarenotconformingtothefemininelinguisticideal.Theyareusingfeweroftheverydeferential"women's"forms,andevenusingthefewstrongformsthatareknownas"men's."This,ofcourse,attractsconsiderableattentionandhasledtoanoutcryintheJapanesemediaagainstthedefeminizationofwomen'slanguage.Indeed,wedidn'thearabout"men'slanguage"untilpeoplebegantorespondtogirls'appropriationofformsnormallyreservedforboysandmen.Thereisconsiderablesentimentaboutthe"corruption"ofwomen'slanguage—whichofcourseisviewedaspartofthelossoffeminineideals
andmorality--andthissentimentiscrystallizedbynationwideopinionpollsthatareregularlycarriedoutbythemedia.
YoshikoMatsumotohasarguedthatyoungwomenprobablyneverusedasmanyofthehighlydeferentialformsasolderwomen.Thishighlypolitestyleisnodoubtsomethingthatyoungwomenhavebeenexpectedto"growinto"--afterall,itisassignnotsimplyoffemininity,butofmaturityandrefinement,anditsusecouldbetakentoindicateachangeinthenatureofone'ssocialrelationsaswell.Onemightwellimaginelittlegirlsusingexceedinglypoliteformswhenplayinghouseorimitatingolderwomen--inafashionanalogoustolittlegirls'useofahigh-pitchedvoictodo"teachertalk"or"mothertalk"inroleplay.
ThefactthatyoungJapanesewomenareusinglessdeferentiallanguageisasuresignofchange--ofsocialchangeandoflinguisticchange.Butitismostcertainlynotasignofthe"masculization"ofgirls.Insomeinstances,itmaybeasignthatgirlsaremakingthesameclaimtoauthorityasboysandmen,butthatisverydifferentfromsayingthattheyaretryingtohe"masculine".KatsueReynoldshasarguedthatgirlsnowadaysareusingmoreassertivelanguagestrategiesinordertobeabletocompetewithboysinschoolsandout.Socialchangealsobringsnotsimplydifferentpositionsforwomenandgirls,butdifferentrelationstolifestages,andadolescentgirlsareparticipatinginnewsub-culturalforms.Thuswhatmay,toanolderspeaker,seemlike"masculine"speechmayseemtoanadolescentlike"liberated"or"hip"speech.
WhichisnotacharacterofatypicalrefinedJapanesewoman? A.Modestyanddelicacy.
B.Beautyandgracetoanartform.
C.Alittlemasculine.
D.InfluencedbyConfuciusongendernorms.
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