問題詳情

Obvious parallels have been drawn between the extinction of languages and the extinction of plants and animals. Inall probability, like the majority of creatures in natural history, the majority of languages in human history have passedfrom the scene; they have 39 predators, changing environments, or more successful competitors. Moreover, thepace of extinction is clearly 40 both for languages and for biological species. In the past, despite a few exceptionalperiods (e.g., the late Mesozoic era, when the dinosaurs 41 ), the process has proceeded discretely and locally.Today, 42 , it is proceeding generically and globally. We appear to have entered a period of mass extinctions–a 43 to diversity in our natural ecology and also in what might be called our cultural ecology.

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(A) fallen back on
(B) fallen foul of
(C) fallen in love with
(D) fallen victim to

參考答案

答案：D
難度：非常困難0.117647
統計：A(5),B(4),C(1),D(2),E(0)

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