新GRE小短文阅读练习题四十七

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Whenever a French novel is translated into English, the edition sold
in Britain should be in British English.  If the edition sold in Britain
6 \& S) f" j& C/ O) x' pwere in American English, its idioms and spellings would appear to
6 O9 H" w5 d" R; i( uBritish readers to be strikingly American and thus to conflict with the
& N& |- k' b2 t3 J, znovel's setting.
The recommendation is based on which of the following assumptions?  
& ^3 n" y9 O) H7 M. |      The authors of French novels are usually native speakers of
, v  G4 h2 o6 }0 O        French.
      A non-British reader of a novel  written in British English will
7 j0 f5 ]- n* M        inevitably fail to understand the meanings of some of the
        words and idioms in the novel.
      No French novel that is to be sold in Britain in English translation
3 C  l8 Q1 z& V/ e4 w9 r( I$ e        is set in the United States.
" A9 i- r8 _5 I- d. [      A British reader of a British novel will notice that the idioms and
- t2 N- |& }3 |' F( U        spellings used in the novel are British.
      Most French novels are not translated into both British English
        and American English.
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