【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题属于语义搭配题。variation意为“变化”,如生物学中的变种,音乐上的变调。例如:(1) The same story was told,with slight variations,of many legendary heroes,(2) The variations of temperature in that district are very great.同源名词variety意为“[不可数名词]多样性; [可数名词]同类的不同品种”,例如:There are numerous varieties Of peonies(牡丹)。又如:the tremendous variety of the themes;根据上下文,前文谈到世界各地所用的语法及词汇基本相同,各地之间的差异就应该很小,此处差异即A) variation。选项B) standardization(标准化),与下文的minor搭配不当;选项C) unification意为“联合,统一”,不合题意,例如:The traffic laws of the different states need unification.选项D) transformation意为“转变”,原指形式的改变,引申为性质、特点的改变,例如:the social and political transformation of a country,用在语言学里,指句子结构的转换,与题意不符。