单选题

【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。