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（）is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant. For instance, we refer to "die" as" pass away".

A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Euphemism
D. Oxymoron

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Gender is mostly a category of the noun and pronoun. In English, the gender distinctions are determined（）; in rench, they are（）

A. grammatically; arbitrary
B. free; determined by the biological gender
C. arbitrarily; fixed
D. by the biological gender; grammatical
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Language is said to be arbitrary because there is no logical connection between meanings and（）

A.senses,
B.sounds.
C.objects.
D.ideas.
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