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【題目】 There are about 6,000 languages that people are speaking around the world. But 43 percent of these languages are dying out, according to UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization，聯(lián)合國教科文組織).

This has many reasons. One is that some communities of native(本土的) speakers of the languages are gone, Huff Post reported. These people sometimes leave their communities and move to cities or towns. What's more, to get better education and jobs, young people have to focus their attention on learning dominant (占主導(dǎo)地位的) languages rather than their own languages. Dominant languages are like English, French and Chinese.

Once a language dies, it is hard for it to come back to life. Governments across the world are taking actions to prevent this. In New Zealand, the government has said it wants more than 20 percent of the country’s population to be able to speak Maori (毛利語) by 2040. The country plans to provide Maori lessons in all New Zealand schools by 2025, The New York Times reported.

China is also trying to protect its languages. About 130 languages are spoken in China. In 2015, the government started a project to record all the languages spoken in China, Xinhua reported. Universities like Minzu University of China have created more language majors for their students.

【1】About ________languages are disappearing around the world.

A.6,000B.43C.2015D.2580

【2】________is not a dominant language.

A.EnglishB.MaoriC.FrenchD.Chinese

【3】The underlined word "majors" probably means________ in Chinese in this passage.

A.專業(yè)B.工作C.技巧D.職位

【4】From this passage, we can know that________.

A.governments pay no attention to protect their own languages

B.about 6,000 languages are widely used in China

C.New Zealand is going to offer Maori lessons in all its schools

D.even if a language disappears, it will certainly come back

【5】The best title of the passage is________.

A.Language Loss(遺失)B.The Reasons for Language Loss

C.Language HistoryD.The Number of Language Loss

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹了世界上共有大概六千種語言，據(jù)統(tǒng)計，世界上將近一半的語言正在消失。而針對多語言能力的研究，為了保護罕見語種，各國提出了新的應(yīng)對辦法。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“There are about 6,000 languages that people are speaking around the world. But 43 percent of these languages are dying out,…”世界各地大約有6000種語言。但這些語言中有43%正在消亡……�？芍�43%的語言約有2580種。故選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Dominant languages are like English, French and Chinese.”占主導(dǎo)地位的語言有英語、法語和漢語�？芍�Maori不是占主導(dǎo)地位的語言。故選B。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)“Universities like Minzu University of China have created more language majors for their students.”許多大學(xué)類似中國民族大學(xué)就為學(xué)生創(chuàng)造了更多的語言專業(yè)。可知學(xué)校是為學(xué)校學(xué)生安排了語言專業(yè)，不是工作、職業(yè)和技巧。故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The country plans to provide Maori lessons in all New Zealand schools by 2025,”該國計劃到2025年在新西蘭所有學(xué)校開設(shè)毛利語課程�？芍�新西蘭計劃在新西蘭所有的學(xué)校開設(shè)毛利語課程。故選C。

【5】最佳題目題。Language Loss語言消失；The Reasons for Language Loss語言消失的原因；Language History語言發(fā)展歷史；The Number of Language Loss 消失語言的數(shù)量。根據(jù)全文文意可知，主要介紹的是現(xiàn)存語言的消失。故選A。