1.One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend."One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that,with a few important exceptions,mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states."said Neville Alexander,Director of the Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.
In response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from immigration,many countries have introduced language laws in the last decade.In some,the use of languages other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters.One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994"Toubon law"in France,and the idea has been copied in many countries since then.Such efforts to govern language use are often considered as futile by language experts,who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.
It is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the"purity"of a language by law.Since the time of Shakespeare,English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language.English is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the world,but that has not been a barrier to acquiring superiority and power.Another reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand the role of the state regulation is that it has never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing things.English has never had a state-controlled authority for the language,similar,for example,to the Academic Francaise in France.
The need to protect national languages is,for most western Europeans,a recent phenomenon-especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fields.Public communication,education and new ways of communication promoted by technology,may be key fields to defend.
41.Neville Alexander believes thatD.
A.mother-tongue education is not practiced in all African countries
B.globalization has resulted in the economic failure of Africa
C.globalization has led to the rise of multi-language trend
D.lack of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure
42.The underlined word"futile"(in paragraph 2)most probably means"C".
A.workable B.practical C.useless D.unnecessary
43.Why do many English-speaking countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage?A
A.They have a long history of taking words from other languages.
B.They want their language to spread to other countries.
C.They think language protection laws are ineffective.
D.It reduces a language's ability to acquire international importance.
44.What can we infer from the last paragraph?B
A.English has taken over fields like public communication and education.
B.Many aspects of national culture are threatened by the spread of English.
C.Most language experts believe it is important to promote a national language.
D.Europeans have long realized the need to protect a national language.
45.The best title for the passage isB.
A.Fighting against the rule of English
B.Protecting local languages and identities
C.Globalization and multi-language trend
D.To maintain the purity of language by law.
分析 現(xiàn)在世界全球化導致很多國家的獨特的文化收到了沖擊和影響,本文講述地正是這方面的話題.很多國家都采取了很多的措施來保護本國的文化.
解答 41.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據文章第一段"One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that,with a few important exceptions,mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states."said Neville Alexander,可知他認為母語教育方面的缺失會導致經濟方面的失。蔬xD.
42.C.推理判斷題.根據本句.Such efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language experts,who are well aware of the difficulty in controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural process.可知很多語言專家都認為的努力是無用的,因為這樣的控制是沒有什么效果的.故選C.
43.A.推理判斷題.根據文章倒數第二段第二句Since the time of Shakespeare,English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own language.可知英語中的外來詞太多了,所以他們不支持這樣的語言保護政策.故選A.
44.B.推理判斷題.根據文章第一段第一句One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend.可知很多國家都因為英語的廣泛推廣而導致本國的語言和文化受到了沖擊和影響.故選B.
45.B.主旨大意題.根據文章第一段One of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend.可知現(xiàn)在世界全球化導致很多國家的獨特的文化收到了沖擊和影響,本文講述地正是這方面的話題.故選B.
點評 考察學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.