【題目】根據(jù)短文理解，選擇正確答案。
“Croeso I Gymru!,” If you don't know what this means, read on to find out more.
When you cross over the border from England into Wales, you don't have to show your passport but you do notice a difference immediately. All the road markings and signs are shown in two languages — English and Welsh (威爾士語）. Not all visitors to Britain know that other languages are spoken here. There's the Gaelic (蓋爾語) language in Scotland and a few people speak Cornish (康沃爾語）in the southwest of England, but the most widely spoken language in the UK besides English is Welsh.
Perhaps the first Welsh word you'll see on the road into Wales is ARAF. There's a helpful English translation next to it — SLOW. As you can see, Welsh looks quite different from English. It sounds very different, too. Welsh looks and sounds so different from English because it's a Celtic language. Celtic cultures still exist around the edges of the UK — in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and also in parts of France. For hundreds of years, almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh, but nowadays there are about 600 thousand Welsh speakers — around 20% of the population.
So is Welsh dying out? Not at all! Nowadays, all school children in Wales study Welsh and many choose to go to an all Welsh-speaking school. You can get public information in Welsh, speak Welsh in court or take a course at university in Welsh. People surf the Internet in Welsh, keep up with friends on Facebook and write blogs in Welsh.
By the way, “Croeso I Gymru!" means “Welcome to Wales!” 一 I hope you'll be able to visit it one day.
（1）According to the passage, Welsh ________.
A.has developed from Cornish
B.is still widely used in the UK
C.sounds a little similar to English
D.is more widely spoken than before
（2）How does the author feel about the future of Welsh?
A.Optimistic.
B.Curious.
C.Worried.
D.Confused.
（3）What is the author's purpose of writing the passage?
A.To explain a typical Welsh term.
B.To compare English with Welsh.
C.To give an introduction to Welsh.
D.To encourage people to visit Wales.

【答案】
（1）B
（2）A
（3）C
【解析】本文是一篇說明文，作者介紹了威爾士語與英語的區(qū)別及其在英國廣泛應(yīng)用。

⑴考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“but the most widely spoken language in the UK besides English is Welsh.”可知，Welsh在英國還在廣泛運用，最后一段也提到Welsh在學(xué)校、公共場合、網(wǎng)絡(luò)等方面的廣泛應(yīng)用，故選B。

⑵考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“For hundreds of years, almost everyone in Wales spoke Welsh, but nowadays there are about 600 thousand Welsh speakers — around 20% of the population.”和最后一段對Welsh在許多方面的廣泛應(yīng)用及“I hope you'll be able to visit it one day.”可推斷，作者對Welsh的前景是持樂觀態(tài)度的，故選A。

⑶考查主旨大意。作者的寫作目的是向我們介紹威爾士語與英語的區(qū)別及其廣泛應(yīng)用，故選C。

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