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【題目】 The word culture includes not only the customs of our society, its art, music, but also everyday activities. Cultures give us a sense of belonging in society. So the losing of one's culture is, for many, alarming. Many people believe their traditional ways of life are under threat (威脅) and that something should be done. Yet for some, the losing of culture is a natural result of globalization (全球化) and progress. So is the globalization of culture a threat or a chance?

Those who see globalization as a threat think that societies are losing special parts of their cultures. For example, Omotik, a language spoken in East Africa, has only 50 live speakers. Some

argue that it is hard to find differences between London and Tokyo. Young people's ideas are often influenced by Western or other popular cultures, so they often refuse or even give up the traditions their parents grew up with.

Others focus on the advantages of globalization. They think it leads to better understandings between cultures. They say world traditions are celebrated more widely because of these. Chinese New Year, now celebrated in most big cities around the world, is just one of the many festivals that are accepted internationally.

Anyway, many organizations and governments are making efforts( 努力) to protect their cultures. One successful example is Wales. There was a time when social pressures were killing off the Welsh language, but after years of efforts, it is now an active part of Welsh life again. Around the world, similar efforts are going on.

【1】What are included in the world culture?

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【2】Why do some young people often refuse or even give up the traditions their parents grew up with?

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【3】Are world traditions celebrated less widely because of the globalization of culture?

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【4】Where is Chinese New Year celebrated now?

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【5】What happened to the Welsh language years ago?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The word culture includes not only the customs of our society, its art, music, but also everyday activities.

【2】Because their ideas are often influenced by Western or other popular cultures.

【3】No, they aren’t.

【4】Chinese New Year is celebrated in most big cities around the world now.

【5】There was a time when social pressures were killing off the Welsh language.

【解析】

由于全球化導(dǎo)致很多文化喪失，那么文化全球化是威脅還是機(jī)遇？不同的人有不同的觀點。為了保護(hù)自身文化，一些國家也采取了相應(yīng)的措施。

【1】根據(jù)短文開頭“The word culture includes not only the customs of our society, its art, music, but also everyday activities.”可知，文化這個詞不僅包括社會習(xí)俗、藝術(shù)、音樂，還包括日�；顒�。故答案為The word culture includes not only the customs of our society, its art, music, but also everyday activities.

【2】根據(jù)短文第二段“Young people's ideas are often influenced by Western or other popular cultures, so they often refuse or even give up the traditions their parents grew up with.”可知，年輕人的思想往往受到西方或其他流行文化的影響，所以他們經(jīng)常拒絕甚至放棄父母成長過程中的傳統(tǒng)。故答案為Because their ideas are often influenced by Western or other popular cultures.

【3】根據(jù)短文第三段“They say world traditions are celebrated more widely because of these.”可知，世界傳統(tǒng)得到了更廣泛的慶祝。由此可知答案是否定的。故答案為No, they aren’t.

【4】根據(jù)短文第三段“Chinese New Year, now celebrated in most big cities around the world”可知，現(xiàn)在中國的新年在全世界很多大城市里慶祝。故答案為Chinese New Year is celebrated in most big cities around the world now.

【5】根據(jù)最后一段“There was a time when social pressures were killing off the Welsh language”可知，曾經(jīng)社會壓力扼殺了威爾士語。故答案為There was a time when social pressures were killing off the Welsh language.

這是一篇議論文，短文就“文化全球化是威脅還是機(jī)遇”闡述了不同人的看法，并以威爾士語為例，講述了一些國家對自己文化的保護(hù)。短文主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，有利于學(xué)生掌握文章大意。題型是任務(wù)型閱讀，要求根據(jù)文意回答問題，考查學(xué)生們對文章事實細(xì)節(jié)的理解。做題時，先通讀全文，了解文章大意；然后閱讀題干，根據(jù)題干所問，鎖定文章相關(guān)語句作答。如第4小題，依據(jù)題干中的Chinese New Year可以迅速鎖定答案。