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【題目】As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.

Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded—the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the youngers.

Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet. Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.

【1】According to the passage, many experts like Mark Turin are devoted to ____.

A. looking for the lost languages

B. spreading the knowledge of global languages

C. saving the languages that are dying out

D. organizing new language research groups

【2】Why some languages are dying out?

A. Because some people are ashamed of their native language.

B. Because the local people are forbidden to use them.

C. Because the global languages are widely used .

D. Because the people who use them are dying out.

【3】What does Turin do in his work?

A. Listen, copy and store.

B. Copying, experiment and protect.

C. Protect , collect and report.

D. Document, protect and reconnect.

【4】Which of the following may be useful in Turin’s work?

A. Cameras and radios. B. Recorders and computers.

C. Telescopes and TVs. D. Telephones and fax.

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Some scientists are trying to rescue disappearing languages.

B. Some languages are becoming extinct.

C. There are various languages in the world.

D. Not all languages are in use.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。敘述了學(xué)者們正在努力記錄瀕臨消失的語言和文化，來挽救這些語言。耶魯大學(xué)的科學(xué)家Mark Turin專門研究喜馬拉雅山的語言和口述傳統(tǒng)，并且他根據(jù)自己在尼泊爾一個村莊的生活經(jīng)歷寫了一本書。他不只是滿足把這些語言在滅絕前記錄下來，他要把他們挽救下來，和現(xiàn)在的語言進行重新的連接。

【1】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them –have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.可知許多學(xué)者正在努力記錄瀕臨消失的語言和文化，來挽救這些語言，選C。

【2】C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)首段As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing.可知由于越來越多的人們開始使用世界語言，造成了某些語言的使用減少，選C。

【3】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.和Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.可知Turin的作品是從最初的材料上進行的收集，他的作品使瀕臨危險的語言得到了保護，并且與語言重新連接。因此對他的作品做好的描述具有收集，保護和重新連接的作用，選D。

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段內(nèi)容可知他在記錄語言，并且利用數(shù)碼技術(shù)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)來傳播，故選B。

【5】A 主旨大意題。文章首段提出許多語言在消失，然后介紹了一些專家在拯救這些語言方面做出的努力，由此判斷答案選A。