The Gullah people in the southern US have honored their culture for more than 100 years. Living mainly on the Sea Islands and coastal areas of South Carolina, Georgia and Floride, the Gullah people, an African-American group, have a rich culture including their own language. It is a Creole language created by slaves who came to the US from the West Africa in the 1800s. It combines West African languages with English.
For many years efforts have been made to save the Gullah language. One project began in 1979. Its goal was to translate the New Testament part of the Bible into Gullah. Experts say that it was a difficult process because Gullah is not a written language. It is a spoken language only.
A team of Gullah speakers began working on the translation to make the Bible easier to understand for those who spoke Gullah as their main language. The Gullah version is called De Nyew Testament. It is written in English on one side of the page, and next to it, there is a Gullah translation. De Nyew Testament was published by the American Bible Society. The project also received help from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Wycliffe Bible Translators, the United Bible Societies and the Penn Centre
Experts believe that the translated Bible is a major step towards saving the Gullah language and traditions. “This is more than a Bible translation,” says Robert Hodgson, at the American Bible Society. “De Nyew Testament raises the Gullah language and culture to a new level.” Ardell Greene is a member of the translation team. She calls the book “a treasure”. She says that the Gullah version of the Bible will be read in churches and will help young people keep the Gullah language alive.
小題1:According to the passage, De Nyew Testament can be best seen as _______.
A．a(chǎn) good version of the Bible
B．something difficult to understand
C．a(chǎn) spoken form of the Gullah language
D．the effort to save the Gullah language
小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Gullah communities can be found in the southern US.
B．Gullah is influenced by both English and West African languages.
C．De Nyew Testament is a complete Bible translation.
D．Ardell Greene thinks highly of De Nyew Testament.
小題3:What does this passage mainly focus on?
A．Efforts to save the Gullah language.
B．Different versions of the Bible.
C．The history of the Gullah people.
D．The culture of the Gullah people.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
文章講述的是Gullah語言瀕臨消失的危險，以及拯救該語言的一些措施，包括把圣經(jīng)翻譯成Gullah語言版本。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第一句For many years efforts have been made to save the Gullah language.可知，目的是為了拯救該語言。
小題2:推理判斷題。該版本的升級是為了拯救Gullah這個語言，而不是純粹為了翻譯圣經(jīng)，故C錯誤。
小題3:主旨大意題。文章大部分的段落都是在講述各種拯救Gullah語言的努力。
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A．wifeB．sonC．husbandD．daughter
小題2:
A．promiseB．chanceC．ideaD．trouble
小題3:
A．keptB．roseC．carriedD．invited
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A．ifB．unlessC．sinceD．before
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A．speedB．shapeC．costD．race
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A．climbedB．jumpedC．coveredD．stopped
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A．yardB．streetC．kitchenD．bathroom
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A．friendlyB．motherlyC．naturalD．personal
小題9:
A．signalB．workC．warD．truth
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A．doubtB．understandC．deserveD．inspect
小題11:
A．reachedB．searchedC．lookedD．prepared
小題12:
A．evenB．stillC．everD．yet
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A．whileB．becauseC．untilD．a(chǎn)s
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A．gave inB．gave upC．gave awayD．gave out
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A．farB．safeC．dangerousD．dirty
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