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【題目】 There are about 6,000 languages that are spoken around the world. But 43 percent of these languages are dying out, according to UNESCO（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）. If no action is taken, some of these languages will disappear.

Languages become endangered for many reasons. One is that some communities of native speakers of the endangered languages disappear, Huff Post reported. These people sometimes leave their communities and move to cities.

In addition, the languages of "dominant（占主導地位的）" cultures may drive other languages into extinction（滅絕）, To get better education and jobs, young people have to focus their attention on learning dominant languages rather than their own languages.

Once a language dies out, it rarely comes back to life. Governments across the world are taking action to prevent this. In September, the US state of Alaska said that the loss of native languages was a hurry-up thing. It is now working to give new life to such languages, Quartz reported.

In New Zealand, the government said that they want more than 20 percent of the country's population to be able to speak basic Maori（毛利語）by 2040. They plan to provide Maori lessons in all New Zealand schools by 2025. the New York Times reported.

China is also trying to protect its languages. About 130 languages are spoken in China, even more than the number of ethnic groups（民族）in the country. In 2015, the government started a project to record all the languages spoken in China, Xinhua reported.

【1】How many percents of languages are still alive according to the passage?

A.B.C.D.

【2】The young people pay more attention to the dominant languages because_____________.

A.they want to get better education and jobs

B.the number of the dominant languages is increasing today

C.speaking the dominant languages is easy

D.the government asks them to learn the dominant languages

【3】The underlined word "this" in Paragraph 4 refers to_____________.

A.learning dominant languages

B.the loss of native languages

C.the extinction of languages

D.protecting languages

【4】When does the government plan to provide Maori lessons in all New Zealand?

A.By 2040.B.In 2040.C.By2025.D.In 2050.

【5】What would be the best title for the text?

A.Chinese language is popular.

B.How to learn language culture.

C.Maori language should be provided in schools.

D.Many languages are disappearing.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。介紹了世界上有很多語言正在面臨滅絕的危險，世界各國政府采取不同的措施來保護這些語言。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：根據(jù)文章，現(xiàn)在仍有百分之多少的語言存在？根據(jù)第一段第二句中“But 43 percent of these languages are dying out, according to UNESCO”可知，43%的語言滅絕了，還有57%的語言存在。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：年輕人更注重占主導地位的語言是因為 _______。根據(jù)第三段第二句“To get better education and jobs, young people have to focus their attention on learning dominant languages rather than their own languages.”可知，是為了獲得更好的教育和工作。故選A。

【3】代詞指代題。題干意為：第四段劃線單詞“this”指的是 _______。根據(jù)第四段第一句“Once a language dies out, it rarely comes back to life.”可知“this”指“語言滅絕”這一現(xiàn)象，故選C。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：政府計劃什么時候在整個新西蘭提供毛利語課程？根據(jù)第五段最后一句“They plan to provide Maori lessons in all New Zealand schools by 2025, the New York Times reported.”可知，直到2025年。故選C。

【5】標題歸納題。題干意為：文章的最佳標題是什么？通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了一些語言正在慢慢消失。故選D。