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Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO ( 聯(lián)合國教科文組織) holds an International Mother Language Day (IMLD ). The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. UNESCO sees this as a terrible fact.

What happens when a language dies out? Something great is lost-not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. We keep different cultures and traditions through languages. Kill a language and all these are killed too.

Through IMLD, more and more people come to realize he terrible situation and try to stop it.

Google's 2018 Endangered (瀕臨滅絕的) Languages Project is a good example. Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上傳) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.

The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.

These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages

alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They "spread the word " to save the world.

So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart."

【1】UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.

A. learn and use endangered languages

B. show their talents in learning languages

C. practice reading skills of mother languages

D. realize the situation of endangered languages

【2】What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project?

A. Discuss how to make good use of Google.

B. Offer online courses on endangered languages.

C. Share materials about endangered languages online.

D. Translate endangered languages into mother languages.

【3】What does the underlined word "revive" mean in Paragraph ( 段落) 4?

A. 創(chuàng)造B. 學(xué)習(xí)C. 復(fù)活D. 清除

【4】What can we infer ( 推斷) from Paragraph 5?

A. It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.

B. The disappearance of languages has already stopped.

C. Young people don't care about endangered languages.

D. Young people have creative ways to protect languages.

【5】The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________.

A. tell the importance of one's mother language

B. show his contributions to language protection

C. tell the trouble in learning endangered languages

D. show the possibility of protecting mother languages

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

本文介紹了每年2月21日，聯(lián)合國教科文組織（UNESCO）舉辦一個(gè)國際母語日（IMLD）。這次活動(dòng)旨在幫助人們關(guān)注世界語言的消失，其中許多語言每年都在消失。通過IMLD，越來越多的人認(rèn)識(shí)到了它所處的險(xiǎn)境并試圖阻止它。谷歌2018年的瀕危語言項(xiàng)目就是一個(gè)很好的例子。還有Myaamia項(xiàng)目。雖然語言消失的問題仍然是一個(gè)非常嚴(yán)重的問題，但還是有希望的。我們應(yīng)該記住南非已故總統(tǒng)納爾遜·曼德拉（NelsonMandela）的名言：“如果你用一種他能理解的語言與一個(gè)人交談，那就會(huì)進(jìn)入他的頭腦。如果你用他自己的語言和一個(gè)人說話，那就進(jìn)入他的內(nèi)心。”

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. 這次活動(dòng)旨在幫助人們關(guān)注世界語言的消失，其中許多語言每年都在消失。可知，聯(lián)合國教科文組織每年都會(huì)舉辦國際母語日大會(huì)，目的是幫助人們學(xué)習(xí)和使用瀕危語言。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由句子Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上傳) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world. 許多瀕危語言的說話者和保護(hù)者將文本、音頻和視頻上傳到項(xiàng)目網(wǎng)站。他們想介紹人們?cè)谑澜绺鞯亟涣骱捅磉_(dá)自己的方式�？芍�，人們?cè)诠雀?/span>2018年的瀕危語言項(xiàng)目中做了提供有關(guān)瀕危語言的在線課程。故選C。

【3】詞意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. 可知，Myaamia項(xiàng)目使美國邁阿密部落所說的語言得以復(fù)活也做出了同樣的努力。revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States.語境是：使美國邁阿密部落所說的語言得以復(fù)活，因此revive有“復(fù)活，重新使用”的意思。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. 許多年輕人設(shè)計(jì)應(yīng)用程序并使用社交媒體來支持他們的活動(dòng)。可以推知，年輕人有創(chuàng)造性的保護(hù)語言的方法。故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart." 這就是為什么我們應(yīng)該記住南非已故總統(tǒng)納爾遜·曼德拉（NelsonMandela）的名言：“如果你用一種他能理解的語言與一個(gè)人交談，那就會(huì)進(jìn)入他的頭腦。如果你用他自己的語言和一個(gè)人說話，那就進(jìn)入他的內(nèi)心。”可以推知，作者提到納爾遜·曼德拉的話是為了說明母語的重要性。故選A。

詞義猜測(cè)題是閱讀理解中常見的一種題型，所猜測(cè)詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測(cè)題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)詞義和語義的能力，突出考查對(duì)語境的分析和把握能力。常見的猜詞法有：(1)利用上下文語境。猜測(cè)任何詞義都離不開上下文，所以要借助上下文對(duì)需要猜測(cè)的詞或短語進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測(cè)。 (2)利用定義或解釋性的線索。閱讀文章中的有些生詞往往在其后會(huì)有對(duì)該詞進(jìn)行解釋說明的短語或句子，利用它們猜詞義較容易 (3)利用文章的邏輯關(guān)系答題。如并列、對(duì)比、因果、轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系等。這些邏輯關(guān)系往往通過一些相應(yīng)的詞或短語表達(dá)出來，如but, or, however, so, because等。(4)利用構(gòu)詞法知識(shí)答題。熟記一些前綴、后綴所表達(dá)的意思，不僅可以擴(kuò)大詞匯量，而且?guī)椭�我們猜測(cè)詞義。第3小題的詞義猜測(cè)題就是利用第1種解題方法。