The world’s native languages are dying out at an unprecedented(空前的) rate, taking with them irreplaceable(不能替代的) knowledge about the natural world, according to a new study. The study identified five global “hot spots” where languages are vanishing faster than anywhere else ---- eastern Siberia, northern Australia, central South America, the US state of Oklahoma and the US Pacific Northwest. “Languages are suffering a global extinction crisis that greatly goes beyond the pace of species extinction,” linguistics(语言学的) professor David Harrison noted, who said half of the world’s 7,000 languages were expected to disappear before the end of the century. Native people had an intimate(详尽的) knowledge of their environment that was lost when their language disappeared, along with other certain things often unfamiliar to us, Harrison stressed. “Most of what we know about species and ecosystems is not written down anywhere, it’s only in people’s heads,” he said. “We are seeing in front of our eyes the loss of the human knowledge base.” Harrison was one of a team of linguists who carried out the study. The researchers traveled to Australia this year to study native languages, some of the most endangered. According to Harrison, in Australia, they were heartened to see a woman in her 80s who was one of the only three remaining speakers of the Yawuru language passing on her knowledge to schoolchildren. He said such inter-generational exchanges were the only way native languages could survive. “The children had elected to take this course, no one forced them,” he said. “When we asked them why they were learning it, they said,‘This is a dying language, we need to learn it’.” Also, while there they found a man with knowledge of the Amurdag language, which had previously been thought extinct. The researchers said all five of the hot spots identified were areas that had been successfully colonized and where a dominant language such as Spanish or English was threatening native tongues. 小题1:What does this text mainly talk about?A.A study on native languages endangered. | B.The knowledge of native languages. | C.People’s efforts in saving native languages. | D.Harrison and his study on languages. | 小题2:The underlined word“vanishing”in the second paragraph can be best replaced by .A.developing | B.changing | C.increasing | D.Disappearing | 小题3:According to Harrison, language extinction .A.causes the researchers lots of worries | B.speeds up the pace of species extinction | C.threatens the existing of Spanish and English | D.brings about a loss of knowledge about the environment | 小题4:Which of the following can be described as good news?A.Native languages became less endangered in Australia. | B.A man was found with knowledge of the Amurdag language. | C.Researchers were well received by native people in Australia. | D.Many schoolchildren showed interest in the Yawuru language. |
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试题分析:本文介绍了研究全球本地语言消失所带来的严重影响,人们挽救本土语言的努力和使本地语言上消失的原因。 小题1:推断题:通读全文后可知本文主要研究全球本地语言消失所带来的严重影响,人们挽救本土语言的努力和使本地语言上消失的原因,故选A。 小题2:细节题: developing发展;changing改变;increasing增加;Disappearing消失。通读全文可知是巨额本土语言正在消亡,只有D项语文以最贴切,故选D。 小题3:细节题:根据Native people had an intimate(详尽的) knowledge of their environment that was lost when their language disappeared当土著人的语言消失的时候,他们关于环境的详细知识也消失了,故选D。 小题4:推断题:B、D项在文中均有提到,A、C项未被提及,故A、C是错误的。根据while there they found a man with knowledge of the Amurdag language, which had previously been thought extinct他们发现有一个了解Amurdag语言的人,此前这种语言被认为已经灭绝。故这个消息是好消息,故选B。 |
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The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool. It is a division that in school. The cool kids are good at .They are with the opposite sex .They are good-looking and people want to their style. They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort. That would be cool. The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground. They are very bright ,but they don’t have great skills and they are at sports .When they are not programming computers or doing calculus(微积分)in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” .They are as the geeks. Here’s the news. The geeks are .Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and your maths homework to ruin. Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations ,and they might not be too popular at university, but good degrees. The most important of the 21st century ,computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks .Geek heroes like Bill Gates others to follow their example .Being a geek is a way of earning good money .And the creation of the Internet gave them a of their own to work and play in ,making them a global .Besides ,the effect of the geeks popular culture has started a new trend(趋势).It is now cool to be .Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture ,in which what you know is more important than you look like. But there are also . Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school. Now a geek may be your boss .Perhaps it is time for .
小题1: | A.continues | B.makes | C.remains | D.starts |
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小题2: | A.computers | B.studies | C.sports | D.maths |
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小题3: | A.pleasant | B.popular | C.crazy | D.average |
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小题4: | A.copy | B.advance | C.take | D.act |
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小题5: | A.not | B.indeed | C.perhaps | D.actually |
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小题6: | A.speaking | B.operating | C.social | D.experimental |
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小题7: | A.speechless | B.sharp | C.active | D.hopeless |
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小题8: | A.known | B.referred | C.thought | D.admired |
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小题9: | A.taking on | B.taking up | C.taking over | D.taking in |
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小题10: | A.put | B.cause | C.bring | D.serve |
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小题11: | A.win | B.take | C.wish | D.finish |
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小题12: | A.industry | B.discovery | C.progress | D.development |
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小题13: | A.promise | B.discourage | C.demand | D.excite |
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小题14: | A.chance | B.space | C.world | D.career |
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小题15: | A.force | B.company | C.organization | D.department |
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小题17: | A.rich | B.attractive | C.handsome | D.uncool |
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小题18: | A.how | B.that | C.what | D.how much |
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小题19: | A.opportunities | B.dangers | C.possibility | D.question |
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小题20: | A.punishment | B.argument | C.competition | D.employment |
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To me,life without music would not be exciting.I realize that this is not true for everybody.Many people get along quite well without going to the concert,and listening to the record. But music plays an important part in everyone’s life,whether he realizes it or not.Try to imagine,for example,what films or TV plays would be like without music.Would the feelings,the moving plot,and the greatest interests,be so interesting or dramatic? I’m not sure about it. Now we have been speaking of music in its more common meaning—the kind of music we hear in the concert hall.We discover them in our everyday life too—in the rhythm of the sea,the melody of a bird in the woods and so on.So music surely has meaning for everyone,in some way or other. And,of course,it has special meaning for those who have spent all their lives working on playing or writing music. It is well said,“Through music a child enters a world of beauty,expresses himself from his heart,feels the joy of doing things alone,learns to take care of others,develops his mind and makes his body strong.” 小题1:From the text, we learn that many people .A.don’t realize the importance of music | B.get along quite well without music | C.go to the concert instead of enjoying music | D.think music would be less exciting than moving plot | 小题2:In the writer’s opinion,if there was no music in the films or TV plays,_______.A.the cinema and theatre would be quiet | B.we would lose some of the audience | C.everything would be as exciting as before | D.it would be hard to imagine the result | 小题3:The underlined word “melody” in the second paragraph means “______”.A.flying | B.looking | C.singing | D.living |
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The world"s native languages are dying out at an unprecedented(空前的) rate, taking with them irreplaceable(不能替代的) knowledge about the natural world, according to a new study. The study identified five global "hot spots" where languages are vanishing faster than anywhere else ---- eastern Siberia, northern Australia, central South America, the US state of Oklahoma and the US Pacific Northwest. "Languages are suffering a global extinction crisis that greatly goes beyond the pace of species extinction," linguistics(语言学的) professor David Harrison noted, who said half of the world"s 7,000 languages were expected to disappear before the end of the century. Native people had an intimate(详尽的) knowledge of their environment that was lost when their language disappeared, along with other certain things often unfamiliar to us, Harrison stressed. "Most of what we know about species and ecosystems is not written down anywhere, it"s only in people"s heads," he said. "We are seeing in front of our eyes the loss of the human knowledge base." Harrison was one of a team of linguists who carried out the study. The researchers traveled to Australia this year to study native languages, some of the most endangered. According to Harrison, in Australia, they were heartened to see a woman in her 80s who was one of the only three remaining speakers of the Yawuru language passing on her knowledge to schoolchildren. He said such inter-generational exchanges were the only way native languages could survive. "The children had elected to take this course, no one forced them," he said. "When we asked them why they were learning it, they said,‘This is a dying language, we need to learn it"." Also, while there they found a man with knowledge of the Amurdag language, which had previously been thought extinct. The researchers said all five of the hot spots identified were areas that had been successfully colonized and where a dominant language such as Spanish or English was threatening native tongues. 小题1:What does this text mainly talk about?A.A study on native languages endangered. | B.The knowledge of native languages. | C.People"s efforts in saving native languages | D.Harrison and his study on languages. | 小题2:According to Harrison, language extinction .A.causes the researchers lots of worries | B.speeds up the pace of species extinction | C.threatens the existing of Spanish and English | D.brings about a loss of knowledge about the environment | 小题3:Which of the following can be described as good news?A.Native languages became less endangered in Australia. | B.A man was found with knowledge of the Amurdag language. | C.Researchers were well received by native people in Australia. | D.Many schoolchildren showed interest in the Yawuru language. |
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Why do Chinese people love hot pot so much? As the winter months begin to settle in, I find myself wondering what it is about this traditional meal, which has existed for more than 1,000 years, that makes it a Chinese food favorite.But it seems that the answer lies beyond the dish itself. Hot pot isn"t just designed to keep you warm during the cold months; it"s also a social experience.It"s a "theater” cuisine that turns a meal into an event.There is a lot of fun for everyone to have in adding ingredients to the hot pot. Hot pot is eaten over two to three hours.For this reason, it is often, considered an evening"s entertainment, and time to spend with friends and family.However, many westerners would be put off by the idea of other people sticking chopsticks in their food.When we come to eat at the table in the UK, we tend to have our own individual portions (份额), although the experience is still a social one. A similar experience to the hot pot one can be found in Korean barbecue restaurants, which let you cook your own meat.This allows people to have their meat done however they want. For most Westerners, the idea of going to a restaurant to cook their own food is bizarre (古怪的).But having given hot pot a go, I find it"s now one of my favorite meals in Beijing.The steam from the pot left my clothes smelling of food when I got home, but perhaps this is also part of the experience.When the chilly (刺骨的) wind is blowing outside, just grab (抓) some chopsticks, some good friends, and dig in.For me it"s like throwing a dinner party where my taste buds (味蕾) and my appetite are equally satisfied in the warm company of friends. 小题1:According to the author, hot pot is popular in China because ________.A.it is a fun social experience | B.it has been developing for over 1,000 years | C.it involves many unique ingredients | D.it keeps people warm in winter and it is creative | 小题2:We can conclude from the article that generally British people _______.A.prefer a Korean barbecue to Chinese hot pot | B.find it interesting to cook their own food in restaurants | C.don"t like sharing food with others | D.don"t mind the smell of food staying on their clothes after dinner | 小题3:The underlined word "put off" in the third paragraph probably means _____A.excited | B.disappointed | C.puzzled | D.discouraged | 小题4:What is the tone of the article?A.Appreciative | B.Longing | C.Humorous. | D.Serious. |
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Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of correct answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct. Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean? People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones. Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”. The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook (小溪); someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest. Other early surnames came from people’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter—a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter—a person who made pots and pans. The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture. Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer. Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell. 小题1: Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?A.Places where people lived. | B.People’s characters. | C.Talents that people possessed. | D.People’s occupations. | 小题2:According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.A.owned or drove a cart | B.made things with metals | C.made kitchen tools or containers. | D.built houses and furniture. | 小题3:Suppose an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named ________.A.Beatrice Smith | B.Leonard Carter | C.George Longstreet | D.Donald Greenwood |
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