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.
小題1:Many scholars are making efforts to _____.
A．promote global languages
B．rescue the disappearing languages
C．search for language communities
D．set up languages research organizations.
小題2:What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Having first records of the languages
B．Writing books on language searching
C．Telling stories about language users
D．Linking with the native speakers
小題3:What is Turin’s book based on?
A．The cultural statics in India.
B．The documents available at Yale.
C．His language research in Britain.
D．His personal experience in Nepal.
小題4:Which of the following best describe Turin’s  Work?
A．Write sell and donate.
B．Record,repeat and reward.
C．Collect,protect and reconnect.
D．Design, experiment and report.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C

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)，并他根據(jù)自己在尼泊爾一個(gè)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(jìn)行重新的連接。
小題1:B.考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。許多學(xué)者正在努力做什么？根據(jù)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。故選B.
小題2:A.考查詞義猜測。第三段中的“那個(gè)傳統(tǒng)”指的是什么？根據(jù)But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.可知這些語言在沒有記錄前就要消失了，所以這些學(xué)者對這些語言做的是最早的記錄。故選A
小題3:D.考查推理判斷。Turin的書是根據(jù)什么寫的？根據(jù)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.可知他的書是根據(jù)他在尼泊爾一個(gè)村莊的生活經(jīng)歷寫的。故選D.選項(xiàng)A在印度的文化統(tǒng)計(jì)。根據(jù)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,可知他在印度記錄了其他語言和口述傳統(tǒng)，但是沒有寫成書。故與原文不符。 選項(xiàng)B在耶魯大學(xué)可用的記錄。根據(jù)At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- including photographs, films, tap recordings, and field notes- 可知是在劍橋大學(xué)大學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)的記錄而不是在耶魯大學(xué)，故排除B項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)C在英國的語言研究。根據(jù)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.可知在英國劍橋大學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多有用的語言資料，但是為被人研究，因此沒有寫成書，故排除C項(xiàng)。
小題4:C.考查推理判斷。下面哪一個(gè)是對Turin的作品的最好的描述？根據(jù)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(jìn)行的收集，他的作品使瀕臨危險(xiǎn)的語言得到了保護(hù)，并且與言語重新連接。因此對他的作品做好的描述是具有收集，保護(hù)和重新連接的作用。故選C.
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B． It is important to make an effort
C． It is right to stick to one’s belief.
D． It is enough to do the necessary.
小題2:Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to _______.
A． recite their homework together
B． grade their homework themselves
C． answer their homework questions orally
D． check the answers to their homework questions
小題3:The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always _______.
A． asked questions in a regular way
B． walked up and down when asking questions
C． chose two or three questions for the students
D． requested her students to finish their usual questions
小題4:The author failed to get the questions he had expected because _______.
A． the class didn’t begin as usual
B． several students didn’t come to school
C． he didn’t try hard to make his estimate
D． Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class
小題5:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A． An Unforgettable Teacher
B． A Future Mathematician
C． An Effective Approach
D． A Valuable Lesson

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At the age of 16, Clara Barton was advised to become a teacher, since she was quite shy. She taught in Massachusetts for ten years, and was invited to Bordentown, New Jersey, to teach in a private school. She saw personally that these communities needed free education for their citizens, and she responded by creating a free school, one of the first in her state. Later, officials ignored her and appointed a male as principal instead. She resigned and moved to Washington DC, becoming the first woman employed by the U. S. Patent Office. 
Clara Barton was forever changed by her experience with the troops in the Civil War. She saw surgeons dressing wounds with cornhusks（玉米葉）, since they had nothing else. The medical supplies for the Army were well behind the troops, who were moving faster than their medical supply lines. She brought in a wagon of bandages and medical supplies that she had collected personally beforehand. Barton continued to work on the battlefields throughout the war. 
She helped in the identification process of 13,000 dead Union soldiers. Afterward, she was an important figure in a campaign to identify missing soldiers from the Civil War. This non-stop work debilitated her, and upon recommendation by her physicians, she traveled to Europe to recover herself.
While in Europe, and still in poor health Miss Barton was moved by the hardship on civilians brought about by the France-Prussia war. She helped in their relief effort, and in that work she was inspired to create the Red Cross, which served all troops and civilians. 
Clara Barton returned to America and then began the establishment of the American Red Cross. The US government did not think there would ever be another war, after the horror of the Civil War. But she convinced them that the Red Cross would be valuable to serve in times of natural disasters, as well. This was her lasting legacy（遺產(chǎn)）, an agency that still provides aid to victims today.
小題1:What does this text mainly tell us about?
A．The establishment of the American Red Cross.
B．A general introduction of Clara Barton’s life.
C．Clara Barton’s contribution to the Red Cross.
D．Clara Barton’s service in the army.
小題2:Why did Clara give up her job in the free school?
A．Because officials didn’t make her principal.
B．Because she wanted to work in a Patent Office.
C．Because she wanted to serve in the army.
D．Because she was not satisfied with the pay.
小題3:The underlined word “debilitated” in the third paragraph means        .
A．rewardedB．satisfiedC．disturbedD．weakened
小題4:What is the greatest contribution made by Clara Barton?
A．She set up a free school.
B．She collected supplies for the army.
C．She identified missing soldiers.
D．She set up the American Red Cross.

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