13．Taktak tabulaba？
You probably don't know how to answer that question---unless you happen to be one of the about 430people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau．Then you would know it means"What are we doing？"Matukar Panau is one of the world's rarest languages．It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea．
Several years ago，David Harrison，a language expert didn't know much about Matukar Panau either．No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules．With so few speakers，the language risked disappearing soon．It was endangered．
Harrison didn't want that to happen to Matukar Panau．So in 2009，he set out for Papua New Guinea．His goal：use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue．
But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss．Studies suggest that by the end of this century，nearly half of the 7，000languages now spoken worldwide could disappear．They're in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly adults，Harrison says．When those individuals die，their language will die with them．In addition，children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages，such as Chinese，English or Spanish．
In the United States alone，134native American languages are endangered．Harrison says，"language hotspots"exist all over the world．These are places with endangered languages that haven't been recorded．They include the state of Oklahoma，pockets of central and eastern Siberia，parts of northern Australia and communities in South America．

32．The purpose of using the question"Taktak tabulaba？"is toB．
A．introduce a new foreign language
B．introduce the topic of the text
C．show the difficulty understanding Matukar Panau
D．stress the importance of Matukar Panau
33．What did Harrison go to PaPua New Guinea for？C
A．Learning their native language
B．Leaning their modern technology
C．Helping preserve their endangered tongue
D．Teaching the natives a new language
34．The underline word"discard"in Paragraph 5meansA．
A．get rid of                 B．pick up
C．hear of                   D．learn about
35．The last two paragraphs imply that endangered languages areC．
A．dying quickly in Siberia
B．popular in some special places
C．becoming a worldwide problem
D．some native tongues．

分析 本文是一篇說明文．本文主要講述了目前好多種語言正處于瀕臨滅絕的危險，它已經(jīng)成了全球范圍的問題．

解答 答案：BCAC．
32：B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)You probably don't know how to answer that question---unless you happen to be one of the about 430people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau．Then you would know it means"What are we doing？"你可能不知道怎樣回答那個問題--那么你將會知道它的意思是"我們正在做什么？"，可知是為了引出話題，故B選項正確．
33：C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)His goal：use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue．可知，使用現(xiàn)代技術來幫助保護他們?yōu)l臨滅絕的母語，故C選項正確．
34：A．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)第四段最后一句children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages，such as Chinese，English or Spanish．后半句的意思是：反而用更常見的全球性的語言，諸如，漢語、英語和西班牙語．可推知前半句的意思應該是：孩子們可能擺脫母語，故A選項正確．
35：C．推理判斷題．根據(jù)Studies suggest that by the end of this century，nearly half of the 7，000languages now spoken worldwide could disappear和In the United States alone，134native American languages are endangered可知，在暗示瀕臨滅絕的語言已經(jīng)成了全球范圍的問題，故C選項正確．

點評 閱讀理解考查對文章的理解能力．對于猜測詞義：任何一篇文章中的句子在內容上都不是絕對孤立的，都跟句子所在的段落及整整篇文章有關．利用上下文提供的情景和線索，進行合乎邏輯的綜合分析進而推測詞義，是閱讀過程中的一大關鍵，最常見的就是利用上下文語境、常識和語法關系推斷詞義．

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Should Our Parents Accompany Us in Studying at School？
In recent years，many parents choose to accompany their children in studying，which has aroused a wide concern．
These parents are willing to leave their hometown，even quit their jobs to follow their children into the campus．Most of them rent an apartment nearby so as to take good care of their children．Parents consider it necessary to offer a better living condition to the kids．Meanwhile，it can allow them to keep track of the kids'academic performance．Nevertheless，what they've ignored is that it will get their kids into the habit of being dependent．Thus，they will never develop the ability of self-control in the future．
Trust leads to independence．So it seems to me that parents should create room for children's growth and study in order to ensure their overall development．．

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