Question

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

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)在的語言進行重新的連接。

1.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.

2.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

3.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)他在尼泊爾一個村莊的生活經(jīng)歷寫的。故選D.選項A在印度的文化統(tǒng)計。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。選項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。

4.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行的收集，他的作品使瀕臨危險的語言得到了保護，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，保護和重新連接的作用。故選C.

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