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1、Unit13 People(B)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2017·湖南六校联盟高三联考)Taktaktabulaba?Youprobablydon'tknowhowtoanswerthatquestion—unlessyouhappentobeoneoftheabout430peopleintheworldwhospeakalanguagecalledMatukarPanau.Thenyouwouldknowitmeans“Whatarewedoing?”MatukarPanauisoneoftheworld'srarestlanguages.Itisspokeninjusttwosmal
2、lcoastalvillagesinPapuaNewGuinea.Severalyearsago,DavidHarrison,alanguageexpert,didn'tknowmuchaboutMatukarPanaueither.Noonehadeverrecordedorevenstudieditswordsandrules.Withsofewspeakers,thelanguageriskeddisappearingsoon.Itwasendangered.Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatukarPanau.Soin2009,hese
3、toutforPapuaNewGuinea.Hisgoal:usemoderntechnologytohelptheremainingspeakerspreservetheirnativetongue.ButMatukarPanauisfarfromtheonlylanguagefacingloss.Studiessuggestthatbytheendofthiscentury,nearlyhalfofthe7,000languagesnowspokenworldwidecoulddisappear.They'reindangerpartlybecausetheonlypeopl
4、eleftspeakingthemareelderlyadults.Whenthoseindividualsdie,theirlanguagewilldiewiththem.Inaddition,childrenmaydiscardanativelanguageandinsteadusemorecommongloballanguages,suchasChinese,EnglishorSpanish.IntheUnitedStatesalone,134nativeAmericanlanguagesareendangered.“Languagehotspots”existallove
5、rtheworld.Theseareplaceswithendangeredlanguagesthathaven'tbeenrecorded.TheyincludethestateofOklahoma,pocketsofcentralandeasternSiberia,partsofnorthernAustraliaandcommunitiesinSouthAmerica.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。MatukarPanau语是一种稀有的语种,由于讲这种语言的人很少,这种语言面临消亡的危险;与此类似,到本世纪末世界上将有近一半的语言面临消亡,仅美国就有134种本地语言濒临消亡
6、。1.WhatdidHarrisongotoPapuaNewGuineafor?A.Learningtheirnativelanguage.B.Helpingpreservetheirendangeredtongue.C.Learningtheirmoderntechnology.D.Teachingthenativesanewlanguage.B [考查细节理解。根据第三段的“Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatukarPanau.Soin2009,hesetoutforPapuaNewGuinea”和“helptheremainingspea
7、kerspreservetheirnativetongue”可知,为了不让MatukarPanau语消亡,语言学家Harrison去了PapuaNewGuinea,帮助保护该语言,故B项正确。]2.Theunderlinedword“discard”inParagraph4means“”.A.hearofB.pickupC.getridofD.learnaboutC [考查词义猜测。根据画线词后的“anativelanguageandinsteadusemorecommonglo
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