【北师大版】2020版高三英语一轮 课时提能练18　必修5　Unit 13　People（B）含解析.doc

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1、课时提能练(十八)　必修5　Unit13　People(B)(对应学生用书第283页)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2017·湖南六校联盟高三联考)Taktaktabulaba?Youprobablydon'tknowhowtoanswerthatquestion—unlessyouhappentobeoneoftheabout430peopleintheworldwhospeakalanguagecalledMatukarPanau.Thenyouwouldknowitmeans“Whatarewedoing？”MatukarPanauisoneofth

2、eworld'srarestlanguages.ItisspokeninjusttwosmallcoastalvillagesinPapuaNewGuinea.Severalyearsago，DavidHarrison，alanguageexpert，didn'tknowmuchaboutMatukarPanaueither.Noonehadeverrecordedorevenstudieditswordsandrules.Withsofewspeakers，thelanguageriskeddisappearingsoon.Itwasen

3、dangered.Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatukarPanau.Soin2009，hesetoutforPapuaNewGuinea.Hisgoal：usemoderntechnologytohelptheremainingspeakerspreservetheirnativetongue.ButMatukarPanauisfarfromtheonlylanguagefacingloss.Studiessuggestthatbytheendofthiscentury，nearlyhalfofthe

4、7，000languagesnowspokenworldwidecoulddisappear.They'reindangerpartlybecausetheonlypeopleleftspeakingthemareelderlyadults.Whenthoseindividualsdie，theirlanguagewilldiewiththem.Inaddition，childrenmaydiscardanativelanguageandinsteadusemorecommongloballanguages，suchasChinese，En

5、glishorSpanish.IntheUnitedStatesalone，134nativeAmericanlanguagesareendangered.“Languagehotspots”existallovertheworld.Theseareplaceswithendangeredlanguagesthathaven'tbeenrecorded.TheyincludethestateofOklahoma，pocketsofcentralandeasternSiberia，partsofnorthernAustraliaandcomm

6、unitiesinSouthAmerica.【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.1．WhatdidHarrisongotoPapuaNewGuineafor?A．Learningtheirnativelanguage.B．Helpingpreservetheirendangeredtongue.C．Learningtheirmoderntechnology.D．Tea

7、chingthenativesanewlanguage.B　[考查细节理解.根据第三段的“Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatukarPanau.Soin2009，hesetoutforPapuaNewGuinea”和“helptheremainingspeakerspreservetheirnativetongue”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”i

8、nParagraph4means“”．A．hearofB．pickupC．getridofD．learnaboutC　[考查词义猜测.根据画线词后的“anativelanguag