感顿市安乐阳光实验学校单元综合检测(一)
(时间：100分钟；满分：120分)
双子座和天蝎座
第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
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Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years，but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going.When the world was still populated by huntergatherers，small，tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.Some language experts believe that 10，000 years ago，when the world had just five to ten million people，they spoke perhaps 12，000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards，many of tho people started ttling down to become farmers，and thei
r languages too became more ttled and fewer in number.In recent centuries，trade，industrialisation，the development of the nationstate and the spread of universal compulsory education，especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades，all have caud many languages to disappear，and dominant languages such as English，Spanish and Chine are increasingly taking over.
At prent，the world has about 6，800 languages.The distribution of the languages is hugely uneven.The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages，often spoken by many people，which hot，wet zones have lots，often spoken by small numbers.Europe has only around 200 languages；the Americas about 1，000；Africa 2，400；and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 6s管理制度3，200，of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800.The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6，000，which means that half the world's languages are spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of 6，800 languages are clo to extinction(消亡)，with only a few elderly speakers left.Pick，at random，Busuu in Cameroon(eight remaining s
peakers)，Chiapaneco in Mexico(150)，Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia(one，with a questionmark)：none of the ems to have much chance of survival.
【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了全球语言多样性的发展变化以及现在所面临的危机。
1．What can we infer about languages in huntergatherer times?
A．They developed very fast.
B．They were large in number.
C．They had similar patterns.
D．They were cloly connected.
B [推理判断题。根据第一段的最后一句“Some language experts believe that 10，000 years ago，when the world had just five to ten million people，they spoke perhaps 12，000 languages between them”可知，在狩猎时代，人口少，语言却很丰富，故选B。]
2．Which of the following best explains“dominant” underlined in Paragraph 2?
A．Complex. B．Advanced.
C．Powerful. D．Modern.
C [词义猜测题。根据第二段最后一句“In all have caud many languages to disappear，and dominant languages such as English，Spanish and Chine are increasingly taking over”可知，近几个世纪以来，随着社会的发展，很多语言已经消失，英语、西班牙语、汉语逐渐占主导地位。complex“复杂的”；advanced“高级的，先进的”；powerful“有影响力的”；modern“现代的”。故选C。]
3．How many languages are spoken by less than 6，000 people at prent?
A．About 6，800. B．About 3，400.王遂舟
关于教育的作文C．About 2，400. D．About 1，200.
B [数字计算题。根据第三段最后一句“The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mer
e 6，000，which means that half the world's languages are spoken by fewer people than that”可知，目前全球不同语言使用人数的中位数仅是6 000，这就意味着世界上有一半的语言的使用人数不到6 000；结合第三段第一句“At prent，the world has about 6，800 languages”可知，选B。]
4．What is the main idea of the text?
A．New languages will be created.
B．People's lifestyles are reflected in languages.
怎样做冰糖葫芦C．Human development results in fewer languages.玉米片的做法大全
D．Geography determines language evolution.
C [主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句中的“but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going”和第二段可知丑午相害也有好处，随着人类社会的发展，尤其是工业化、全球化以来，很多语言已经消失，即人类的发展使得语言的种类越来越少。故选C。]
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Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, the aged, and children who have lost their parents, but also friends, workmates, relatives and neighbours who helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.
Over 60 years ago, when a Cleveland man noticed that some people, such as children who lost their parents and patients who lay in bed, too often felt forgotten and neglected, he developed in his mind the idea of showing them that they were remembered.He did this by giving them small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbours, 带有木的字he gave tho people small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in the celebration, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”．Over time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the poor, the sick and children who had lost their parents was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. Soon the idea spread to other cities all over the USA.
