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Question 1
答案:isolation
关键词:6800/variety of language/geographical
定位原文:第3段第1句“Isolation breeds linguistic diversity: as a result, the world is peppered with languages spoken by only a few people.”
解题思路:根据这句话可知,语言多样性是由于地理上的isolation。
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答案:economic globalization/globalization/socio-economic pressures
关键词:government/huge decrea
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定位原文:第5段第4句“…the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic p
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解题思路:本题目要看清楚问的是语言消失的原因,and表示并列,因此空中应该填与government initiatives对等的原因,而文中第五段前半部分提到政府政策对语言的影响,但是科学家们也指出,真正致命的原因是社会经济压力。
Question 3
答案:cultural identity
关键词:Increasing appr?eciation/language class
定位原文:第7段第2句话“But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true.”
解题思路:“increasing appreciation”和文中的“growing interest”是同义替换,故正确答案是cultural identity。”
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Question 4荸荠怎么煮
答案:traditional skill
关键词:‘apprentice’/teach/a
定位原文:第7段倒数第4句“Volunteer 'apprentices' pair up with one of the last living speakers of a Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving, with instruction exclusively in the endangered language.”
解题思路:“apprentice”做为定位词,题干这句话的意思是在学徒计划中,濒危语言被用来作为载体来教授人们一种……,文中的“learn”与“teach”在意思上有关联,而不定冠词“a”之后要填一个专有名词。
Question 5
答案:E
关键词:more
定位原文:第7段第4句“Most of the languages will not survive without a large bilingual
ism…”
解题思路:题干这句话正好跟文中这句话表达的是相同的意思,而文中有这个观点的正是E选项。
Question 6
答案:B
关键词:in itlf
定位原文:“But Mufwene says that preventing a language dying out is not the same as giving it new life by using it every day。”
解题思路:通过这句话可以推测,保护语言本身并不是目标,如何让语言活起来才是真正目的。故正确答案为B。
Question 7
答案:D
关键词:think/determine
定位原文:第6段倒数第2句“‘Your brain and mine are different from the brain of someone who speaks French, for instance,’ Pagel says, and this could affect our thoughts and perceptions. ‘The patterns and connections we make among various concepts may be structured by the linguistic habits of our community.’”
解题思路:这句话话当中提到了说英语的人的大脑与说法语的人大脑的不同,随后提出语言会影响我们的想法和观点。
法治与社会 Question 8
答案:C
关键词:reject/established/way of life
定位原文:第4段最后一句“People lo faith in their culture, When the next generation reaches their teens, they might not want to be induced into the old traditions.”
解题思路:题干句子意思是“年轻人经常会拒绝接受社会约定俗成的生活方式”,正好与文中这句话“语言的转化意味着传统文化的消失”表达的意思一致。
Question 9
答案:B
关键词:loss
定位原文:第6段第2句“If a person shifts from Navajo to English, they lo something…”
解题思路:文中的shift等同于题目当中的change,而传统文化的存在正意味着人们可以采用不同的观点来看待这个世界。
Question 10
答案:NO
关键词:Navajo
定位原文:第3段第4句话“Navajo is considered endangered despite having 150,000 speakers. What makes a language endangered is not just the number of speakers, but how old they are.”
解题思路:这句话说有15万人在使用那瓦霍语,证明使用者并不是很少,在接下来的一句话当中,作者又表明使语言濒临灭绝的真正原因并不是说的人少,而是说的人太老。
Question 11
答案:YES
关键词:a large number of
定位原文:第3段第4句话“Navajo is considered endangered despite having 150,000 speakers.”
解题思路:根据文中给出的证据,即有15万人说那瓦霍语,但是这门语言仍然濒临灭绝,作者推出了题中的结论,这个结论是正确的。
Question 12
答案:NOT GIVEN
关键词:government
定位原文:第5段
解题思路:文中第五段提到了政府,主要是指出政府的政策也是导致语言濒危的原因,但是此后就并未对政府的作用再多做叙述,而是转而论述社会经济压力的重要性。本题是典型的节外生枝型。
Question 13
答案:YES
关键词:linguistic diversity
定位原文:第7段第1句“So despite linguists' best efforts, many languages will disappear over the next century.”
解题思路:这句话表明尽管语言学家已经竭尽全力,但是许多语言到了下个世纪还是会消失。这句话就表明语言多样性的消失是不可避免的。
Question 14
答案:C
关键词:Western
定位原文:第1段第1句“Australia has been unusual in the Western world in having a very conrvative attitude to natural or alternative therapies, according to Dr Paul Laver, a lecturer in Public Health at the University of Sydney.”
解题思路:A答案说澳大利亚医生与制药公司关系紧密,属于完全未提及型答案。B答案认为澳大利亚医生总是和其他医师一同工作,与文中所说的事实恰好相反。D答案说澳大利亚医生会开出另类处方,这也是不正确的。只有C答案与文章叙述相符。
惊弓之鸟课文 Question 15
济南攻略 答案:B
关键词:Americans
定位原文:第1段倒数第1句“Americans made more visits to alternative therapists than to orthodox doctors in 1990, and each year they spend about $US 12 billion on therapies that have not been scientifically tested.”
解题思路:文中这句话说1990年美国人去看另类疗法医师的次数比去看传统医生的次数还多。所以答案B是正确的。而A、C和D答案中提到的比较关系并不存在。
Question 16
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答案:YES
关键词:20 years
定位原文:第2段第1句“Dinchantment with orthodox medicine has en the popularity of alternative therapies in Australia climb steadily during the past 20 years.”