Question

Each year on Feb 21, UNESCO ( 联合国教科文组织) holds an International Mother Language Day (IMLD ). The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. UNESCO sees this as a terrible fact.

What happens when a language dies out? Something great is lost-not just sounds and marks but the way that people understand the world and communicate with each other. We keep different cultures and traditions through languages. Kill a language and all these are killed too.

Through IMLD, more and more people come to realize he terrible situation and try to stop it.

Google's 2018 Endangered (濒临灭绝的) Languages Project is a good example. Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上传) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.

The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.

These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages

alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They "spread the word " to save the world.

So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart."

1.UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.

A. learn and use endangered languages

B. show their talents in learning languages

C. practice reading skills of mother languages

D. realize the situation of endangered languages

2.What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project?

A. Discuss how to make good use of Google.

B. Offer online courses on endangered languages.

C. Share materials about endangered languages online.

D. Translate endangered languages into mother languages.

3.What does the underlined word "revive" mean in Paragraph ( 段落) 4?

A. 创造 B. 学习 C. 复活 D. 清除

4.What can we infer ( 推断) from Paragraph 5?

A. It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.

B. The disappearance of languages has already stopped.

C. Young people don't care about endangered languages.

D. Young people have creative ways to protect languages.

5.The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________.

A. tell the importance of one's mother language

B. show his contributions to language protection

C. tell the trouble in learning endangered languages

D. show the possibility of protecting mother languages

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

本文介绍了每年2月21日，联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）举办一个国际母语日（IMLD）。这次活动旨在帮助人们关注世界语言的消失，其中许多语言每年都在消失。通过IMLD，越来越多的人认识到了它所处的险境并试图阻止它。谷歌2018年的濒危语言项目就是一个很好的例子。还有Myaamia项目。虽然语言消失的问题仍然是一个非常严重的问题，但还是有希望的。我们应该记住南非已故总统纳尔逊·曼德拉（NelsonMandela）的名言：“如果你用一种他能理解的语言与一个人交谈，那就会进入他的头脑。如果你用他自己的语言和一个人说话，那就进入他的内心。”

1.细节理解题。根据The event is to help people to pay attention to the disappearance of the world's languages; many of them are disappearing each year. 这次活动旨在帮助人们关注世界语言的消失，其中许多语言每年都在消失。可知，联合国教科文组织每年都会举办国际母语日大会，目的是帮助人们学习和使用濒危语言。故选A。

2.细节理解题。由句子Many speakers and protectors of endangered languages upload (上传) texts, audios and videos to the project website. They want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world. 许多濒危语言的说话者和保护者将文本、音频和视频上传到项目网站。他们想介绍人们在世界各地交流和表达自己的方式。可知，人们在谷歌2018年的濒危语言项目中做了提供有关濒危语言的在线课程。故选C。

3.词意猜测题。根据The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. 可知，Myaamia项目使美国迈阿密部落所说的语言得以复活也做出了同样的努力。revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States.语境是：使美国迈阿密部落所说的语言得以复活，因此revive有“复活，重新使用”的意思。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. 许多年轻人设计应用程序并使用社交媒体来支持他们的活动。可以推知，年轻人有创造性的保护语言的方法。故选D。

5.推理判断题。根据This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart." 这就是为什么我们应该记住南非已故总统纳尔逊·曼德拉（NelsonMandela）的名言：“如果你用一种他能理解的语言与一个人交谈，那就会进入他的头脑。如果你用他自己的语言和一个人说话，那就进入他的内心。”可以推知，作者提到纳尔逊·曼德拉的话是为了说明母语的重要性。故选A。