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
Scientists think that there has been life on the earth for hundreds of millions of years. However, we haven't found life on other plants yet. Why not?
The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun. None of them has an environment with air, so people and living things cannot grow. The Sun and its planets are called the solar system(太阳系). The solar system is a small part of our galaxy（星系）.
But scientists have discovered many other galaxies in the universe. But they are far away and their light has to travel for many years to reach us. It is hard to understand how large the universe is.
So far, scientists have sent lots of spaceships to look at other plants in our solar system, and some spaceships have gone beyond the solar system. However, no one has discovered any life in space yet.
But why has no one from other plants sent us a message? Have they tried to send information to us? With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? We don't know yet.
1.How many planets go around the sun?
A.Seven B.Eight C.Nine D.Ten
2.In order to look at other planets in the solar system, scientists have sent many________.
A.e-mails B.planes C.spaceships D.messages
3._______ has found life on other planets.
A.No one B.A scientist C.A traveler D.A student
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.All the planets have an environment with air. B.It’s easy to know how large the universe is.
C.There is only one galaxy in the universe. D.The solar system includes the sun and its planets.
5.The best title of this passage should be ________.
A.The Moon B.The Solar System C.The Stars at Night D.The Sun
Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi’an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code（二维码）. “We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate（使产生）the codes, and in the end everything gets easier.” Said Guo. “When students finish the homework, they keep in on WeChat（微信）. Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone.”
The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans（扫描）his students’ QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative（创新的）, with many pictures, music and even videos.
Guo’s students like the new way and think it is interesting. “We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun.” said Tingting, a student of Guo’s.
“The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share,” Guo said. “It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don’t want my students to fall behind the times.”
However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it’s unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their work, which doesn’t take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students’ work at any time. And it’s also an easy way to share homework with other students.
1.According to the passage, students can keep their homework on ______.
A.WeChat B.QQ C.email D.blog（博客）
2.Guo’s students think the new way is _______.
A.strange B.boring C.interesting D.Unnecessary
3.What does “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to（指代）：
A.The paper is not easy to keep. B.Keeping and sharing the code easily.
C.Trying to use new technology in education. D.Education itself is a kind of creation.
4.Some parents are worried, because they think their children will _______.
A.talk with teachers face to face B.spend too much time on computers or phones
C.not like the new way of handing in homework D.find the QR codes too difficult to use
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.Teachers needn’t check homework any more. B.Students needn’t hand in homework any more.
C.Using QR codes makes checking homework easier. D.Some parents are worried about their children.
A wealthy man love his son very much. As he wanted his son to lead a happy life, he decided to send him to see a wise old man for his advice on happiness.
When the old man learnt about his ___, he handed the boy an empty bowl and said, “Go to the river miles away and ___ it with water, I will tell you about it ___ no water is spilt（洒）when you reach here.” Although the boy was very surprised at this, he had no choice but to ___ his task.
The boy ___ on foot for the river and some time later came back with a bowl of water. The old man asked him, “Did you notice the beautiful flowers along the road and the birds singing in the trees?” The boy could say nothing about them because he gave his ___ attention to the bowl in his hands.
The old man smiled and said, “Bring me ___ bowl of water, but this time enjoy the flowers and the singing of birds as well.”
When he returned, the boy was able to ___ everything he had seen to the old man. But when he looked down at his bowl, he found ___ that most water was gone. He forgot all about his bowl while enjoying the beautiful things along the road.
“Well, young man,” the old man said. “Enjoy the beauty of the world, but never forget the water in your bowl. This is the ____ of happiness.”
1.A.research B.promise C.purpose D.experience
2.A.wash B.fill C.compare D.connect
3.A.if B.until C.unless D.while
4.A.put on B.pick out C.point out D.carry out
5.A.set off B.paid off C.got off D.kept off
6.A.publi B.weak C.quick D.full
7.A.any B.every C.another D.the other
8.A.change B.imagine C.examine D.describe
9.A.lazily B.sadly C.luckily D.excitedly
10.A.result B.cause C.secret D.decision
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the north of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are___________ . Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is white. Most of the island is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is ___________than the world's tallest building. What__________ Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it isn’t. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice ________ Greenland. It has a lot of hot springs(泉).They give out hot water and steam(水蒸汽).The climate is not as __________as Greenland.
1.A.wrong B.clever C.right D.bright
2.A.more higher B.high C.highest D.higher
3.A.of B.in C.about D.on
4.A.as B.like C.than D.then
5.A.warm B.cold C.not D.cool
完成句子
1.我的电脑出故障了，我要去请—个电脑工程师修—下。
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2.现在我有绰绰有余的钱买食物，我随时可以请我的朋友们和我—起看电影。
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3.他们常常在社区中心集中，并和大家分享各自的一技之长。
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4.这对双胞胎很高兴有了自己的卧室。
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5.请让他今天下午给我回个电话。
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