(P4)Manylanguagesarequicklydisappearing(P4)Summer.pptVIP

2. From his words in Paragraph 7, we can see that Ibrahimovic ________. A. believes violence is part of being a footballer B. was proud of his being a terror in the childhood C. thought playing on the streets is important practice for footballers D. related his wild behaviors to his earlier practice in playing football 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Ibrahimovic? A. He could make a great basketball player as well. B. He shows no respect for his coaches. C. He prefers to play on top teams. D. He is a very good defender. C。此题归纳了很多语言濒临灭绝危险的原因，文章第2段就提到两个原因，有些语言随着“the death of the sole surviving speaker”而消亡，或是被其他优势语种“edged out”（排挤出去）。文章第4段分析了没有书面语形式的土语更为脆弱，容易“消亡和被人遗忘”。只有C项说研究者没有尽力的问题，在文章中没有提到，所以是正确答案。 4. What can be inferred about these endangered languages? The researchers’ hard work makes no difference to the languages. B. They can successfully survive with the researchers’ hard work. C. Some can exist only in the form of written records without living speakers. D. More and more languages are dying out at an even faster speed. C。此为推理判断题，从文章最后一段“These are probably languages that cannot be brought back, but at least we made records of them,” 我们可以得知，研究者关于土语的未来并不是十分乐观，研究者的努力也不能避免一些土语的消亡，但研究者的工作仍然是有意义，至少他们保留了这些语言的相关记录，避免他们完全湮灭在历史的记忆中，所以只有C正确。 5. From the passage we can conclude that ______. A. the researchers feel rather optimistic about the result of their rescue work B. the disappearance of an unrecorded language means the loss of a culture C. the indigenous languages can survive as long as they have developed their written forms D. the government should take legal action to protect the indigenous languages B。文章第4段末尾谈到土语保护的重要性，“Their loss leaves no dictionary, no text, or no record of the accumulated knowledge and history of a vanished culture.”很多土语没有书面语形式，一旦消亡，他们所承载的文化和知识积淀就会随之消亡。和B项表达的意思一致。第4段还谈到没有书面形式是土语容易消亡的原因之一，但不能反过来说，土语有了书面语就能成功幸存下来，因为并不是所有消亡的语言都没有书面语，所以排除C项。D项是全文没有涉及的内容。而A项从文章最后一段研究者的话看出他们很无奈，而不是很乐观，所以排除。