2019版高三英语一轮复习 课时提能练22 Module 2 Fantasy Literature 外研版选修6.docVIP

Module 2　Fantasy Literature (限时：35分钟)(对应学生用书第359页)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2017·湖南六校联考)Taktak tabulaba? You probably dont know how to answer that question—unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau.Then you would know it means “What are we doing？”Matukar Panau is one of the worlds rarest languages.It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea.udied its words and rules.With so few speakers，the language risked disappearing soon.It was endangered. Harrison didnt want that to happen to Matukar Panau.So in 2009，he set out for Papua New Guinea.His goal：use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue.y people left speaking them are elderly adults.When those individuals die，their language will die with them.In addition，children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages，such as Chinese，English or Spanish. In the United States alone，134 native American languages are endangered.“Language hotspots”exist all over the world.These are places with endangered languages that havent been recorded.They include the state of Oklahoma，pockets of central and eastern Siberia，parts of northern Australia and communities in South America. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇说明文。Matukar Panau语是一种稀有的语种由于讲这种语言的人很少这种语言面临消亡的危险；与此类似到本世纪末世界上将134种本地语言濒临消亡。1．What did Harrison go to Papua New Guinea for? A．Learning their native language. B．Helping preserve their endangered tongue. C．Learning their modern technology. D．Teaching the natives a new language. B　[考查细节理解。根据第三段的“Harrison didnt want that to happen to Matukar Panau.So in 2009和“help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue”可知为了不让Matukar Panau语消亡语言学家Harrison去了Papua New Guinea帮助保护该语言故B项正确。]2．The underlined word“discard”in Paragraph 4 means “ ”． 　　B．pick upC　[考查词义猜测。根据画线词后的“a native language and instead use more common global languages可以判断那里的孩子们可能不说这种本地方言而是更多地讲汉语、英语和西班牙语等国际通用语言故画线词意为“摆脱丢弃”故C项正确。]3．The last two paragraphs impl