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Ⅰ.阅读理解 A A new African language is helping to reduce tensions and bring young people together in areas previously torn apart by tribal (部落) violence. And academics are so impressed by the languages potential that a social media platform promoting it will form the subject of a major presentation at this years eLearning Africa, the continents leading conference on technology-assisted learning, training and development. The language, Sheng, combines Kiswahili, English and a number of Kenyan tribal words, along with a little of Arabic, Hindu, French, German, Spanish and Italian. It was born on the streets of Nairobi, in some of the areas hardest hit by the post-election violence in 2007-2008. Now a society in Kenya. Go Sheng, is helping to celebrate and promote the language, which is almost generally used by young people so much that it has become the first language of many young Kenyans in urban areas. The society provides a platform for social dialogues for the languages growing numbers of speakers. In doing so, it is giving voice to a powerful alternative culture in Kenya and celebrating the many tribal languages that contribute to Sheng. In turn, this helps to bring some welcome cultural harmony and mutual (相互) understanding to a country, which has too often been divided against itself in the recent past. Go Sheng uses a variety of different means to grow Sheng language and culture. Its most significant achievement, to date, has been the development of a Sheng dictionary, which contains over 3,900 words and continues to grow rapidly. It functions as a socially driven resource, where registered members can add words or phrases which then get voted for by other members, before being accepted as authentic. Go Sheng also runs a website and various social media channels, which have an online community of around 15,000 active participants. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了非洲的一种新语言。该语言结合了现代需要和当地部落中的语言，即将被推广。1．What does eLearning Africa usually do? A．Invent new African languages. B．Promot