人教版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第四册 Unit2 单元限时作业.docxVIP

PAGE4 / NUMPAGES12 Unit2 单元限时作业 一、刷阅读理解 体裁：说明文 题材：介绍说明 词数：347 难度：中 建议用时：7分钟 [河南信阳高级中学2021高二月考]The unusual whistled language used as a means of communication by villagers in remote areas and mountainous northern Turkey has been added to the UNESCO Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The language is a highly developed high-pitch system of whistling to communicate in rugged（崎岖的）areas where people mostly cannot see each other. It can allow people to communicate across great distances，up to 5 kilometres. Compared with other similar whistled languages in Spains Canary Islands，in Mexico，or in Greek villages，it has a higher tone and larger vocabulary. This unusual form of communication，which dates back some 500 years，to the Ottoman Empire，was born from sheer necessity and widespread across the Black Sea regions. But 50 years ago，it suffered the impact of the progression of technology and nowadays the rapid growth of cellular（蜂窝式的）mobile systems has put this cultural heritage under serious threat. For centuries, the language has been passed on from grandparents to parents, from parents to children. Now, though, many of its most skilful speakers who use their tongue, teeth and fingers are aging and becoming physically weak. Young people are no longer interested in learning the language or finding ways to update its vocabulary with new words, and in a few generations it may be gone for good. Our bird language is very convenient and efficient to communicate across the valleys. It has many benefits over yelling, which is bad for our throats, said Avni Kocek, head of the bird village. Kocek added, Despite setbacks because of technology, the bird language is still used by many of us. Whistled language is transmitted from our elders to us and we have the duty to transmit it to our children. We are making efforts to keep our culture alive through the annual Bird Language Festival.” Besides，the bird language has been required to be taught at primary schools since 2014 by district