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1.【2019年安徽合肥高三上学期期中考试英语试卷江（淮十校期中考试）】

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Earthishometoaround7,000languages,aroundhalfofwhicharcexpectedtodisappearby2100.

Languagesdisappearformanyreasons.Sometimesyoungergenerationsstoplearningalanguagebecauseparents

wantchildrentofitin.NativeAmericanchildrenofthelate-19thcenturywererequiredtoattendboardingschools

whereeducatorsforbadethemfromspeakingtheirnativelanguages.

TheUnitedNationsranksendangeredlanguagesaccordingtotheirrisklevel.Forexample,acriticallyendangered

languageisonethatevengrandparentsdontspeakoften.NewYorksOnondagalanguageisanexamplewithonly50

speakersleft.Anextinctlanguagehasnospeakers.Itisgoneforever.AlaskasEyaklanguageisoneexample._2

3Inthesameway,differentlanguagescontributetoculturaldiversity.Savingtheselanguagesbenefitsour

understandingofothercultures.Languagescanshowhowasocietylooksattheworldandwhatitvalues.Alanguage

maydescribesomethinginawaythatisfunny,too.InWelsh,itrainsnotcatsanddogs,butoldwivesandwalkingsticks.

TheEndangeredLanguageAlliancewantstosavelanguagesfromdisappearing.4However,itseffortsare

limited.Ifanendangeredlanguageisgoingtomakearealcomeback,itllprobablygelitsstartinschools.Fornearly100

years,publicschoolsinHawaiididnotteachtheHawaiianlanguage.NowstudentscankeeplearninginHawaiianfrom

elementaryschoolstocollegeandbeyond.

5Atleastonedid.In1881,aJewishlinguistnamedEliezerBen-Yehudabroughtthe3,000-year-oldlanguage

Hebrewbacktolife.TodayitisoneoftheofficiallanguagesofthecouniryofIsrael,withmorethan4millionspeakers.

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