北京市第二中学2019-2020学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷.pdfVIP

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1,

[1]A.establish

B.investigate

C.species

D.shelter

[2]A.measure

B.reality

C.sweat

D.breath

[38]A.retire

B.firework

C.virtue

D.desire

[4]A.diverse

B.definitely

C.climate

D.spicy

[5]A.proposal

B.economic

C.committee

D.profit

[6]A.lunar

Bunion

C.stupid

D.abuse

[7]A.confusion

B.decision

Cooccasion

D.question

[8]A.grateful

B.sacred

C.gratitude

D.graceful

[9]A.commercial

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B.determined

Cherbal

D.material

[10]A.threaten

B.throughout

C.thorough

D.though

2.Expertssayoverhalfoftheworlds7,000languagesareindangerofdisappearing.Everytwoweeksone

languagedisappears,Asthelastspeakersofalanguagedieoff,thevaluableinformationcontainedwithina

languagealsodisappears,[1)

Whatwouldhappenifyouweretheonlypersonleftwhospokeyourlanguage?Whowouldyousharestories

with,singsongsto,orexchangejokeswith?2Thisistheexamplescientistsusetoexplainthesituationof

manypeoplearoundtheworldwhoselocallanguagesaredisappearing.

Sometimesalanguagedisappearsimmediatelywhenthelastpersonspeakingitdies.3Thishappenswhen

anofficiallanguageisusedmoreoftenandchildrenstoplearningthelocallanguageoftheirparents,Thisis

notanewprocess,Officiallanguagesoftenrepresentaformofcontroloveragroupofpeople.Throughout

history,thelanguagespokenbyapowerfulethnic()groupspreadsacrossakindofculture.

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So,smallercultureslosetheirlocallanguageasthelanguageofthecultureinpowerbecomesthestronger

influence