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1、Module2 FantasyLiterature(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)Taktaktabulaba?Youprobablydon'tknowhowtoanswerthatquestion—unlessyouhappentobeoneoftheabout430peopleintheworldwhospeakalanguagecalledMatukarPanau.Thenyouwouldknowitmeans“Whatarewedoing?”MatukarPanauisoneoftheworld'srarestlanguages
2、.ItisspokeninjusttwosmallcoastalvillagesinPapuaNewGuinea.Severalyearsago,DavidHarrison,alanguageexpert,didn'tknowmuchaboutMatukarPanaueither.Noonehadeverrecordedorevenstudieditswordsandrules.Withsofewspeakers,thelanguageriskeddisappearingsoon.Itwasendangered.Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatuk
3、arPanau.Soin2009,hesetoutforPapuaNewGuinea.Hisgoal:usemoderntechnologytohelptheremainingspeakerspreservetheirnativetongue.ButMatukarPanauisfarfromtheonlylanguagefacingloss.Studiessuggestthatbytheendofthiscentury,nearlyhalfofthe7,000languagesnowspokenworldwidecoulddisappear.They'reindangerpartlyb
4、ecausetheonlypeopleleftspeakingthemareelderlyadults.Whenthoseindividualsdie,theirlanguagewilldiewiththem.Inaddition,childrenmaydiscardanativelanguageandinsteadusemorecommongloballanguages,suchasChinese,EnglishorSpanish.IntheUnitedStatesalone,134nativeAmericanlanguagesareendangered.“Languagehotsp
5、ots”existallovertheworld.Theseareplaceswithendangeredlanguagesthathaven'tbeenrecorded.TheyincludethestateofOklahoma,pocketsofcentralandeasternSiberia,partsofnorthernAustraliaandcommunitiesinSouthAmerica.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。MatukarPanau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有近一半的语言面临消亡,仅美国就有
6、134种本地语言濒临消亡。1.WhatdidHarrisongotoPapuaNewGuineafor?A.Learningtheirnativelanguage.B.Helpingpreservetheirendangeredtongue.C.Learningtheirmoderntechnology.D.Teachingthenativesanewlanguage.B [考查细节理解。根据第三段的“Harrisondidn'twantthattohappentoMatukarPanau.Soin2009,hesetoutforPapuaNewGuinea”和“helptherema
7、iningspeakerspreservetheirnativetongue”可知,为了不让MatukarPanau语消亡,语言学家Harrison去了PapuaNewGuinea,帮助保护该语言,故B项正确。]2.Theunderlinedword“discard”inParagraph4means“”.A.hearof B.pickupC.getridofD.learnaboutC [考查词义猜测。根据画线词后的“anativelangu
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