2019-2020年高考英语完形填空和阅读理解选练12.doc

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1、2019-2020年高考英语完形填空和阅读理解选练12阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。LanguageisamajorproblemfortheEuropeanUnion(EU).TheagreementortreatywhichcreatedtheorganizationthateventuallybecametheEU，theTreatyofRome，statedthateachcountry'slanguagemustbetreatedequally.Theoriginalsixcountrieshadonlythreela

2、nguagesbetweenthem：French,GermanandDutch/Flemish.However，therearenow15countriesintheEU，withatotalof12languages.EUdocumentsmustbetranslatedintoalltheselanguages，andatofficialmeetingsthespeechesmustbetranslatedintoallthelanguagesbyinterpreters.Allthistranslatingisveryexpensiveandtimeconsumi

3、ng(费时的)．ItissaidthatnearlyhalfofallemployeesoftheEUareengagedintranslatingdocumentsandspeeches，andnearlyhalfoftheEU'sadministrative(管理方面的)costsarespentonthistask.Inthenearfutureitisprobablythatseveralmorecountries，mostofthemhavingtheirownlanguages，willjointheEU，thusmakingthesituationevenw

4、orse.Theproblemisnotjustcost：therearepracticaldifficultiesaswell.With12languages，thereare132possible“translationsituations”thatmightbeneeded.Itisoftendifficulttofindpeopleintherightplaceattherighttimewhocantranslatefrom(forexample)DanishintoGreek，orDutchintoPortuguese，atahighprofessionals

5、tandard.InpracticetheproblemhasbeenmadelessseverebytheuseofEnglishinmanycontactsbetweenEUofficials，sincealmostallofthemspeaksomeEnglish.However，anymovetoreducethenumberofofficiallanguages(perhapstofourorfive)wouldbeablowtothepriceofthesmallercountries.Anothermonlysuggestedsolutionistomake

6、EnglishtheofficiallanguageforallEUbusiness.However，thisisstronglyresistedbypowerfulmembercountrieslikeFranceandGermany.1．What'sthemainpurposeofthispassage?A.Togiveasolutiontoaproblem.B．Tofindoutaproblemandshowhowsevereitis.C．TocriticizetheEuropeanUnionforillefficiency.D．Toshowthattheprobl

7、emcannotbesolved.答案：B　推理判断题。本文的主题是说明欧盟内部语言问题的严重性，故选D。2．Accordingtothewriter，theuseofEnglishincontactsamongEUofficialshas________.A.angeredtheofficialswhodon'tspeakEnglishB．reducedthenumberofofficiallanguagesC．lessenedtheeffectoftheproblemD．beenopposedbypowerfulmembe