新人教版必修1高考英语一轮复习Unit2Englisharoundtheworld课时作业含解析 .doc

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1、Unit2Englisharoundtheworld课时作业Ⅰ.阅读理解(2018·高考全国卷Ⅰ·C)Languageshavebeencomingandgoingforthousandsofyears，butinrecenttimestherehasbeenlesscomingandalotmoregoing.Whentheworldwasstillpopulatedbyhunter－gatherers，small，tightlyknit(联系)groupsdevelopedtheirownpatternsofspeechindependento

2、feachother.Somelanguageexpertsbelievethat10,000yearsago，whentheworldhadjustfivetotenmillionpeople，theyspokeperhaps12,000languagesbetweenthem.Soonafterwards，manyofthosepeoplestartedsettlingdowntobecomefarmers，andtheirlanguagestoobecamemoresettledandfewerinnumber.Inrecentcenturi

3、es，trade，industrialisation，thedevelopmentofthenation－stateandthespreadofuniversalcompulsoryeducation，especiallyglobalisationandbettercommunicationsinthepastfewdecades，allhavecausedmanylanguagestodisappear，anddominantlanguagessuchasEnglish，SpanishandChineseareincreasinglytaking

4、over.Atpresent，theworldhasabout6,800languages.Thedistributionoftheselanguagesishugelyuneven.Thegeneralruleisthatmildzoneshaverelativelyfewlanguages，oftenspokenbymanypeople，whilehot，wetzoneshavelots，oftenspokenbysmallnumbers.Europehasonlyaround200languages；theAmericasabout1,000

5、；Africa2,400；andAsiaandthePacificperhaps3,200，ofwhichPapuaNewGuineaaloneaccountsforwellover800.Themediannumber(中位数)ofspeakersisamere6,000，whichmeansthathalftheworld'slanguagesarespokenbyfewerpeoplethanthat.Alreadywellover400ofthetotalof6,800languagesareclosetoextinction(消亡)，wi

6、thonlyafewelderlyspeakersleft.Pick，atrandom，BusuuinCameroon(eightremainingspeakers)，ChiapanecoinMexico(150)，LipanApacheintheUnitedStates(twoorthree)orWadjiguinAustralia(one，withaquestion－mark)：noneoftheseseemstohavemuchchanceofsurvival.9【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了世界上语言的种类随着人类社会的发展而逐

7、渐减少这一现象。1．Whatcanweinferaboutlanguagesinhunter－gatherertimes?A．Theydevelopedveryfast.B．Theywerelargeinnumber.C．Theyhadsimilarpatterns.D．Theywerecloselyconnected.【答案】　B　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Somelanguageexpertsbelievethat10,000yearsago，whentheworldhadjustfivetotenmillionpeople，theyspok

8、eperhaps12,000languagesbetweenthem.”可知，一些语言专家认为，一万年前，当世界上只有50