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1、专题三阅读理解(六)【山东省潍坊市重点中学2012届高三2月月考】CEndangeredlanguagesarelanguagesthatwouldn’texistanylonger,muchlikeendangeredspeciesofplantsoranimals.Languagesareconsideredtobeendangeredwhenparentsarenolongerteachingthelanguagetotheirchildrenandarenotusingitactivelyineverydaylife.Alanguageisconsideredto
2、nearlydisappearwhenitisspokenbyonlyafewelderlynativespeakers.Theworldfacesenormouschallengesinordertoprotectdifferentkindsoflanguages.Ofthemorethan6,912languages,halfmaybeindangerofdisappearinginthenextseveraldecades.Itiscausedbymanyreasons:smallnumbersofspeakers,theregularuseofotherlangu
3、ages,attitudestowardstheirlanguages,movingoftheyoungerpopulation,governmentpolicies,andlanguagesusedineducationandsoon.Alanguagemaylackimportantthingssuchasabodyofliterature,andpeoplewhoreadandwriteit.Alanguagemayalsolackprestige(声望)andsupportofitsspeakers.Thesurvivalofalanguageisalsothre
4、atenedwhenspeakersmovetootherareaswheredifferentlanguagesarespoken,orwhengovernmentpoliciesimprovetheuseofaspecificlanguageinschool,officialbusinessandthemedia.Thesesituationsencouragepeopletolearnthewider-knownlanguageandmaycausethem,especiallytheyoung,tostopusingtheirmothertongue.Oftent
5、hosespeakinglesser-knownlanguageswillchoosetolearnamoreprestigiouslanguagewiththehopeofgreatereconomicopportunities.Mostoftheworld’sparentsareteachingtheirchildrenEnglish,French,Spanish,Chinese,Arabic,Russianorsomeothermainlanguagesinsteadoftheirownlanguagesforsocialandeconomicreasons.66.
6、What’sthemainideaofthispassage?A．Languagesintheworld.B．Reasonswhylanguagesbecomeendangered.C．Whatanendangeredlanguageis.D．Languagesspokenbyfewspeakers.11用心爱心专心67.About________languageswillprobablydisappearinthiscenturyaccordingtothepassage.A．morethan6,912B．morethan3,456C．6,912D．lessthan3,
7、45668.Whichofthefollowingbestshowsthestructureofthepassage?①=Paragraph1②=Paragraph2③=Paragraph3④=Paragraph469.Wecaninferthatthebestwaytomaintainanendangeredlanguageisto_________.A．forbidthespeakerstomoveaboutB．passlawstoprotectthelanguageC．raisethesalariesofthepeopl
