首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
When Carios Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last s
When Carios Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last s
admin
2015-08-14
53
问题
When Carios Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too. Westez, more commonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the Native American language Catawba. Anyone who wants to hear the songs of the Catawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D . C . , where, back in the 1940s, Red Thunder Cloud recorded a series of songs for future generations.【B1】______They are all that is left of the Catawba language. The language that people used to speak is gone forever.
We are all aware of the danger that modern industry can do to the world’ s ecology(生态). However, few people are aware of the impact widely spoken languages have on other languages and ways of life. English has spread all over the world. Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi have become powerful languages as well.【B2】______When this happens, hundreds of languages that are spoken by only a few die out.
Scholars believe there are around 6,000 languages around the world, but more than half of them could die out within the next 100 years. There are many examples. Araki is the language of the island of Vanuatu, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is spoken by only a few older adults, so like Catawba, Araki will soon disappear. Many languages of Ethiopia will have the same fate because each one has only a few speakers.【B3】______In the Americas, 100 languages, each of which has fewer than 300 speakers, are dying out.
Red Thunder Cloud was one of the first to recognize the danger of language death and to try to do something about it. He was not actually bomb into the Catawba tribe, and the language was not his mother tongue.【B4】______The songs he sang for the Smithsonian Institution helped to make Native American music popular. Now he is gone, and the language is dead.
What does it mean for the rest of us when a language disappears? When a plant, insect, or animal species dies, it is easy to understand what has been lost and to appreciate what it means for the balance of the natural world. However, language is only a product of the mind. To be the last remaining speaker of a language, like Red Thunder, must be a peculiarly lonely destiny, almost as strange and terrible as being the last surviving member of a dying species. 【B5】______
[A]Some people might want to learn some of these songs by hearts.
[B]Most languages have become less and less speakers.
[C]However, he was a frequent visitor to the Catawba reservation in South Carcinoma where he learned the language.
[D]These languages don’t have many native speakers.
[E]For the rest of us, when a language dies, we lose the possibility of a unique way of seeing and describing the world.
[F]As these language become more powerful, their use as tools of business and culture increase, as well.
[G]Papus New Guines is an extremely rich source of different language, but more than 100 of them are in danger of extinction(灭绝).
【B1】
选项
答案
A
解析
空格前面提到他为后代录下了一系列的歌曲,接下来可以预期这样做的目的,即也许有人想要记住这些歌曲中的几首,前后内容连贯,故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/LKjd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Mostofusareunawareofourownmanagementstyle,letalonethoseofourcolleagues.【C1】______aleadingpsychologist,temperam
Howmanywaysoftraditionalentertainmentisgiveninthedialogue?
Whatdoesthewomanthinkheshoulddo?
Manystudentsfindtheexperienceofattendinguniversitylecturestobeaconfusingandfrustratingexperience.Thelecturersp
Writeaparagraphofabout120wordsexplainingTheGrowthRatesinServiceMileageamongRailway,RoadandAviation.Usethein
Computerhasmadeuslazy;Doyouagreeordisagree?Writeanessayofabout120wordstopresentyourownview.Inthefirst
Wheredoesthedialoguetakeplace?
Duringrecentyearswehaveheardmuchabout"race":howthisracedoescertainthingsandthatracebelievescertainthingsand
CollegesportsintheUnitedStatesareahugedeal.AlmostallmajorAmericanuniversitieshavefootball,baseball,basketball
Whatdoesthemanproposetodofirst?
随机试题
一女性,60岁。丧偶10年,现独居,嗜烟酒,不爱运动。平时性情抑郁,过分容忍,办事无主见,常顺从于别人。1个月前行胃癌切除,术中及术后情绪低落,兴趣下降,独自流泪,有轻生之念。患者病前的行为特征为
胎先露指
财政补贴是一种财政援助,下列属于间接援助形式的是()。
在城市送电网中,一次送电网一般以()方式结送为宜。
2012年1月,李某设立了甲一人有限责任公司(下称甲公司),注册资本为550万元。2013年1月,甲公司向乙银行借款500万元,双方,签订了借款合同,借款期限为2年。陈某在借款合同中以保证人身份签字。借款合同包含如下仲裁条款:凡是与本借款债务清偿有关的纠
设a1=1,an+1+=0,证明:数列{an}收敛,并求.
在计算机软件系统的体系结构中,数据库管理系统位于用户和______之间。
Researchersinvestigatingbrainsizeandmentalabilitysaytheirworkoffersevidencethateducationprotectsthemindfromthe
Lifeinsuranceisfinancialprotectionfordependentsagainstloss______thebread-winner’sdeath.
Afterreadingtheinsurancepolicy(保单),youarerequiredtocompletetheoutlineaccordingtoit.
最新回复
(
0
)