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
2016-06-24
55
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).
【B2】
选项
答案
F
解析
前面提到这些语言变得日益强势,既然语言是工具,可以断定他们在商业和文化中的工具性也会随之增强,所以选F。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/oBVd777K
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
Howmanyhoursdoesthewomanworkeverydayexceptthebreak?
Whatdoesthewomanmean?
Whenmywife,whoisaSpanishspentherfirstwinterinLondonafewyearsago,sheusedtoaskmetimeandagain,"Where’sthe
Astheconversationbegins,whatarethemanandwomandoing?
Researchhasshownthatmotivationisveryimportantinlearningalanguage;youneedtobeenthusiasticaboutit,andtobeint
Readapassageaboutswimming.Matchthetopics(61to65)tooneofthestatements(AtoG)givenbelow.MarkyouranswersonA
Whatisonethingtheapartmentbuildingwhichthewomandescribesdoesnothave?
Anelderlycarpenterwasreadytoretire.Hetoldhisemployerofhisplansto【C1】______thehouse-buildingbusinesstoliveamo
Whatinformationdidthemanhearfromthebroadcast?
WhatdoesSallydointhesupermarket?
随机试题
A.经济标准B.疗效标准C.社会标准D.行为标准E.科学标准评价医疗行为是否有利于人类生存和改善,是否有利于人类健康符合()
世界卫生组织提出的健康教育的定义是
下列哪项不是外科急腹症发生穿孔性病变时的主要特征
下列情况中,不能提起行政复议的是()。
大额可转让定期存单的特点是不记名;金额较大;利率有固定的,也有浮动的,一般比同期限的定期存款的利率高;不能提前提取,也不能在二级市场上流通转让。()
关于外部激励的描述,下列说法正确的是()
最近一期的《瞭望新闻周刊》有文章称“消费就是爱国”,有关专家撰文加以嘲笑:我从来没有想到________的生活方式,居然会成为一种道德瑕疵。填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是()。
Text…Dadwas【C1】______80.Buthealwayslaughed【C2】______myconcerns.Nowthecancercameback.Hehadamonth,two【C3】_
A、Changeanewjob.B、Buyacar.C、Movetoanewapartment.D、Findagoodlandlady.C女士说她不能像男士一样换工作,于是男士提到他的房东还有一间空房,女士说那太好了,也许她
Whatisyourfavoritecolor?Doyoulikeyellow,orange,andred?Ifyoudo,youmustbeanoptimist,anactivepersonwhoenjoy
最新回复
(
0
)