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
A、Reaching only nineteen percent of the world’s population. B、Neglecting a great majority of the world’s languages. C、Having too
A、Reaching only nineteen percent of the world’s population. B、Neglecting a great majority of the world’s languages. C、Having too
admin
2017-01-18
100
问题
M: Sally, I heard from the radio that over half the world’s seven thousand languages are in danger of disappearing. Every two weeks one language disappears.
W: So fast?
M: Yes, so Mr. Harrison and Mr. Anderson are heading [1]Living Tongues, an organization to study and protect endangered languages.
W: Why do these languages disappear?
M: Sometimes a language disappears immediately when the last person speaking it dies. Or, a local language might disappear more slowly. [2]This happens when an official language is used more often and children stop learning the local language of their parents. This is not a new process. Official languages often represent a form of control over a group of people.
W: Can you explain it a bit further?
M: Throughout history, the language spoken by a powerful group spreads across a civilization. [2]The more powerful culture rarely respects the language and culture of smaller ethnic groups. So, smaller cultures lose their local language as the language of the culture in power becomes the stronger influence.
W: I can see your point now.
M: The Internet could be thought of as a new method of language control. The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO, says that [3]ninety percent of the world’s languages are not represented on the Internet.
W: I guess we do need to protect these languages.
M: [4]Experts say protecting languages is very important for many reasons. Languages contain the histories, ideas and knowledge of a culture. Languages also contain valuable information about local medicines, plants and animals. [4]Bringing back threatened languages is not easy, but it is very important work.
W: No doubt.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. What is the organization Living Tongues aimed at?
2. Why do some cultures lose their local languages?
3. What is the Internet blamed for?
4. What does the speakers stress in the end?
选项
A、Reaching only nineteen percent of the world’s population.
B、Neglecting a great majority of the world’s languages.
C、Having too little influence on cultural exchange.
D、Containing too much worthless information.
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/wgF7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Rainforestsarecriticallyimportanttoourwell-being.Becausethey【B1】_____carbondioxide,agreenhousegas,andproduceoxyg
Moreandmore,theoperationsofourbusiness,governments,andfinancialinstitutionsarecontrolledbyinformationthatexists
Theriskofdepressionforpeoplewholivealoneisalmost80percenthigherthanforpeoplewholivewithfamilyorroommates.
A、About15%.B、About25%.C、About40%.D、About50%.D事实细节题。本题问的是被猫咬伤后,伤口感染的概率。短文前半部分提到Kumar说高达50%的被猫咬的伤口会感染。
Overtheyears,relaxationtraininghasbeenrecommendedtopatientswithvariousstress-relateddisorderssuchaschronicpain
A、Theinformationistoomuchandisdisplayedmessily.B、Theinformationappearstobelongandboring.C、Theinformationisto
Inthe1980s,homeschoolingmadeacomebackintheU.S.whenreligiouslyconservativeparentsconvincedstatestoapproveandgi
Throughouthistorymanhasobservedsuchnaturalcyclesastherisingandsettingofthesun,theebbandflowoftheoceantide
A、Theymakehimfeelgood.B、Heisindifferenttothem.C、Theyborehimtodeath.D、Heisoverburdened.A女士说:“很多学生带来了他们的朋友,他说感觉受
Itseemstomethatneighborsaregoing【B1】______inAmerica.Thefriendnextdoorfromwhomyouborrowedfoureggsoraladderh
随机试题
安静卧位时,下列哪一项前后两个部位的血压差最大
乳腺摄影专用正色胶片的特点不包括
在一次乳腺癌的普查中,发现某城市乳腺癌患病率为10/10万,而郊区农村仅为5/10万,说明城市人口有较高的患乳腺癌的危险度
B超诊断梗阻性黄疸的最直接证据是
关于出院护理的“健康指导”,下列哪项概念的陈述不妥
给定资料:1.2008年5月12日,我国四川的汶川、北川地区发生了里氏8.0级强震,美国《纽约时报》5月20日发表的一篇文章说:“从5月12日地震发生的那一刻开始,中国政府派遣了士兵、武警和救援人员,开始了那种可以预见的中国共产党的大动员,但是,
Thereisanincreasingdemandfor______.Thespecialistis______.
WithJapan’swelfaresystembucklingunderthedemandsofanageingsociety,theworld’soldestmanapologizedyesterdayforhis
Youcan’tpredictthefuture,butinSiliconValleyyoucaninventit.Thisisapopularsayingatsomecompaniesthatdeliverd
Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialwaysencouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere’sabigdiff
最新回复
(
0
)