文章段落比较多,但大致可分为以下几部分
第一部分:学者Mark Turin做了一个project,WOLP 保护语言消失
project内容,让试验者干嘛干嘛
然后中间举例子说他如何选择这些小语种国家
第二部分:通过有效的保护,有些即将消失的小语种会复活
第三部分:以尼泊尔为例吧,然后他还做了个类似字典的东西,为了尼泊尔这个小语种,是一个重大突破,因为以前都没有
第四部分:这个project,其实不能真正的保护小语种,关键是要考那些native speaker,那些年轻人
有填空,有一大段话的那种填空,然后选项A-H给你,都是词语
Of the world’s 6,500 living languages, about half of them are expected to be extinct. Most of the world’s languages are spoken by a 27________ of people. However, Professor Turin set up a project WOLP to prevent 28_________ of the languages. The project provides the community with 29______ to enable people to record their endangered languages. The oral tradition has great cultural 30_______. An important 31_______ between languages spoken by few people and languages with celebrated written documents existed in many communities.
27. D. minority
28. J. disappearance
29. C. funding
30. B. significance
31. F. difference
四个判断题
32. F
Turin argued that anthropologists and linguists usually think carefully before selecting an area to research.
33. NG
Turin concluded that the Thangmi language had few similarities with other languages.
34. T
Turin has written that 1000-page document was inappropriate for Thangmi community.
35. NG
Some Nepalese school lack resources to devote to language teaching.
五道单选(第二道单选有提示定位在第九段)
36. A. He compares the methods of research into languages
37. A. Forces driving people to believe endangered languages can survive.
38. D. It has chance to succeed to protect the endangered languages.
39. B. Globalisation has both advantages and disadvantages
40. C. Keep up with the modern society without losing their language.