1、Section Using Language, Summing Up & Learning Tip一、选择括号中的单词或短语填空1He is a brave man.(indeed/in need)We cannot admire his courage.(very much/too much)答案indeed;too much2 that hes already heard the news.(Chances are/Chance is)答案Chances are3Look at the girl !Lets go to help her.(in rag/in rags)答案in rags4
2、May I open the window to let in some fresh air?!(Come on/Go ahead)答案Go ahead二、完成句子,词数不限1不要冒险开太快。Dont by driving too fast.答案take a chance2他的短篇小说真的很有趣。His short stories are .答案indeed interesting/interesting indeed3你认识那个衣衫褴褛的男子吗? Do you know the man ?答案in rags4至于你的礼物,我没有把握他是否会接受。,I am not sure whether
3、he will accept it or not.答案As for your present5大量的钱已经花在了这个工程上。 is already spent on the project.答案A large amount of money三、单句改错1Did you get the old stamp by any chance?答案去掉any2The person in rag is indeed a millionaire.答案ragrags3I thank you from the bottom for my heart.答案forof4Im afraid it will cost a
4、 large number of money.答案numbersum/amount5Would you mind wait a few minutes?答案waitwaiting四、阅读理解As more and more people speak the global languages of English,Chinese,Spanish,and Arabic,other languages are rapidly disappearing.In fact,half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today wil
5、l likely die out by the next century,according to the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO).In an effort to prevent language loss,scholars from a number of organizationsUNESCO and National Geographic among themhave for many years been documenting dying languages and
6、 the cultures they reflect.Mark Turin,a scientist at the Macmillan Center,Yale University,who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas,is following in that tradition.His recently published book,A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and The
7、ir Culture,grows out of his experience living,working,and raising a family in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin,who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India,Nepal,Bhutan,and China.But h
8、e is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materialsincluding photographs,films,tape recordings,and field noteswhich had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.Now
9、,through the two organizations that he has foundedthe Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature ProjectTurin has started a campaign to make such documents,found in libraries and stores around the world,available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from who
10、m the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet,Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.1Many scholars are making efforts to .A.promote global languagesB.rescue disappearing languagesC.search f
11、or language communitiesD.set up language research organizations答案B解析细节理解题。由第二段可知,许多组织和学者付出努力正是为了保持语言的多样性,即为了拯救那些正在消失的语言。2What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A.Having full records of the languages.B.Writing books on language teaching.C.Telling stories about language users.D.Living with
12、 the native speakers.答案A解析推理判断题。第三段中的that tradition应指上文提到的传统,本句的上文就是第二段中的“documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect”,即完全记录下正在消失的语言以及它们所反映的文化。故选A项。3What is Turins book based on?A.The cultural studies in India.B.The documents available at Yale.C.His language research in Bhutan.D.His pe
13、rsonal experience in Nepal.答案D解析细节理解题。由第三段最后一句中的“grows out of his experience living,working,and raising a family in a village in Nepal”可知,Mark Turin的书籍是以他自己在尼泊尔的经历为依据的。4Which of the following best describes Turins work?A.Write,sell and donate.B.Record,repair and reward.C.Collect,protect and reconnec
14、t.D.Design,experiment and report.答案C解析推理判断题。由短文最后一段中的“were originally collected”“the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities”可推知,C项正确。五、短文改错Once upon a time,where there was a little boy naming Sima Guang.One day,he played with some boys near a big tank in front of t
15、he house.One of the boy wanted to hide himself in a tank.He thought somebody could find him if he hid in it.And he didnt know the tank was full of water.When he climbed to the top,he fell into the tank.The other boys ran to ask help at once.But Sima Guang didnt.He stood there,thinking hardly.Then he had a good idea.Quickly,he picked up a big stone and break the tank.In this way,Sima Guang saved the boy.How a clever boy!答案Once upon a time,where there was a little boy
