1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 6 The Tang Poems .阅读理解 阅读下面短文 ,从每题所给的 A、 B、 C和 D四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项。 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 will likely di
2、e 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 organizations UNESCO and National Geographic among them have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cul
3、tures 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 Their Cult
4、ure,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 he is n
5、ot content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials including photographs,films,tape recordings,and field notes which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now,t
6、hrough the two organizations that he has founded the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project Turin 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
7、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. 1.Many scholars are making efforts to . A.promote global languages B.rescue disappearing languages 【 精品
8、教育资源文库 】 C.search for language communities D.set up language research organizations 2.What 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 the native speakers. 3.What is T
9、urins book based on? A.The cultural studies in India. B.The documents available at Yale. C.His language research in Bhutan. D.His personal experience in Nepal. 4.Which of the following best describes Turins work? A.Write,sell and donate. B.Record,repair and reward. C.Collect,protect and reconnect. D
10、.Design,experiment and report. .完形填空 阅读下面短文 ,从短文后各题所给的 A、 B、 C和 D四个选项中 ,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a 1 place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They 2 various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was 3 that the fire
11、s of war would destroy the books, which are more 4 to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every language new books, ancient books, 5 a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old. She had asked the government for 6 to move the books to a 7 place, but they refused. So Alia to
12、ok matters into her own hands. 8 , she brought books home every night, 9 her car late after work. Her friends came to 10 her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant 11 to hide some books. All through the 12 , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, 13 the
13、m over the seven-foot wall and 14 them 【 精品教育资源文库 】 in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war 15 . Then nine days later, a fire burned the 16 to the ground. One day, the bombing stopped and the 17 left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must
14、 be 18 again while the city was 19 . So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区 ). Now Alia waited for the war to end and 20 peace and a new library. 1.A.meeting B.working C.personal D.religious 2.A.raised B.handled C.reported D.discussed 3.A.worried B.ang
15、ry C.doubtful D.curious 4.A.practical B.precious C.reliable D.expensive 5.A.then B.still C.even D.rather 6.A.permission B.confirmation C.explanation D.information 7.A.large B.public C.distant D.safe 8.A.Fortunately B.Surprisingly C.Seriously D.Secretly 9.A.starting B.parking C.filling D.testing 10.A
16、.stop B.help C.warn D.rescue 11.A.intended B.pretended C.happened D.agreed 12.A.war B.night C.building D.way 13.A.put B.opened C.passed D.threw 14.A.hid B.exchanged C.burnt D.distributed 15.A.approached B.erupted C.continued D.ended 16.A.restaurant B.library C.city D.wall 17.A.neighbours B.soldiers
17、C.friends D.customers 18.A.sold B.read C.saved D.moved 19.A.occupied B.bombed C.quiet D.busy 【 精品教育资源文库 】 20.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for .短文改错 (2017江西南昌十所重点联考三 ) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文 ,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10处语言错误 ,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加 :在缺词处加一个漏字符号 ( ),并在其下面写出该加的
18、词。 删除 :把多余的词用斜线 ()划掉 。 修改 :在错的词下画一横线 ,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意 :1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 ; 2.只允许修改 10 处 ,多者 (从第 11 处起 )不计分。 Dear Tom, Im sorry to hear youre having difficulty fit in at your new school. Such problems are quite normally. Here is some advices for you. Firstly, I think you need to communicate with your
19、 classmates as much possible. Only in this way can they get to know each other. Secondly, it might be the good idea for you to take part in more activities, which can help you make new acquaintances. Whats more, it was good for developing friendly relationships. Lastly, faced with some tough problem
20、s, and you might consider turning to your teachers, who can usually offer help with you. I hope my suggestions will be of great helpful. Best wishes. Yours, Li Hua .书面表达 假定你是星光中学的高中毕业生李华 ,母校将为高一 新生举办主题为 “What to learn in senior high school?” 的英语沙龙活动 ,特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。请根据以下提纲准备一份英语发言稿。 1.学会学习 :方法、习惯
21、等 ; 2.学会做人 :真诚、友善等 ; 3.其他方面 :考生自拟。 注意 :1.词数 120左右 ; 2.发言稿开头和结尾已给出 ,不计入总词数。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Good morning,everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school. _ _ _ Thank you! 答案精解精析 .阅读理解 语篇解读 本文是说明文 ,题材为社会文化类。世界上很多语言在慢慢消失 ,为了拯救这些使用人数少的语言很多学者开始了营救工程。
22、本文介绍了一位正在为之奋斗的学者 ,他到底为此在做着什么呢 ? 1.B 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中 In an effort to prevent language loss,scholars.documenting dying languages.可知答案为 B项。 2.A 词义猜测题。根据第二段最后的 documenting dying languages可以推断出 Mark Turin 教授也加入到了拯救正在消失的语言的行列中 ,他想把这些语言全部记录下来 ,所以答案为 A项。 3.D 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句话中的 .grows out of his experience living,working,and raising a family in a village in Nepal.可知 Turin 的这本书是以自己在尼 泊尔一个村庄的生活经历为基础写出来的 ,所以答案为 D项。 4.C 细节理解题。根据最后一段的 from whom the materials were originally collected” 和 “the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with
