Question

Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

Answer 1

【小题1】them
【小题2】question
【小题3】means
【小题4】used
【小题5】well  
【小题6】less
【小题7】by
【小题8】or
【小题9】either
【小题10】stop

解析【小题1】考查代词：用them代替：消失的语言。
【小题2】考查名词：这是很多人问的问题：question
【小题3】考查动词：那意味着是政府的语言：主语是it谓语是单数means
【小题4】考查动词的被动：这也是学校使用的语言：used
【小题5】考查词组：as well as和…一样好  
【小题6】考查形容词比较级：less often不太频繁
【小题7】考查介词：by doing sth通过做…,
【小题8】语言不是画也不是书，表示“也不”用or
【小题9】考查词组：either…or…要么…要么….
【小题10】考查词组：stop doing停止做…