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15.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 6,000-7,000languages spoken around the world today will 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 organizations-UNESCO and National Geographic among them-have for many years been documenting dying languages and 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 Their 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 he is not 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,through 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 whom 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.

56.Many scholars are making efforts toB.
A.promote global language
B.rescue disappearing languages
C.search for language communities
D.set up language research organizations
57.What does"that tradition"in Paragraph 3refer to?A
A.Having records of the languages.
B.Writing books on language teaching.
C.Telling stories about language users.
D.Living with the native speakers.
58.What is Turin's book based on?D
A.The cultural studies in India.
B.The documents available at Yale.
C.His language research in Bhutan.
D.His personal experience in Nepal.
59.Which is true about Turin?B
A.He wants to simply record the voices of the languages.
B.He wants the young people to know more about their languages.
C.He will not give the material found by himself to other scholars.
D.He will not study the material found at the University of Cambridge.
60.Which of the following best describes Turin's work?D
A.Write,sell and donate.
B.Record,repair and reward.
C.Design,experiment and report.
D.Collect,protect and reconnect.

分析 本文是一篇记叙文.叙述了学者们正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化,来挽救这些语言.耶鲁大学的科学家Mark Turin专门研究喜马拉雅山的语言和口述传统,并他根据自己在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写了一本书.他不只是满足把这些语言在灭绝前记录下来,他要把他们挽救下来,和现在的语言进行重新的连接.

解答 56.B  考查细节理解.根据文章的第二段的内容"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 cultures they reflect."可知许多学者正在努力记录濒临消失的语言和文化,来挽救这些语言.故答案选B.
57.A  考查词义猜测.根据第四段的最后一句话"But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record."可知这些语言在没有记录前就要消失了,所以这些学者对这些语言做的是最早的记录.故答案选A.
58.D  考查推理判断.根据第三段的最后一句"His recently published book,A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture,grows out of his experience living,looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal."可知他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的.故答案选D.选项A在印度的文化统计.根据第四段的第一句"Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin,who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayans reaches of India,"可知他在印度记录了其他语言和口述传统,但是没有写成书.故与原文不符,故排除A项. 选项B在耶鲁大学可用的记录.根据第五段的第一句"At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs,films,tap recordings,and field notes…"可知是在剑桥大学大学发现的记录而不是在耶鲁大学,故排除B项.选项C在英国的语言研究.根据第五段的第一句"At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs,films,tap recordings,and field notes-which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection."可知在英国剑桥大学发现了很多有用的语言资料,但是为被人研究,因此没有写成书,故排除C项. 
59.B  细节理解题.根据文章的最后一段中"…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 whom the materials were originally collected."可知:他想让年轻人了解更多他们的语言,故答案选B. 
60.D  考查推理判断.根据最后一段的"…generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected."和"…Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities."可知Turin的作品是从最初的材料上进行的收集,他的作品使濒临危险的语言得到了保护,并且与言语重新连接.因此对他的作品做好的描述是具有收集,保护和重新连接的作用.故答案选D.

点评 本文是一篇历史文化类阅读.历史文化类英语阅读是英语阅读中常见的题材,掌握该类的英语阅读理解技巧十分重要.阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考.

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