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Language follows power. In an increasingly globalized world, some languages become the kings in terms of trade and communication. They jump geographic boundaries, pushing smaller languages toward 1. .

According to National Geographic magazine, one language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth are 2. to disappear as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin or Spanish.

This is 3. Google.org is launching a new campaign called the Endangered Languages Project. It aims to digitally record the world’s little-known tongues and the heritages to which they are central.

What kind of languages are disappearing? Languages like Arogonese, which can be found in northern Spain, for example. Spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, this language seems to 4. (disappear) within a few generations. Navajo and Ojibwa, both native to the Americans, are also close to extinction. Koro is the native language of a small population 5. in the mountains of northeast India. It’s spoken by about 4,000 people.

The Endangered Languages website will record roughly 3,500 of the world’s little-spoken tongues. “ 6. every language that dies, humans are in danger of losing an enormous cultural heritage”, writes Loek Essers on the website Computerworld.com.

“As each one disappears, an understanding of how humans relate to the world around them, as well as scientific, medical, and botanical（植物的）knowledge, are all lost, 7. is the expression of a community’s humor, love, and life.”

Users of the website can find 8. which can be identified by their location on a map, or reached by means of a list that has been broken down into four categories: at risk, endangered, severely endangered, or unknown. 9. can upload video or audio samples as well as share their knowledge of a language.

“Languages are alive and in constant change, and their extinction is not new,” write the site’s creators. “ 10. today we have the tools and technology that could become a game changer.”

 

1.extinction

2.likely/expected

3.. why

4.have disappeared

5.living

6.With

7.as /so

8.languages

9.Users/ They

10.But

【解析】

試題分析：語言是有力量的。在一個日益全球化的世界，有些語言如英語、 普通話或西班牙語成為貿(mào)易和通信方面的國王。據(jù)國家地理雜志所說，到下世紀(jì)地球上大約7000 種語言的近一半將消失。當(dāng)說一種語言的人越來越少少時，這種語言就消失了。語言的消失代表著一種文化的滅亡。所以為了挽救那些瀕危語言，現(xiàn)在有一個叫Google.org網(wǎng)站展開了這方面的活動。

1.根據(jù)全文的內(nèi)容可知本句的意思是：在這個日益全球化的世界里，一些語言在貿(mào)易和交流中占據(jù)了統(tǒng)治地位，他們跨越了地域界限，把一些小的語言推向滅亡。所以用extinction滅亡。

2.據(jù)國家地理雜志說，每14天就有一種語言消失。這樣推算下去，到下個世紀(jì)時，地球上大約7,000種語言很可能就消失了，因為當(dāng)?shù)厝朔艞壛吮就琳Z言而喜歡說英語、 普通話或西班牙語。所以用短語搭配be likely /expected to 意思是：很可能。

3.這就是為什么Google.org正在發(fā)起一個稱為拯救瀕危語言項目的新運動。所以用why。

4.由于只有不到10,000人說Arogonese，所以這種語言似乎在幾代人的時間內(nèi)就消失了。這里用不定式的完成時have disappeared表示動作已結(jié)束。所以填have disappeared。

5.Koro 是生活在印度東北部山區(qū)的一小部分人口所說的一種語言。所以用living表示正居住在… 。

6.伴隨著滅亡的每一種語言，人類正處于失去一種巨大的文化遺產(chǎn)的危險之中。所以用With表伴隨。

7.一種語言消失了，了解人類如何理解他周圍的世界的的方法，以及科學(xué)的、醫(yī)學(xué)的和植物方面的知識都一并失去了。一起消失的還有一個社區(qū)的人對幽默、愛和生活的表達。所以填as /so表示前面一種情況適合另一種人和物。

8.使用該網(wǎng)址的人可以發(fā)現(xiàn)根據(jù)位置在地圖上標(biāo)注的那些語言。所以填languages表那些語言。

9.這里話和前面的話是并列關(guān)系。同樣指出使用該網(wǎng)址可以得到哪些信息。使用者可以上傳音頻或視頻樣板以及分享他們所了解的某一語言的知識。所以填Users/ They。

10.網(wǎng)址的創(chuàng)建者說：語言是活的并且是在不斷變化的。它們的滅絕也不新鮮。但是今天我們有了可以改變這一游戲規(guī)則的工具和技術(shù)。前后句表轉(zhuǎn)折，所以填But。

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