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 本文是一篇記敘文.?dāng)⑹隽藢W(xué)者們正在努力記錄瀕臨消失的語言和文化,來挽救這些語言.耶魯大學(xué)的科學(xué)家Mark Turin專門研究喜馬拉雅山的語言和口述傳統(tǒng),并他根據(jù)自己在尼泊爾一個(gè)村莊的生活經(jīng)歷寫了一本書.他不只是滿足把這些語言在滅絕前記錄下來,他要把他們挽救下來,和現(xiàn)在的語言進(jìn)行重新的連接.

解答 56.B  考查細(xì)節(jié)理解.根據(jù)文章的第二段的內(nèi)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."可知許多學(xué)者正在努力記錄瀕臨消失的語言和文化,來挽救這些語言.故答案選B.
57.A  考查詞義猜測.根據(jù)第四段的最后一句話"But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record."可知這些語言在沒有記錄前就要消失了,所以這些學(xué)者對(duì)這些語言做的是最早的記錄.故答案選A.
58.D  考查推理判斷.根據(jù)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."可知他的書是根據(jù)他在尼泊爾一個(gè)村莊的生活經(jīng)歷寫的.故答案選D.選項(xiàng)A在印度的文化統(tǒng)計(jì).根據(jù)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,"可知他在印度記錄了其他語言和口述傳統(tǒng),但是沒有寫成書.故與原文不符,故排除A項(xiàng). 選項(xiàng)B在耶魯大學(xué)可用的記錄.根據(jù)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…"可知是在劍橋大學(xué)大學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)的記錄而不是在耶魯大學(xué),故排除B項(xiàng).選項(xiàng)C在英國的語言研究.根據(jù)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."可知在英國劍橋大學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)了很多有用的語言資料,但是為被人研究,因此沒有寫成書,故排除C項(xiàng). 
59.B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)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:他想讓年輕人了解更多他們的語言,故答案選B. 
60.D  考查推理判斷.根據(jù)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的作品是從最初的材料上進(jìn)行的收集,他的作品使瀕臨危險(xiǎn)的語言得到了保護(hù),并且與言語重新連接.因此對(duì)他的作品做好的描述是具有收集,保護(hù)和重新連接的作用.故答案選D.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇?dú)v史文化類閱讀.歷史文化類英語閱讀是英語閱讀中常見的題材,掌握該類的英語閱讀理解技巧十分重要.閱讀這類文章,先弄清其引入的話題,再弄清里面人物對(duì)其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身對(duì)話題的觀點(diǎn)看法或思考.

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