C
As more and more people speak the global language 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 be likely to die out by the next century, according 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 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 schools 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.
28．Many scholars are making efforts to .
A．promote global languages B．rescue disappearing languages C．search for languages communities D．set up language research organizations 29．What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to .
A．having detailed records of the languages B．writing books on language users C．telling stories about language speakers D．living with the native speakers 30．What is Turin’s 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. 31．Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?
A．Write, sell and donate. B．Record, repair and reward. C．Collect, protect and reconnect. D．Design, experiment and report.
28．B
29．A
30．D
31．C
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述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。
28．
细节理解题。根据第二段“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.(为了防止语言消失，包括联合国教科文组织和国家地理在内的一些组织的学者们多年来一直在记录正在消亡的语言及其所反映的文化) ”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。故选B 项。
29．
词句猜测题。根据第二段内容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。由第三段“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. (耶鲁大学麦克米伦中心(Macmillan Center)专门研究喜马拉雅山语言和口述传统的科学家Mark Turin 遵循了这一传统)”可知，Mark Turin 也参与到记录正在濒临消失的语言和文化的传统，挽救语言的行动中；结合第四段“But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.(但他并不满足于在这些声音消失之前就把它们录下来) ”可知，他想要做更加详细的语言记录，所以“that tradition”指的是“详细的语言记录”，故选A 项。
30．
细节理解题。根据第三段“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.(他最近出版了一本名为《唐米语法》的书，书中用民族语言介绍了唐米人及其文化，这本书是基于他在尼泊尔一个村庄生活、观察和养家的经历写成的)”可知，他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的。故选D 项。
31．
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.(最初收集这些材料的几代人的社区)”和“Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.(Turin 指出，这些濒临灭绝的语言可以被保存下来，并与语言社区重新建立联系)”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。故选 C 项。
As more and more people speak the global language 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 be likely to die out by the next century, according 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 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 schools 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.
28．Many scholars are making efforts to .
A．promote global languages B．rescue disappearing languages C．search for languages communities D．set up language research organizations 29．What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to .
A．having detailed records of the languages B．writing books on language users C．telling stories about language speakers D．living with the native speakers 30．What is Turin’s 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. 31．Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?
A．Write, sell and donate. B．Record, repair and reward. C．Collect, protect and reconnect. D．Design, experiment and report.
28．B
29．A
30．D
31．C
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述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。
28．
细节理解题。根据第二段“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.(为了防止语言消失，包括联合国教科文组织和国家地理在内的一些组织的学者们多年来一直在记录正在消亡的语言及其所反映的文化) ”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。故选B 项。
29．
词句猜测题。根据第二段内容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。由第三段“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. (耶鲁大学麦克米伦中心(Macmillan Center)专门研究喜马拉雅山语言和口述传统的科学家Mark Turin 遵循了这一传统)”可知，Mark Turin 也参与到记录正在濒临消失的语言和文化的传统，挽救语言的行动中；结合第四段“But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.(但他并不满足于在这些声音消失之前就把它们录下来) ”可知，他想要做更加详细的语言记录，所以“that tradition”指的是“详细的语言记录”，故选A 项。
30．
细节理解题。根据第三段“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.(他最近出版了一本名为《唐米语法》的书，书中用民族语言介绍了唐米人及其文化，这本书是基于他在尼泊尔一个村庄生活、观察和养家的经历写成的)”可知，他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄的生活经历写的。故选D 项。
31．
推理判断题。根据最后一段“Generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.(最初收集这些材料的几代人的社区)”和“Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.(Turin 指出，这些濒临灭绝的语言可以被保存下来，并与语言社区重新建立联系)”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。故选 C 项。
