选修8 Module 4 Which English黑龙江省海林市朝鲜族中学届高三英语一轮复习题外研版.docx

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选修8Module4WhichEnglish黑龙江省海林市朝鲜族中学届高三英语一轮复习题外研版

基础自测（四十六）

选修8　Module4　WhichEnglish?

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　　Expertssaythereareabout6,500languagesspokenthroughouttheworld.ButtheUnitedNationsguessesthatabouthalfoftheselanguagesareindangerofdisappearing.

OneorganizationseekingtosaveworldlanguagesisWikitongues.Ithasasimplegoal:

toprovidethetoolsandsupportthatpeopleneedtosavetheirlanguages.Whenalanguagedisappears,manyotherthingscangoawayaswell.Forexample,partsofacommunity’sculture,knowledgeandidentitycanalsobelost.

Becauseofthis,Udell,co-founderofWikitongues,believestheprocessofbringinglanguagesbackmustbedonebycommunitymembersthemselves.Hesaid,“Thereisnowayanoutsideorganizationcansavesomeone’slanguageforthem.”

Wikitongueswasstartedin2016asanopenInternetcollectionofworldlanguages.Theself-described“community”isoperatedbyvolunteersfromaroundtheworld.ThecollectionisintheformoflanguagevideosthatpeoplespeakingthelanguagesaddtotheWikitongueswebsite.

Udellsayssavinglanguagesdoescount.Therearemanyexamplesoflanguagesthatdisappearedbutlaterreturnedtouse.“Hebrewwentextinct（灭绝的）inthefourthcenturyBC,andwasrevived（重新使用）inthe1800s.Nowonceagain,it’sthemothertongueofhalfoftheworld’sJewishpopulation.”AnotherexampleisaNativeAmericantribe.Thetribe’slanguagewentextinctinthe1940s.Butthetribehasbeenabletosuccessfullybuildup“languagerecovery”inrecentyears.

OneofWikitongues’volunteersisTheronKolokwe,wholivesinNamibia.HisnativelanguageisSubiya,whichisspokenbyabout30,000people.

“Iwanttheworldtoknowaboutmylanguage,”Kolokwesaid.Buthisgoalgoesbeyondjustsharinghislanguagewithothersthroughvideos.Heisalsoworkingtocreateadictionaryandlanguageteachingmaterialsthatcanbeusedinschools.

（　　）1.WhatdoesUdellconsiderimportantinsavinglanguages?

A.Gatheringlanguageinformation.

B.Relyingonthelanguagespeakers.

C.Settingupanoutsideorganization.

D.Combininglanguageswithculture.

（　　）2.HowdoesWikitongueshelpsavelanguages?

A.Bygettinglanguagevideosfromtheirspeakerscollected.

B.Bybuildinganonlinedictionaryforeachlanguage.

C.Bycreatingareal-lifecommunityfortheirspeakers.

D.Byrequiringvolunteerstolearnnewlanguages.

（　　）3.WhatdotheexamplesinParagraph5suggest?

A.TheachievementsofWikitongues.

B.Theinfluencesoflanguagesonlife.

C.Thesignificanceofsavinglanguages.

D.Thedifficultywithlanguagerecovery.

（　　）4.Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?

A.Wikitonguesisstrugglingtospreadlanguages

B.Wikitonguesstartsalanguagelearningwebsite

C.Wikitonguesisbringingoldlanguagesbacktolife

D.Wikitonguesseekstosavetheworld’sdyinglanguages

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　　Nextmonth,I’mtravellingtoaremoteareaofCentralAfricaandmyaimistoknowenoughLingala—oneofthelocallanguages—tohaveaconversation.Iwasn’tsurehowIwasgoingtomanagethis,untilIdiscoveredawaytolearnallthevocabularyI’mgoingtoneed.ThankstoMemrise,theapplicationI’musing,itfeelsjustlikeagame.

“Peopleoftenstoplearningthingsbecausetheyfeelthey’renotmakingprogressorbecauseitallfeelsliketoomuchhardwork,”saysEdCooke,oneofthepeoplewhocreatedMemrise.“We’retryingtocreateaformoflearningexperiencethatisfunandissomethingyou’dwanttodoinsteadofwatchingTV.”

Memrisegivesyouafewnewwordstolearnandtheseare“seeds”whichyouplantinyour“greenhouse”.Whenyoulearnthewords,you“wateryourplants”.Whentheapplicationbelievesthatyou’vereallymemorizedaword,itmovesthewordtoyour“garden”.Andifyouforgettologon,theapplicationsendsyoue-mails,remindingyouto“wateryourplants”. 

Theapplicationusestwoprinciplesaboutlearning.Thefirstisthatpeoplememorizethingsbetterwhentheylinkthemtoapictureintheirmind.Memrisetranslateswordsintoyourownlanguage,butitalsoencouragesyoutouse“mems”.Forexample,Imemorized“motele”,theLingalawordfor“engine”,usingamemIcreated—Iimaginedanoldengineinamotel（汽车旅馆）room.

Thesecondprincipleisthatweneedtostopafterstudyingwordsandthenrepeatthemagainlater,leavingtimebetweenstudysessions.Memrisehelpsyouwiththis,becauseit’sthekindofapplicationyouonlyuseforfiveortenminutesaday.

I’velearnthundredsofLingalawordswithMemrise.Iknowthiswon’tmakemeafluentspeaker,butIhopeI’llbeabletodomorethanjustsmilewhenImeetpeopleinCongo.Now,Ineedtogoandwatermyvocabulary!

（　　）5.WhatdoesEdCookemakeanefforttodowithMemrise?

A.Creatememorableexperien