When the world is “waving a c…——2014 高考英语第 31 题答案解析

【考点】O5：科教类阅读；P2：文中细节；P4：逻辑推理．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文是一篇议论文．文章以驯兽师拿一把椅子在狮子面前，狮子感到
困惑，呆立不动的例子导入，其实我们人也一样，当面对多个选择时，不知该
选哪一个，又怕选错了，因此往往进展很小，甚至保持原样．文章旨在告诉我

们当遇到多种选择时，要专注一件事，并下决心做下去．
【解答】AABC
28．A考查细节理解．根据第一段中"When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of
the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same
time"可知，当驯兽师拿着椅子在狮子面前时，狮子关注椅子的四条腿，因此椅
子用是用来戏耍狮子的．故选A．
29．A 考查推理判断．根据第一段中的"With its focus divided, the lion becomes
confused and is unsure about what to do
next"可知，当注意力分散时，狮子开始变得困惑，人们跟狮子相似，也会困惑
，不知道该怎么做．故选A．
30．B 考查推理判断．根据第三段中"This upsets me to no end because while all
the experts are busy debating about which option is
best"可知，专家们正忙于讨论哪一种选择是最好的，这令作者苦恼，因此可以
推断出作者对专家的态度是怀疑．故选B．

【答案】C

【解析】考查推理判断．根据第四段中"Anytime you find the world waving a chair
in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need
to get started."及"Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful
people"可知，当你面前挥舞着一把椅子时，你要集中精力做一件事，那就是开
始下决心去做．成功的人的习惯之一就是在感觉准备好之前就开始行动，文中
的"take immediate action"与"make a quick decision"同义．故选C．
【点评】解答细节理解题时，一个常用的方法就是运用定位法，即根据题干和
选项中的关键词从原文中找到相关的句子，与选项进行比较从而确定答案；推
理判断题既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思，又要求学生对
作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断，力求从作者的角度去
考虑，不要固守自己的看法或观点．
　
D
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
6,000-7,000 languages 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, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
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, 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, tap 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 youngers.
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.