35. Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?
D
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35. Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?
D
【考点】O6:社会文化类阅读;P2:文中细节;P4:逻辑推理.菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文属于记叙文阅读,叙述了学者们如今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,并且根据他自己在尼泊尔一个村
庄的生活经历写了一本书.他不只是满足于把这些语言在灭绝前记录下来,他
要把他们挽救下来,并和现在的语言进行重新的连接.
【解答】BADD
32.B 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.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.
33.A 词义猜测题.根据第三段But he is not content to simply record these voices
before they disappear without
record.可知这些语言在没有被记录前就要消失了,所以这些学者对这些语言做
的是最早的记录.故选A.
34.D 推理判断题.根据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.可知他的书是根据他在尼泊尔一个村庄中的生活经历写的,故选D.
【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题.根据最后一段available not just to scholars but to the younger
generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.
以及Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech
communities.
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D.
【点评】考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文
章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个
人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
第二节 (共5小题,每小题3分,满分15分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中
有两项为多余选项。
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