高一英语阅读测试高一英语阅读测试.doc

Week4 (A) Vocabulary： A. considered B. overlooked C. particular D. languages E. primary F. survival G. preserving H. extremely I. frequently J. disappearing “True creativity often starts where language ends.”Arthur Koestler The net plays another, more active, role on the linguistic（语言学的）front, a role that is 1　_ overlooked by many people who believe English victory is on the go. Since the advent (来临) of World Wide Web, many minority 　2　，those spoken by single nations or ethnic groups, have enjoyed a dramatic upsurge(急剧上升)in vitality. Many such tongues were 3 endangered just a decade ago. Late-century mobility and economic currents were taking more and more speakers out of their communities and away from fellow speakers. Languages were 　4　 at an alarming rate. Like biological extinction, linguistic extinction is a serious loss for all of humankind. Languages are some of the 　5　 ways people maintain their culture and are crucial to understanding other cultures. When fewer and fewer people share a 　6　 language, it may die, and when it does, part of our collective human culture dies with it． Surprisingly, though, the Internet has become a valuable tool for 　7 endangered languages. Speakers of these languages not only have been particularly active in putting up web pages in their various languages, but also in mounting (配置) 　8　 effective, large-scale dictionary and language-learning projects online. There is no reason why minority languages cannot live together with a common social language like English. Indeed, the Internet offers more hope for their 　9 　than they have ever known before, especially as translation tools become more effective. Cloze： Several times throughout your school years, you may be asked to work with one or more of your classmates. 1 is necessary, and is usually more productive than working alone. Whatever the task your group is assigned, a few 2 need to be followed to ensure a producti