高中英语外研社（2019）必修第一册综合检测（含答案）.pdfVIP

综合检测[分值：40分]

Ⅰ.阅读理解(共4小题；每小题2.5分，共10分)

Alanguageisbasicallyacollectionofdialectsthatareunderstandabletoeachother.Although

thereareafewreferencestolanguagesinsomebooks，researchersarestillconfusedastohowand

whentheywereinvented.AccordingtothestoryfromGenesis，humansareunitedaftertheGreat

Floodandbeginspeakingasinglelanguage.MovingfromtheeasttothelandofShinar，theyagree

tobuildacityandtower.Uponseeingthis，theCreatorupsetstheirspeechsothattheycanno

longerunderstandeachother，andscatters(使分散)themaroundtheworld.

AccordingtoEthnologue：LanguagesoftheWorld，thereareabout7,000knownlanguages

spokenbypeoplearoundtheworld.InAsiaalone，thereare2,294languagesspoken，inAfrica

2,144，intheAmericas1,061，andinEurope287languages.Sadly，thesenumbersfallevery

year.Actually，theexactnumberoflanguagesspokenhasalwaysbeensurroundedby

uncertainty.Thisispartlyduetothefactthattherearestillmanypartsoftheworldthathavenot

beenfullyexploredyet.

Whydoesalanguagebecomeendangeredeasily？“Ithappenswhenfewerandfewerpeople

speakit，andespeciallywhenchildrenstoplearningitastheirmainlanguage.Thesechildrenare

thenlesslikelytospeakitathomeandteachittotheirchildren，”saidGabrielaPerezBaez，an

associateprofessorofLinguisticsintheLinguisticsDepartmentattheUniversityofOregon.An

exampleofthiscanbeseeninNorthAmerica.Among165nativelanguages，onlyeightofthemare

spokenby10,000peopleandabout75arespokenbyasmallnumberofoldpeople.

Basedonthecurrentsituation，linguistsarenowabletopredictthatatleast3,000languages

willbelostwithinthenextcentury.That’sabouthalfoftoday’sknownlanguages.Soweshould

makeanefforttohelpsav