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Prior to the 20th century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived for centuries. The increasingly interconnected modem world makes it much more difficult for small language communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenance and preservation.
It remains to be seen whether the world can maintain its linguistic and cultural diversity in the centuries ahead. Many powerful forces appear to work against it: population growth, which pushes migrant populations into the world's last isolated locations; mass tourism; global telecommunications and mass media: and the spread of gigantic global corporations. All of these forces appear to signify a future in which the language of advertising, popular culture, and consumer products become similar. Already English and a few other major tongues have emerged as global languages of commerce and communication. For many of the world's peoples, Learning one of these languages is viewed as the key to education, economic opportunity, and a better way of life.
Only about 3,000 languages now in use are expected to survive the coming century. Are most of the rest doomed in the century after that?
Whether most of these languages survive will probably depend on how strongly cultural groups wish to keep their identity alive through a native language. To do so will require an emphasis on bilingualism (mastery of two languages). Bilingual speakers could use their own language in smaller spheres - at home, among friends, in community setting - and a global language at work, in dealings with government, and in commercial spheres. In this way, many small languages could sustain their cultural and linguistic integrity alongside global languages, rather than yield to the homogenizing ( iii+11 ) forces of globalization.
Ironically, the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages could also help save them. For example, some experts predict that computer software translation tools will one day permit minority language speakers to browse the Internet using their native tongues. Linguists are currently using computer- aided learning tools to teach a variety of threatened languages.
For many endangered languages, the line between revival and death is extremely thin. Language is remarkably resilient ( 有活力的) ，however. It is not just a tool or communicating，but also a powerful way of separating different groups, or of demonstrating group identity. Many indigenous ( 原生的，土著的) communities have shown that it is possible to live in the modern world while reclaiming their unique identities through language.
41 . Minority languages can be best preserved in_________.
A. an increasingly interconnected world
B. maintaining small numbers of speakers
C. relatively isolated language communities
D. following the tradition of the 20th century
42. According to paragraph 2, that the world can maintain its linguistic diversity in the future is _________.
A. uncertain
B. unrealistic
C. foreseeable
D. definite
43. According to the author, bilingualism can help _________.
A. small languages become acceptable in work places
B. homogenize the world's languages and cultures
C. global languages reach home and community settings
D. speakers maintain their linguistic and cultural identity
44. Computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages in that it _________.
A. makes learning a global language unnecessary
B. facilitates the learning and using of those languages
C. raises public awareness of saving those languages
D. makes it easier for linguists to study those languages
45. In the author's view, many endangered languages are _________.
A. remarkable well-kept in this modern world
B. exceptionally powerful tools of communication
C. quite possible to be revived instead of dying out
D. a unique way of bringing different groups together
参考答案
41. 答案 C。
本题信息点是“minority languages can be best preserved”，要求考生获取小语种可以得到保护的条件的信息。该信息出现在文章第一段第二句：The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult For small languages communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenances and preservation. 该句表明interconnected modern world 使得小语言群体很难孤立于世界，这是语言保护的关键因素。由此可见，保护小语种的主要条件是使用这些语言的群体要生活在相对隔离的环境中。所以选项C 符合文章内容，为本题答案.
42.答案 A。
本题信息点是“the world can maintain its linguistic diversity in the future”， 要求考生根据第二段的内容推断出 "世界将来可以保持语言多样性” 这个事实的相关信息。第二段第一句指出： 在未来几个世纪，世界是否能够保持语言及文化的多样性还有待观察。作者然后用举例证明了这一看法。由此可见，本题答案为A。
43. 答案 D。
本题信息点是“bilingualism can help”。该信息出现在第四段第三句和第四句，其大意为： 双语使用者可以在小范围内使用他们自己的语言，而在工作场所. 在与政府打交道时、在商业环境中使用通用语，这样便可维系其文化和语言的完整性。由此可见选项D 符合文章内容。为本题答案。
44. 答案 B
本题信息点是computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages。以前我们讲述过原因题常见的三种答题思路：(1) 信号词直接表述原因：(2) 句内语意直接表明原因：(3) 上句点题，下旬给出原因。我们先在文中找到该题信息点所在语段，该信息出现在文章第五段第一句：Ironically，the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages could also help save them 。显然，本旬只是点到题目的内容，并没有说明其原因，所以我们便可以断定原因会在下旬给出。紧接着的一句话是：For example，some experts predict that computer software translation tools will one day permit minority language speakers to browse the internet using their native tongues. 由此可见选项B“使学习使用这些语言更加方便”符合文章内容，为本题答案。
45. 答案 C。
本题信息点是many endangered languages。文章第六段是作者对濒临消失的小语种的看法：(1) the line between revival and death is extremely thin “复兴和消失的界限极小”：(2) it is possible to live in the modern world while reclaiming their unique identities through language “生活在现代社会又能通过使用他们的语言保持其独特身份是完全可能的”，由此可见选项C 符合文章内容。为本题答案。
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