江苏省宝应中学学年高一英语下学期月考试题含答案文档格式.docx
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Languageshavebeencomingandgoingforthousandsofyears,butinrecenttimestherehasbeenlesscomingandalotmoregoing.Whentheworldwasstillpopulatedbyhunter-gatherers,small,tightlyknit(联系)groupsdevelopedtheirownpatternsofspeechindependentofeachother.Somelanguageexpertsbelievethat10,000yearsago,whentheworldhadjustfivetotenmillionpeople,theyspokeperhaps12,000languagesbetweenthem.
Soonafterwards,manyofthosepeoplestartedsettlingdowntobecomefarmers,andtheirlanguagestoobecamemoresettledandfewerinnumber.Inrecentcenturies,trade,industrialization,thedevelopmentofthenation-stateandthespreadofuniversalcompulsoryeducation,especiallyglobalisationandbettercommunicationsinthepastfewdecades,allhavecausedmanylanguagestodisappear,anddominantlanguagessuchasEnglish,SpanishandChineseareincreasinglytakingover.
Atpresent,theworldhasabout6,800languages.Thedistributionoftheselanguagesishugelyuneven.Thegeneralruleisthatmildzoneshaverelativelyfewlanguages,oftenspokenbymanypeople,whilehot,wetzoneshavelots,oftenspokenbysmallnumbers.Europehasonlyaround200languages;
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noneoftheseseemstohavemuchchanceofsurvival.
4.Whatcanweinferaboutlanguagesinhunter-gatherertimes?
A.Theydevelopedveryfast.B.Theywerelargeinnumber.
C.Theyhadsimilarpatterns.D.Theywerecloselyconnected
5.Whichofthefollowingbestexplains“dominant”underlinedinParagraph2?
A.Complex.B.Advanced.C.Powerful.D.Modern.
6.Howmanylanguagesarespokenbylessthan6,000peopleatpresent?
A.About6,800.B.About3,400.C.About2,400.D.About1,200.
7.Whatisthemainideaofthetext?
A.Newlanguageswillbecreated.
B.People'
slifestylesarereflectedinlanguages.
C.Humandevelopmentresultsinfewerlanguages.
D.Geographydetermineslanguageevolution.
C
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sdegreeormoreeducation.Thedifferenceisevenbiggeramongthoseaged16—24.Thejoblessrateforthosewithonlyahighschooldiplomainthatagegroupisabout20%.Atthesametime,recentresearchbyCanadianeconomistswarnsthatacollegedegreeisnoguaranteeofpromisingemployment.
MrsSawhillpointedoutthatamongtheaspectsthataffectthevalueofacollegeeducationisthefieldofone'
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Studentsinengineeringorothersciencesendupearningmorethanoneswhomajorintheartsoreducation.Thecostoftuition(学费)andtheavailabilityoffinancialaidareotherconsiderations,withpublicinstitutions(大学)generallyabetterfinancialbargainthanprivateones.
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B.technicalskillsaremostimportantforfindingajob
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9.Whatdoestheunderlinedpart“takingapagefrom”(inPara.5)possiblymean?
A.Learningfrom.B.Changingfrom.
C.Differingfrom.D.Hearingfrom.
10.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?
A.Publicinstitutionschargemoreforeducation.
B.Europeanuniversitiesarestricterwithstudents.
C.Canadianstudentsprefertomajorinengineering.
D.Studentswithcertainskillsareingreatdemand.
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