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任务型阅读 阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,完成下列各题。
    Language is always changing and developing. This isn't a bad thing. If English hadn't changed for a long time, we won't have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
    Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.
    How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people's. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don't change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.

(1)、What does the writer think of the change and development of language?
He thinks it is  .

(2)、Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?
Because their   and education levels are different.

(3)、How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?
The writer mentions  reasons.

(4)、How do young people help develop language?
They do it when they  others of their own age.

(5)、What is considered a dead language according to the passage?
The one that  over time is considered a dead language.

举一反三

根据下面短文内容,在文章后第1~10小题的空格里填入最恰当的单词,并将答案填写在答题纸标号为1~10的相应位置上。注意:每空一词。

    Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in a worker's family. He enjoyed going to the sea when he was a young boy.

    He heard that there was a lot of gold and other valuable things in East India. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship. On August 3, 1492, he sailed toward the west from Palos, Spain with three ships. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.

    In his life, he made four trips across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him during the last time. He returned to Spain in 1504. Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension(退休金) the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He died in 1506, still believing that he had found a new route to East India and that he had reached Asia.

    Columbus didn't get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. He is remembered by all not only for the New World he discovered, but also for the way he led for other explorers.

Christopher Columbus and His Sailing

Personal information

● Columbus was from a worker's family. His {#blank#}1{#/blank#} place is Genoa, Italy.

● He didn't get to school very much, but he loved to go to the   {#blank#}2{#/blank#} as a very young boy.

His four sailing{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

● He sailed with three ships from Spain {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he wanted to look for the treasure in East India. During their first sailing, they found land, an island {#blank#}5{#/blank#} San Salvador by him.

● The world was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} larger than he thought and he considered Cuba as Japan by mistake.

● Later in his life, he had {#blank#}7{#/blank#} three trips across the ocean. Finally he came back home in 1504.

●{#blank#}8{#/blank#} of being rich, he only got a pension given by the king and the queen because he found the New World.

His great

achievements

● He learnt Spanish and Latin {#blank#}9{#/blank#} himself during his travels.

● People {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Columbus because he discovered a New World and led the way for other explorers.

任务型阅读

    The speed and convenience of modern travel makes the faraway countries be reached quickly and easily now.

    Even though they now seem closer, they may still be different from your home country. So it is important to change your behavior so that you can get on well with local people. Following are some basic rules that will make communication easier, and your trip more enjoyable.

    First, never raise your voice in order to make yourself understood. If you don't know the word for something in the local language, try to draw a picture or point to the thing. Before you travel, you can also learn some basic words or phrases of the local language, such as words for please, thank you, and may I, as well as basic greetings

    Second, consider the culture of the country you plan to visit and read about the rules related to clothing. You ca bring some clothes such as shirts or T-shirts that cover your shoulders, and long trousers.

    Avoid topics(话题) that you think may be sensitive. If a topic is sensitive in your own culture, it will likely be the same in other cultures. Feel free to show interest in the history and customs of the place that you are visiting, but don't ask questions about why things are done a certain way, because you may make the local people unhappy.

    Keep in mind that in many cultures, showing affection in public isn't allowed. Kissing on the street or in public should be avoided. If you are unsure of how to behave, watch the local people and copy them.

    Finally, if you wish to take a gift, do some research. The idea of the perfect gift is different greatly from country to country, and one of the easiest ways to make someone angry is to give the wrong gift.

⑴题完成句子; ⑵⑶题简略回答问题; ⑷题为找出并写下全文的主题句; ⑸将文中划线句子译成汉语。

阅读短文,从短文下面方框中的六个句子中选择五个还原到短文中,使短文通顺完整、衔接自然。

 

    Dawa Dorji has many jobs: singer, barkeeper and English tour guide, but he is most famous as the lead singer of the first folk(民间的) pop band in Tibet(西藏).

    In 2003, Dawa Dorji met two fans of Tibetan music.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, and later another two joined the band.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, so they had to practise on weekdays in a small village after work. Dawa Dorji and his band members believed that they needed to communicate with their audience(听众) in order to write good songs. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    At the beginning, most audience were foreigners, but after a couple of months, many local people came to enjoy their music. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    “Whenever there is a festival, we Tibetans sing and dance, I sang songs with the old people, and I learned more about how to sing,” said Dawa Dorji.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, and many of them are from traditional ones.

    Dawa Dorji believes that their efforts(努力) are meaningful for introducing Tibetan folk music to the whole nation, and even the whole world.

A. Dawa Dorji was born in Lhasa

B. Each member of the band had his own job

C. They became good friends and started a band

D. As a result, the band became more and more popular

E. So at weekends they rushed to restaurants to sing for free

F. So far, four albums(唱片) with 48 Tibetan language songs have come out

阅读短文,并按要求完成问题。(1)题为完成句子;(2)(3)题为简略回答问题;(4)题为归纳文章的主题;(5)题为将文中划线句子译成汉语。

    In the UK, bus journeys are very common. Buses are often convenient(便利的)for the people who live or work in the city center. Passengers can avoid heavy traffic and do not have to pay for the parking. However, taking the bus is just a necessary but boring part of life: they get on the bus, pay for it and sit down or find a place to stand when it is crowded. Everyone seems sad and bored. 

    In Latin America, however, bus trips can be wonderful. For a start, films are showed on the buses between cities for passengers to have fun along the journeys. Local buses do not show films. but drivers usually turn on the radio and it can be great for passengers to listen to songs and get relaxed. 

    Even better than films and music are the sights and sounds on the buses. Local buses always go to parts of the town that passengers would not visit by themselves. There passengers can see shops that they have never heard about. And they can also see other cultures of the town from the windows of the buses.

    Besides passengers' luggage(行李)is also interesting. It is common to see a happy dog's head getting out of somebody's bag or a lovely chicken "speaking cheerfully "under somebody's arm. Once on a bus in Peru a farmer even tied a sheep to the top of the bus. It was quite surprising.

    In all, taking the bus in Latin America is really fun and unforgettable.

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