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浙江省宁波市海曙区2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中英语试题
The late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, once said: "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to a man in his own language, that goes to his heart. "
Mandela understood that our mother language is a very close thing to us. For people who speak an ancient tongue as their mother language, it helps them keep their traditions. Their language is their main connection with their ancestors(祖先).
So it's a serious thing when a language disappears. Over the last century, more than 400 languages have died out. Some languages are now spoken only by a few dozen people, like Yagan in Chile. Africa and South America are also places where many languages are dying.
Why are humans speaking fewer languages than we once did? The answer has to do with globalization (全球化). Nowadays, it's more useful to speak certain languages - English is one example - rather than others. This has killed some languages, usually ones spoken by fewer or less influential people.
But some people aren't prepared to accept a planet with fewer and fewer languages. The United Nations has set Feb 21 as International Mother Language Day. The organization wants people to pay more attention to dying languages.
This work is very important. As US writer Rita Mae Brown wrote, "Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells where its people come from and where they are going. "
43-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history— she is China's first teacher in space.
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Wang, born in January,1980, is from east China's Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force with experience of about 1,600 hours of flying.
The world's first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States in 1984 when she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants. But the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated (分裂) after 73 seconds into flight on Jan. 28,1986. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.
"Wang's lecture was a pleasant surprise," said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut in the three members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft." {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sometimes we'd like to give her a helping hand, but she just would not accept," said Nie Haisheng.
Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said," {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical(神秘的) and beautiful universe."
A. McAuliffe and other six members were killed. B. She prepared for the lecture for a long time. C. We are all students in facing the universe. D. She does well in whatever she does. E. She tries her best to teach others. |
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