Question 1
答案:isolation
关键词:6800/variety of language/geographical
定位原文:第3段第1句“Isolation breeds linguistic diversity: as a result, the world is peppered with languages spoken by only a few people.”
解题思路:根据这句话可知,语言多样性是由于地理上的isolation。
Question 2
答案:economic globalization/globalization/socio-economic pressures
关键词:government/huge decrease
定位原文:第5段第4句“…the deadliest weapon is not government policy but economic pressures...”
解题思路:本题目要看清楚问的是语言消失的原因,and表示并列,因此空中应该填与government initiatives对等的原因,而文中第五段前半部分提到政府政策对语言的影响,但是科学家们也指出,真正致命的原因是社会经济压力。
Question 3
答案:cultural identity
关键词:Increasing appr?eciation/language classes
定位原文:第7段第2句话“But a growing interest in cultural identity may prevent the direst predictions from coming true.”
解题思路:“increasing appreciation”和文中的“growing interest”是同义替换,故正确答案是cultural identity。”
Question 4
答案:traditional skill
关键词:‘apprentice’/teach/a
定位原文:第7段倒数第4句“Volunteer 'apprentices' pair up with one of the last living speakers of a Native American tongue to learn a traditional skill such as basket weaving, with instruction exclusively in the endangered language.”
解题思路:“apprentice”做为定位词,题干这句话的意思是在学徒计划中,濒危语言被用来作为载体来教授人们一种……,文中的“learn”与“teach”在意思上有关联,而不定冠词“a”之后要填一个专有名词。