2024年中考英语新热点时文阅读-语言与文化
题型主要内容
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阅读理解介绍了希腊人和罗马人的思想仍然很重要，要了解西方文化，就必须要了解古典世界
的文化，学习希腊语和拉丁语。
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阅读理解介绍了为了防止方言消失，中国政府在几年前启动了中国语言资源保护工程。
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阅读理解Greg写信给Dr.Fingers,他想知道must和haveto的区别，Fingers回信给他进行了解
释。
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阅读理解介绍了一些与阿拉伯语有关的事实，包括其种类、书写方式和发音规律等。
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阅读理解介绍一个名为“荀子”的大型语言模型。
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完形填空讲述了表情符号的使用可能会造成理解差异。
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完形填空介绍了美国的一些礼貌用语背后隐含的真正意思。无论人们是在互相问候，谈论一个想
法，
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完形填空介绍了一个加拿大人BrandonCollins-Green因为对中国诗歌感兴趣，从而花很多年的
精力致力把中文诗歌翻译成英文，帮助更多的西方人更了解中国。
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短文填空由于国家推广说普通话，导致很多学生不会讲方言，于是近几年，国家开始保护不同
的语言资源。
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阅读回答介绍了国际母语日的意义，以及人们为了拯救濒危语言做出的努力。
问题
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（2024四J11成者B,统考一模）Twohundredyearsago,AmericanstudentswenttoAmericanschools.Likeyou,
theystudiedmath,spellingandgeography.Unlikeyou,theyalsostudiedGreek（希月昔语）andLatin（拉丁语）.Infact,
studentsspentmorethanhalftheirtimestudyingGreekandLatin.
ThesamewastrueformoststudentsinEurope.Untiltheseventhcentury,alleducatedEuropeansknewLatin.
ItdidnotmatteriftheylivedinEngland,Italy,FranceorSpain.Iftheywereeducated,theyknewLatin.
Duringtheseventhcentury,educatedEuropeansbegantostudyGreekaswellasLatin.GreekandLatinhad
beentheleadinglanguagesoftheancientGreeksandRomans.AlleducatedEuropeanswereexpectedtoknowthese
languages.
ToeducatedEuropeans,thelanguagesoftheGreeksandtheRomanswereimportant.TheideasoftheGreeks
andRomanswerealsoimportant.PeopleknewthatmanyoftheirownideashadcomefromtheGreeksandthe
Romans.Tounderstandtheirownculture,theymustunderstanditsorigin（起源）.Theyknewthatthosebeginnings
layintheclassical（古典文学的）world.
TodaywehavesomanythingstostudythatfewpeoplehavetimetolearnGreekandLatin.Fewofyouwill
studyeitherlanguageinschool.YettheideasoftheGreeksandtheRomansarestillimportanttous.Theseideasstill
helptoshapeWesternculturetoday.Tounderstandourownculture,wemustunderstandthecultureoftheclassical
world.
1.Twohundredyearsago,inAmericanschools.
A.studentspaidlittleattentiontomath
B.GreekandLatinwererequiredtostudy
C.studentsknewlittleaboutgeography
2.ItwasforeducatedEuropeanstostudyGreekandLatinduringtheseventhcentury.
A.popularB.uselessC.dangerous
3.Accordingtothetext,Europeansthought.
A.theoriginoftheirculturewasunknown
B.GreekwasmuchmoreimportantthanLatin
C.theRomanshadagreatinfluenceontheirculture
4.Wheredoestheauthorofthetextprobablycomefrom
A.Japan.B.Greece.C.America.
5.Inthelastparagraph,theauthorsuggeststhat
A.it'sofgreatvaluetolearnGreekandLatin
B.thecultureoftheclassicalworldisuselessnowadays
C.WesterncultureisquitedifferentfromGreekandRomancultures
（2024上重庆铜梁九年级统考期末）
Doyouspeakadialect（方言）indailylifeWhilemanyChinesepeoplespeakputonghua,somelocaldialects
areindangerofdisappearing.Tosavethem,theChinesegovernmentstartedtheChineseLanguageResources
ProtectionProject（中国语言资源保护工程）afewyearsago.
Thisprojectlooksathowpeopletalkin1,712places.Theirlanguagesinclude103dialectsthatarealmostgone.
IthashelpedChinatobuildthelargestlanguageresourcelibraryintheworld.There9sanonlinelibrarywherepeople
canlearndialectsfromover5.6millionaudioclips（音频）andover5millionvideos.
ScholarZhangHongmingtalkedabouthisworriesofthedisappearingofdialects."Toraboutover10years,in
theWudialectareassuchasShanghaiandSuzhou,childrenaged6to15canunderstandbuthardlyspeakthedialect,
youngpeopleabove15yearsoldsometimesspeakit,butnotverywell.Ifthiskeepshappening,thedialectmight
disappear,hesaid.
WhyisitimportanttoprotectthedialectcultureAccordingtoBritishlinguistHaroldPalmer,dialectsareakey
tostorelocalcultures.Languageshowsthehistory,thebeliefsandthebiases（偏见）ofanarea,hesaid.
▲Abignationalhardworkhasbeenputintotheprojecttomakeithappen,saidCaoZhiyun,theexperton
theproject.Overfiveyears,morethan350universitiesandresearchgroupsjoinedin,alongwithover4,500experts
andmorethan6,000dialectspeakers.
6.TheChinesegovernmentstartedtheproject.
A.topublicthedialectsB.tocancelthedialects
C.tocopythedialectsD.tosavethedialects
7.Therearedialectsinthelargestlanguageresourcelibrary.
A.103B,1712C.5millionD.5.6million
8.Whichofthefollowingsentencescanbeputinthe▲
A.HowdidChinaprotectthesedialectsculture
B.Whostartedtheprojecttoprotectdialectsculture
C.Howmanyspeakersdidtakepartinthisproject
D.Wherewasthethelargestdialectlibrarybuilt
9.Whafsthemainideaofthispassage
A.Chinamadeasurveytolookathowpeopletalkedin1,712places.
B.Chinahasdonealotofhardworktoprotectthedialectculture.
C.Manyuniversitiesandresearchgroupsjoinedintheproject.
D.ManyyoungpeopleintheWudialectareascan'tsaytheirdialect.
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（2024.四川成都.统考一模）
DearFingers,
I'mteachingEnglishinRussiaandIhadafewproblemstryingtotellmystudentsaboutthedifference
between"must"and"haveto”.Please,couldyouhelpme
Allthebest.
Greg
DearGreg,
Iwouldbegladtotryandhelpyou.Lefssee,firstofallyoucouldtellyourstudentsthatboththesewords
areusedfortalkingaboutobligationsbuttherearesomeimportantdifferences.Let'slookatthemseparately.
Must
Basically,^musf"isanobligationthatisfeltbythepersonwhoistalking.Itislikesaying,“Ifeelitis
necessarytodoX”.Lefsseesomeexamples:
“Imuststopsmoking”,whichmeans,6iIfeelitisnecessaryformetostopbecauseitisbadformyhealth”.
“Youmustfinishthisby5:00p.m.”,whichmeans"Ithinkitisnecessarythatyoufinishthisby5:00p.
“Shemuststoptalkinglikethat”,whichmeans“Ithinkitisnecessarythatshestopstalkinglikethat”.
Haveto
Ontheotherhand,"haveto"isanobligationthatcomesfromanotherperson.Itcanalsoberelatedtoalaw,
aruleoranagreement.Lefslookatsomeexamples:
“Ihavetoseethedoctor”,whichmeans“IhaveanappointmenttoseethedoctorsoIhavetogo”.
“Shehastogetherhaircutnowshe'sinthearmy”,whichmeans"Shehastogetherhaircutbecausearule
inthearmysaysthatitisobligatory^^.
“Youhavetotakeyourpassportwhenyougoabroad”,whichmeans“youhavetotakeyourpassportbecause
thereisalawthatmakesthisobligatory^^.
Well,Greg,Ihopethathasansweredyourquestion.Iwillputsomegrammarexercisesrelatedtothisquestion
intheexercisepacksoyoucanpracticeittoo.ThanksagainforyourquestionandI'llspeaktoyouallinthenext
magazine.
Dr.Fingers
10.WhatisDr.Fingers
A.Alifeexpert.B.Agrammaradviser.C.Alanguagelearner.
11.Wherecanwepossiblyreadthearticle
A.OntheInternet.B.OnaNotice.C.Inamagazine.
12.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"obligation"inDr.Fingers9e-mailmean
A.Promise.B.Agreement.C.Duty.
13.Howmanykindsofusages（用;去）about"'haveto"arementionedinDr.Fingerse-mail
A.One.B.Three.C.Five.
14.Whatdoes"ShemuststudyEnglishweirmean
A.IthinkitisnecessarythatshestudiesEnglishwell.
B.ShestudiesEnglishwellbecauseofagreement.
C.ShestudiesEnglishwellbecausethere9sarule.
（2024上重庆沙坪坝八年级重庆南开中学校考期末）
"Motasharefbnbema,refatek!^^isagreetinginArabic（阿拉伯语）.Itmeans“Nicetomeetyou!^^inEnglish.You
mayfindArabicdifficulttounderstand,butthefollowingfactscanbehelpfulinsomeways.
ArabicisalanguageofovertwentycountriesacrosstheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica.Ifsalsooneofthesix
officiallanguagesoftheUN.Nowabout400millionpeopleworldwidespeakArabic.
Arabichasdifferentkinds.OneofthemisModernStandardArabic.ItistaughtatschoolsinallArabic-speaking
countriesandusedonTVoronradios.ColloquialArabicisanotherkindwhichpeopleintheArabworldusuallyuse
intheireverydaylife.
ArabianpeoplewriteArabicintwoways.Forexample,“必尸7」卢/withthemeaningof"Nicetomeetyou!^^
4t,,,
iscommon.Infact,theyalsowriteinLatinletters,Motasharefbnbemarefatek,CommonwrittenArabichas
eighteendifferentcurves（曲线）anddots（＜）.Thecurve（j）withoendotbelowispronounced/b/,twoontopis/t/,
andthreeontopis/th/,whilethecurve（&）withtwodotsbelowispronounced/y/.
Arabichasthe"three-letterroot"system（三母简式）.AlmosteveryArabicwordisbased（基于）onarootof
threeletters.Themeaningofeachwordhassomethingtodowiththeroot.Ifyoutakearootandaddotherlettersto
it,youcancreatemanywords.Forexample,"k-t-b“isacommonrootinArabic.Somewordsfromthatrootare
kitaab（"book"）andmaktaba（"library"）.
TherearemorefactsaboutArabicforyoutoexplore（探索）.You'llfindthatlearningaboutithelpsopenupa
doortoadifferentcultureandprovidesanewwaytoseetheworld.
15.HowmanykindsofArabicarementioned（提及）inthepassage
A.Two.B.Three.C.Four.D.Five.
16.Whichofthefollowingispronounced/b/inArabic
A.B,C.
17.Whatdoestheunderlinedroot"k-t-b"inParagraph5mostprobablymean
A.Cooking.B.Singing.C.Writing.D.Swimming.
18.Whydoesthewriterwritethispassage
A.ToletpeopleknowmoreaboutArabic.B.ToencouragepeopletovisitArabcountries.
C.TotellstoriesfromArabcountries.D.ToadvisepeopletosaveArabic.
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（2024上江苏盐城九年级统考期末）Digdeepintoculture
Thousandsofyearsago,Chinesewordsappearedonanimalbonesandbamboobeforetheywerewrittenon
paper.NowancientChinesetextshavea“newcontainer（容器）“inthemodernage.
Recently,aresearchteamfromNanjingAgriculturalUniversitytogetherwithGulian,aleadingancientChinese
textpublisher,introducedalargelanguagemodelcalledXunzi.
""TraditionalChinesecharactersandtheabsenceofpunctuationmarks（标点符号）arealwaysmakingreading
traditionaltextshard,“saidWangDongbowholedtheresearch,explainingwhytheymadethelargelanguagemodel.
Tocreatethismodel,WangandhispartnersdidalotofresearchonChineseclassicslikeSikuQuanshuorthe
CompleteLibraryinFourSections.t6WehadtoworkontwobillionChinesecharactersandourworkgaveusagood
start,saidWang.
However,itisnotaneasyjob.Wangsaidtheyneedtolearntheseclassicsfirstandthenmarkthecharactersinto
differenttypes,likeadjectivesandnouns,whichareputintothemodel.
Buttheireffortseemstobepayingoff.Now,themodelcanhelpusersunderstandandanalyzeancientChinese
texts.Forexample,whenuserstypeatshangu^^intothechatbox,theymaynotonlygettheinformationthat“shangu”
means“valley“butalsolearnthatitcouldbeaperson'scourtesyname（字）inancientChinesetexts.
“Themodelcanhelpuslearnmoreinformationhiddeninourculturallegacy（文化遗产）andfindunnoticed
connections,9,saidWang.
WangDongboandhisteamnotonlyletChinesepeopleknowancientChinesetextsbutalsosharethemwith
theworld.TheysharethelargelanguagemodelonwebsiteslikeGithub,allowinguserstodownloadanduseitfor
free.
“Ourteamhasbeensharingthephilosophyofmakingthedata（数据）andmodelwiththeworldsothatmore
peoplewilllearnabouttraditionalChineseculture,saidWang.
19.WangDongboandhisteammadethelargelanguagemodelto.
A.figureouttheancientpunctuationmarksB.collectalltraditionalChinesecharacters
C.makereadingtraditionaltextseasierD.doresearchonChineseclassics
20.Creatingthislargelanguagemodelis.
A.difficultB.meaninglessC.simpleD.quick
21.TheexampleinParagraph6shows.
A.whatthemodelcandoB.whythemodelwascreated
C.whatpeoplethinkaboutthemodelD.whatdisadvantagesthemodelhas
22.AccordingtoWang,thenewmodelcanhelpus.
A.masteraskillofmakingthedataB.learnancientpeople'slivesintherightway
C.learntheideasofXunzibetterD.spreadChinesetraditionalculture
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（2024上广东深圳八年级深圳中学校考期末）
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LiLian,a32-year-oldwoman,recentlyhelpedhermothersolveaproblemonthephoneandthemothersenther
a“smile“emoji（表情符号）.Lipointedouttohermother,HuoYing,thatusingtheemojiwithothersmay23
sometroubleinunderstanding.
"Nowadays,thisemojioftenmeans'nocomment9（无可奉告）orsuggestsacoldsmile,“Liwrotetohermom.
ButHuo,64,wassurprised,t6WhenIsharedyourinformationtofriendsofmine,theyall24.AndIthink
they5lljustkeepusingtheemojisbasedontheir25
Asurveyshowedthatthe“smile“faceLi26wasleastlikedbypeopleatwork.The27witha
handwipingsweat（擦汗）ofitsbrowwasinthesecondplace.Aspeoplebelieve,bothof28havenegative
meanings.However,asmilingemojishowingitsteethisthe29usedonWeChat.Morethan1billionactive
WeChatusersusetheemojialotoftimesayear.Intheirmind,thisemoji30averypositiveattitude.
Emojisareactuallyapartofconversationsonline.Thedifferencesinunderstandingdonot31existin
theemojis.Inaddition,theyalsoappearinotherphrasesandexpressions.32peoplemayhavedifferent
understandingtowardthesameemoji,itwillbeOKiftheyknowthattheotherpersonisbeingpolite.
23.A.winB.findC.causeD.take
24.A.disagreedB.discussedC.believedD.appeared
25.A.intelligenceB.backgroundC.introductionD.understanding
26.A.referredtoB.foundoutC.dependedonD.heardof
27.A.peopleB.faceC.pictureD.rest
28.A.themB.itC.usD.her
29.A.leastB.bestC.worstD.most
30.A.reportsB.showsC.createsD.makes
31.A.yetB.stillC.onlyD.always
32.A.BecauseB.WhenC.AlthoughD.Since
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（2024Jz-四J11达州九年级统考期末）“Howareyou”isanicequestion.IfshowpeopleintheUnitedStates
usually33eachother.But"Howareyou^^isalsoaveryunusualquestion.
It'saquestionthatoftendoesn'tneedananswer.Thepersonwhoasks“Howareyou^^34tohearthe
answer"Fine.”,eveniftheperson'sfriendisn'tfine.The35isthat,“Howareyou"isn'treallyaquestion
and"Fine."isn'treallyananswer.Theyaresimplyotherwaysofsaying“Hello."or"Hi.”
Sometimes,peopledon'tsay36whattheymean.Forexample,whensomeoneasks,t4Doyouagree”,
theotherpersonmightthink,“No,Idisagree.Ithinkyou'rewrong...”Butitisn'tvery37todisagreeso
strongly,sotheotherpersonmightsay,"I'mnotsure.^^Ifsamorepolitewaytosaythatyoudon't38
someone.
Peoplealsodon'tsayexactlywhattheyarethinkingwhentheyfinishtalkingwithotherpeople.Forexample,
manytalksoverthephone39whenonepersonsays“Ihavetogonow."Often,thepersonwhowantsto
hangupgivesanexcuselike“Someone's40atthedoor.^^or"Somethingisburningonthestove（炉子）
Theexcusesmightbe41,ornot.Nobodycaresifitistrue.Perhapsthepersonsimplydoesn'twanttotalk
anymore,butitisn'tpolitetosaythat.Theexcuseismorepolite,anditdoesn't42anyone'sfeelings.
Tosumup（概括起来说），sometimespeopledon'tsayexactlywhattheyarethinkingormeaning.Itmaysound
alittlecrazy,butit'spartofthegameoflanguageandapolitethingtodo!
33.A.knowB.greetC.supportD.help
34.A.decidesB.choosesC.hopesD.manages
35.A.problemB.resultC.secretD.reason
36.A.exactlyB.quicklyC.suddenlyD.normally
37.A.clearB.fairC.politeD.strange
38.A.dependonB.agreewithC.waitforD.shoutat
39.A.finishB.failC.startD.succeed
40.A.playingB.stoppingC.knockingD.working
41.A.stupidB.realC.necessaryD.simple
42.A.expressB.shareC.reflectD.hurt
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（2024上,陕西汉中九年级统考期末）BrandonCollins-GreenisamanfromCanada.Heisinterested43
Chinesepoems.HespendsnearlytenhoursadaytranslatingChinesepoemsintoEnglish.He44more
than1,000Chinesepoemssincesixyearsago.
AftertranslatingaChinesepoeminto45Englishone.Collins-Greenoftenwritesitdownonapiece
ofpaperwithabrushpen.HealsodrawsapicturebesidetheChinesepoemtohelpshow46.Heconnects
Chineseandforeigncultureswithhispaintings,andwritesthepoemsinEnglish,sohisreaderscanhaveabetter
understandingaboutChinese47,evenChinesehistoryandculture.
BrandonCollins-Greenisstudyingfor48doctor'sdegree（博士学位）inChinanow.Hewants
49anotherforeignlanguageifhisChineseisgoodenough,butthatdayhasn'tarrivedyet.Heknowsthere
50alwaysnewknowledgetolearninChinese.
Collins-Greenhasasmallworkshop（工作坊）nearhisuniversity.Theplaceissmall,buthelikesitverymuch
51hecanpayattentiontohistranslationworkinhisworkshop.
Hispictureswithpoemsarebecomingmoreandmorepopularinforeigncountries.Collins-Greenhopesthat
hisworkscanhelp52westernpeopleknowChinathanbefore,andcometoseehowfastitischanging
andenjoythebeautyofitsculturebythemselves.
43.A.onB.inC.atD.for
44.A.translatesB.istranslatingC.willtranslateD.hastranslated
45.A.anB.aC.theD./
46.A.howthepoemmeansB.howdoesthepoemmean
C.whatthepoemmeansD.whatdoesthepoemmean
47.A.poemB.poemsC.friendD.friends
48.A.heB.hisC.sheD.her
49.A.learnB.inventC.tolearnD.toinvent
50.A.wereB.wasC.areD.is
51.A.becauseB.whenC.ifD.until
52.A.manyB.moreC.fewD.fewer
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（2024上湖南长沙九年级校联考期末）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正
确形式。
AteachergivesaChangshacfialectlessontostudentsattheAffiliatedPrimary
SchoolofHunanNonnalUniversityInChangsha,PHOTOPROVIOCDTOTEENS
Studentsareusedto53(speak)Putonghuabothathomeandschool,however,morethan20third-
gradestudentsfromHunanNormalUniversityhave54(chose)tolearnthelocaldialect(方言)inthe
classroom.
AccordingtoChinaDaily,theclasswastaught55languageprofessors(教授)atsomefamous
56(university).57(Unexpected),intheclass,studentscannotonlypracticesomelanguageskills,
58alsolearnsomeinterestinglocalculturesbehindthedialect.
Asthecountryhasbeenpromoting(推广)Putonghua,Chineseyoungchildrenare59(suppose)to
speakPutonghuaverywell,butmanyofthemdonotlearnhowtospeaklocaldialects.Thafswhythecountryis
trying60(protect)differentlanguageresources(资源)inrecentyears.
PromotingtheuseofPutonghuaanddialectsisnotcontradictory(相互矛盾的).Dialectprotectionis61
futuretrend(趋势)，anddifferentdialects,whichcarry62(they)differentcultures,shouldnotandwill
notdisappear.
(2024上.湖南长沙.九年级湖南师大附中博才实验中学校考期末)阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成下列
任务。
OnFebruary21eachyear,UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）holdsanInternationalMotherLanguageDay
（IMLD）.Theeventistohelppeopletopayattentiontothedisappearanceoftheworld'slanguages.Manyofthem
aredisappearingeachyear.UNESCOseesthisasaterriblefact.
WhathappenswhenalanguagediesoutSomethinggreatislost-notjustsoundsandmarksbutthewaythat
peopleunderstandtheworldandcommunicatewitheachother.Theykeepdifferentculturesandtraditionsthrough
languages.Killalanguageandallthesearekilledtoo.
ThroughIMLD,moreandmorepeoplegraduallyrealizetheterriblesituationandtrytostopit.Manyupload
（上传）texts,audios（音频）andvideosonthewebsiteofGoogle's2018EndangeredLanguagesProjecttospread
waysofcommunication.Also,theMyaamiaProjectmakeseffortstosavethelanguageoftheMiamitribes（Bi）
byencouragingpeopletostudyandcommunicatewithit.
Theseactivitieshaveonethingincommon-theygivelifetothoseendangeredlanguages.Peoplewhoworkto
keeplanguagesalivearenotlimitedtothepast.Manyyoungpeopledesignappsandusesocialmediatosupporttheir
activities.They"sharetheword“tosavetheworld.
So,whiletheproblemofdisappearinglanguagesremainsaveryseriousone,thereishope.Weallhaveaspecial
feelingofourmotherlanguage.ThisiswhyweshouldrememberthewisewordsoflatepresidentofSouthAfrica,
NelsonMandela:"Ifyoutalktoamaninalanguageheunderstands,thatgoestohishead.Ifyoutalktoamaninhis
ownlanguage,thatgoestohisheart.”
63.WhenistheInternationalMotherLanguageDayheldeveryyear
64.Howdopeoplekeepdifferentculturesandtraditions
65.WhatdotheactivitiesliketheMyaamiaProjecthaveincommon
66.WhyshouldwerememberthewisewordsofNelsonMandela
67.DoyouwanttocelebratetheInternationalMotherLanguageDayWhyorwhynot
参考答案：
1.B2,A3.C4.C5.A
【导语】本文主要介绍了希腊人和罗马人的思想仍然很重要，要了解西方文化，就必须要了解古典世界的
文化，学习希腊语和拉丁语。
1.细节理解题。根据“Twohundredyearsago,AmericanstudentswenttoAmericanschools.Likeyou,they
studiedmath,spellingandgeography.Unlikeyou,theyalsostudiedGreek（希腊语）andLatin”可知两百年前,在
美国学校，学生需要学习希腊语和拉丁语。故选B。
2.细节理解题。根据“Untiltheseventhcentury,alleducatedEuropeansknewLatin”可知直到七世纪，所有受
过教育的欧洲人都懂拉丁语，所以受过教育的欧洲人学习希腊语和拉丁语是受欢迎的。故选A。
3.推理判断题。根据"PeopleknewthatmanyoftheirownideashadcomefromtheGreeksandtheRomans.To
understandtheirownculture,theymustunderstanditsorigin（起源）.Theyknewthatthosebeginningslayinthe
classical（古典文学的）world.”可知欧洲人认为他们自己的许多想法都来自希腊人和罗马人，要了解自己的
文化，就必须了解它的起源，可推知欧洲人认为罗马人对他们的文化有很大的影响。故选C。
4.推理判断题。根据"Twohundredyearsago,AmericanstudentswenttoAmericanschools."以及"Peopleknew
thatmanyoftheirownideashadcomefromtheGreeksandtheRomans...YettheideasoftheGreeksandthe
Romansarestillimportanttous.TheseideasstillhelptoshapeWesternculturetoday”可知作者来自西方国家，
可推知作者可能来自美国。故选C。
5.推理判断题。根据“YettheideasoftheGreeksandtheRomansarestillimportanttous”可知希腊人和罗马人
的思想对我们来说仍然很重要，所以学习希腊语和拉丁语很有用。故选A。
6.D7,B8.A9,B
【导语】本文主要介绍了为了防止方言消失，中国政府在几年前启动了中国语言资源保护工程。
6.细节理解题。根据“WhilemanyChinesepeoplespeakputonghua,somelocaldialectsareindangerof
disappearing.Tosavethem,theChinesegovernmentstartedtheChineseLanguageResourcesProtectionProject
（中国语言资源保护工程）afewyearsago.”可知，为了不让方言消失，拯救方言，中国政府启动了中国语言
资源保护工程。故选D。
7.细节理解题。根据“Thisprojectlooksathowpeopletalkin1,712places.Theirlanguagesinclude103dialects
thatarealmostgone.IthashelpedChinatobuildthelargestlanguageresourcelibraryintheworld.“可知，该工程
调查了1712个地区的语言资源，这也帮助中国建造最大的语言资源库。故选B。
8.推理判断题。根据“Abignationalhardworkhasbeenputintotheprojecttomakeithappen,saidCaoZhiyun,
theexpertontheproject.Overfiveyears,morethan350universitiesandresearchgroupsjoinedin,alongwithover
4,500expertsandmorethan6,000dialectspeakers.”可知，本段主要讲述了怎么保护方言文化。故选A。
9.主旨大意题。根据“Tosavethem,theChinesegovernmentstartedtheChineseLanguageResourcesProtection
失，中国政府作出的一些努力。故选及
10.B11.C12.C13.B14,A
【导语】本文主要是Greg写信给Dr.Fingers，他想知道must和haveto的区别，Fingers回信给他进行了解
10.推理判断题。根据"I'mteachingEnglishinRussiaandIhadafewproblemstryingtotellmystudentsabout
thedifferencebetween'must'and'haveto'.Please,couldyouhelpme”可知，Greg写信给D