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題干：Priortothe20thcentury,manylanguageswithsmallnumbersofspeakerssurvivedforcenturies.Theincreasinglyinterconnectedmodernworldmakesitmuchmoredifficultforsmalllanguagecommunitiestoliveinrelativeisolation,akeyfactorinlanguagemaintenanceandpreservation.Itremainstobeseenwhethertheworldcanmaintainitslinguisticandculturaldiversityinthecenturiesahead.Manypowerfulforcesappeartoworkagainstit：populationgrowth,whichpushesmigrantpopulationsintotheworld’slastisolatedlocations；masstourism；globaltelecommunicationsandmassmedia；andthespreadofgiganticglobalcorporations.Alloftheseforcesappeartosignifyafutureinwhichthelanguageofadvertising,popularculture,andconsumerproductsbecomesimilar.AlreadyEnglishandafewothermajortongueshaveemergedasgloballanguagesofcommerceandcommunication.Formanyoftheworld’speoples,learningoneoftheselanguagesisviewedasthekeytoeducation,economicopportunity,andabetterwayoflife.Onlyabout3，000languagesnowinuseareexpectedtosurvivethecomingcentury.Aremostoftherestdoomedinthecenturyafterthat?Whethermostoftheselanguagessurvivewillprobablydependonhowstronglyculturalgroupswishtokeeptheiridentityalivethroughanativelanguage.Todosowillrequireanemphasisonbilingualism(masteryoftwolanguages).Bilingualspeakerscouldusetheirownlanguageinsmallerspheres-athome,amongfriends，incommunitysettings-andagloballanguageatwork，indealingswithgovernment,andincommercialspheres.Inthisway,manysmalllanguagescouldsustaintheirculturalandlinguisticintegrityalongsidegloballanguages，ratherthanyieldtothehomogenizing(同化的）forcesofglobalization.Ironically，thetrendoftechnologicalinnovationthathasthreatenedminoritylanguagescouldalsohelpsavethem.Forexample,someexpertspredictthatcomputersoftwaretranslationtoolswillonedaypermitminoritylanguagespeakerstobrowsetheInternetusingtheirnativetongues.Linguistsarecurrentlyusingcomputer-aidedlearningtoolstoteachavarietyofthreatenedlanguages.Formanyendangeredlanguages,thelinebetweenrevivalanddeathisextremelythin.Languageisremarkablyresilient(有活力的），however.Itisnotjustatoolforcommunicating,butalsoapowerfulwayofseparatingdifferentgroups,orofdemonstratinggroupidentity.Manyindigenous(原生的，土著的）communitieshaveshownthatitispossibletoliveinthemodernworldwhilereclaimingtheiruniqueidentitiesthroughlanguage.
題目：Computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages in that it_____. - A 、makes learning a global language unnecessary
- B 、facilitates the learning and using of those languages
- C 、raises public awareness of saving those languages
- D 、makes it easier for linguists to study those languages
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
細(xì)節(jié)題。 題干中的 Computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages 對(duì)應(yīng)于第五段第一句。第五段后面用兩個(gè)例子來(lái)說(shuō)明技術(shù)創(chuàng)新趨勢(shì)有利于小語(yǔ)種存續(xù)的兩點(diǎn)原因。B選項(xiàng)中的leaning和using分別對(duì)應(yīng)于文中的第二個(gè)例子和第一個(gè)例子。因此B選項(xiàng)為正確答案。
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