- 閱讀理解A
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：According to Paragraph 2，that the world can maintain its linguistic diversity in the future is_____. - A 、uncertain
- B 、unrealistic
- C 、foreseeable
- D 、definite
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參考答案【正確答案：A】
細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)題干中的the world can maintain its linguistic diversity定位到第二段第一句Itremains to be seen… in the centuries ahead, 這句話(huà)的意思是“在未來(lái)的幾個(gè)世紀(jì)中語(yǔ)言和文化的多樣性能否保持下來(lái)仍有待觀(guān)察”，因此A選項(xiàng)為正確答案。It remains to be seen意為“還有待觀(guān)察”，表明作者不確定。
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