2014年职称英语考试卫生类B级真题及参考答案

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The Day a language Died

　　When Candos Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too, Westez, more commonly known as Rad Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the Native American language, Catawba. Anyonne who wants to hear various songs of the Catawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where ,back ___46___ They are all the that is of the Catawba language The language that people used to speak is gone forever.

　　We are all aware of the damage that modern industry can do to the world’s ecology (生态).However ,few people are aware of the impact that widely spoken all over the world .Chinese ,Spanish, Russian, and Hindi have become powerful languages, as well, ___47___ When this happens ,hundreds of languages that are spoken by only a few people die out.

　　Scholars believe there are about 6,000 languages around the world , but more than half of them could die out within the next100 years. There are many examples. Areaki is a native languages of the island of Vanuatu, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is spoken by only a few older adults, so like Catawba ,Arahi will soon disappear .Many languages of Ethiopia will have the same fate because each one has only a few speakers.___48___. In the American 100 languages, each of which has fewer than 300 speaker ,also are dying out.

　　Red Thunder Cloud was one of the first to recognize the threat of language death and to try to do something about it. He was not actually born into the Catawba tribe, and the language was not his mother tongue___49___The songs he sang for the Smithsonian Institution helped to make Native American music popular. Now he is gone, and language is dead.

　　What does it mean when a language disappear ?When a plant or insect or animal species dies. It is easy to understand what we’ve lost and appreciate what this means for the balance of the nature world. However, language is only a product of the mind. To be the last remaining speaker of a language, like Red Thunder Cloud. Must be a lonely destiny, almost as strange and temble as being last surviving member of a dying species___50___

　　A. As these language become more powerful, their use as tools f business and culture increases.

　　B. For the rest of us, when a language dies, we lose the possibility of a unique way of seeing and describing the world.

　　C. These languages don’t have many native speaker.

　　D. However, he is a frequent visitor to the Catawba reservation in South Carolina.

　　E. Papua New Guinea is an extremely rich source of different language, but more than 100 of them are in danger of extinction(灭绝).

　　F. Some people might want to try to learn some of these songs by heart

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