Taktak tabulaba?You probably don’t know how t...

Taktak tabulaba?

You probably don’t know how to answer that question---unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau. Then you would know it means “What are we doing?” Matukar Panau is one of the world’s rarest languages. It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea.

Several years ago, David Harrison, a language expert didn’t know much about Matukar Panau either. No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules. With so few speakers, the language risked disappearing soon. It was endangered.

Harrison didn’t want that to happen to Matukar Panau. So in 2009, he set out for Papua New Guinea. His goal: use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve their native tongue.

But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss. Studies suggest that by the end of this century, nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could disappear. They’re in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly adults, Harrison says. When those individuals die, their language will die with them. In addition, children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages, such as Chinese, English or Spanish.

In the United States alone, 134 native American languages are endangered. Harrison says, “language hotspots” exist all over the world. These are places with endangered languages that haven’t been recorded. They include the state of Oklahoma, pockets of central and eastern Siberia, parts of northern Australia and communities in South America.

1.The purpose of using the question “Taktak tabulaba?” is to ________.

A.introduce a new foreign language

B.introduce the topic of the text

C.show the difficulty understanding Matukar Panau

D.stress the importance of Matukar Panau

2.The underline word “discard” in Paragraph 4 means _______.

A.get rid of B.pick up

C.hear of D.learn about

3.The last two paragraphs imply that endangered languages are _________.

A.dying quickly in Siberia

B.popular in some special places

C.becoming a worldwide problem

D.some native tongues

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To tell the truth, I would rather that I ____ the pain instead of you. You don’t know how worried I was.

A．took             B．had taken         C．have taken        D．should have taken

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Who telephoned you just now?

— don’t know. I was about to answer the phone when it ________.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

--How long are you staying ?

-- I don't know . ______.

A. It depends. B. That's OK. C. Never mind.  D. It doesn't matter.

高二英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

--How long are you staying ?

-- I don't know ．______.

A．It depends．        B．That's OK．        C．Never mind．     D．It doesn't matter.

高二英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—How long are you staying?

—I don’t know. ______.

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How strong are you?

That is a hard question to answer, whether you are a man or a woman. But, really , I want to ask how do you define(给...下定义)your strength? How do you know your limits?1. When push comes, we often discover that we are much stronger than we think.

What is Strength?

Strength is not always about pure physical strength.2. It is about the ability to get things done. I know some people who are intellectually strong, but they get very little done in their jobs. And I know others who find work challenging, but they make it by strong drive and hard work. They possess inner strength.

Self-Imposed Limits

What I have observed is that most people set their own limits. They limit their output based on self-framed limits (自我设定的限制) of their abilities and strengths. Sometimes these boundaries are based on past experiences. Sometimes they are based on self-imagined abilities. 3.So, how do we

break through these limits? How do we get stronger?

4.

If you want to be stronger, you have to push your boundaries. Pushing it is what it takes to increase your limits. In the gym, bodybuilders discovered this long ago. The same principle is true when it comes to inner strength.

Want to test your limits? Push yourself. Test your self-framed limits to see how accurate they are. Make sure your goals are slightly beyond what you think can be achieved.

You Are Stronger Than You Think

Most people underestimate(低估) their strength.5.Test your limits. Push yourself to find your true boundaries and define your strength.

When you discover how much you’ve really got, you may surprise even yourself.

A. Certainly, it is about willpower.

B. Sometimes these limits are based on nothing.

C. How do you know just how much you’ve got?

D. Pushing It

E. As you go through your day, challenge your ability.

F. How can we train our mind and make it stronger?

G. Strength is a combination of physical and mental ability.

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—　 ______ she finds out that you’ve lost her book?

—　 I really don’t know.

A. What about　　　 B. How about

C. If only　　　　 　　 D. What if

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It’s important for you teenagers to know how to save money. You know that the money you save can be for rainy days and be used to pay through your college education. If you think it’s a difficult task and don’t know how to do it, please do as the following.

1.　　　　　　

My dad always tells me that if one doesn’t respect money, it will never respect you. Hence, it’s important that you keep a record of your daily expenses. Make it a habit to write down all that you have spent. And when you find out the total expenses at the end of the month, you will realize what you have spent more money in doing. 2.　　　　　　

Open a savings account.

Opening a savings account is a better way to save money. You can set a goal; say (for example), the money is for a new notebook or for college, and then save, until you have enough money to buy a notebook or until you go to college. 3.　　　　　　

Do not carry much cash.

Do you have the habit of not leaving a store without buying anything? The only way to stop that is carrying less money around with you. Go to the store with the minimum amount of money, which will not even help you buy a drink. 4.　　　　　　

Save the changes.

Save the changes that you get back. If you have gone to a shop to buy something and get back some changes, then do not spend them. 5.　　　　　　 And you’ll be surprised at the huge amount of money after days.

Follow these tips above, and thus you can save a lot of money. And surely, they’ll help you to be more responsible in your life.

A. Keep a record of your daily expenses.

B. After a few days, you’ll get rid of this habit.

C. Instead, you can save them in your piggy bank.

D. By that time, you will realize the importance of saving money.

E. Saving money builds your financial power and personal freedom.

F. Next month, you will automatically try and save more in that part.

G. Nowadays in the developed and developing countries, people are all working for the sake of earning money.

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Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If 41, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews 42.

In his book, Matthews 43  us how to have a happy life and answers the 44 of teenagers.

There are many 45such as parents and friends, and the book 46we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills  47how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to 48 your memory better.

Many teenagers think  49happiness comes from a good exam result 50praise  from other people. But you can  51be happy when there are no such “good” things.

Success comes from a(n) 52  attitude. If you 53 from problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have  54such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that 55 comes from thinking about things in a positive 56. If you are57, people notice you and you can get a 58 view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes 59less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important60 : you choose to be happy!

1.                A．so             B．not            C．it    D．do

2.                A．wise           B．smart           C．useful    D．simple

3.                A．orders         B．tells            C．asks D．argues

4.                A．problems       B．questions       C．ideas D．comments

5.                A．roles           B．classes         C．courses   D．subjects

6.                A．says           B．writes          C．reads D．thinks

7.                A．for example     B．such as         C．so as D．so that

8.                A．make          B．turn           C．let   D．change

9.                A．what           B．how           C．that  D．whether

10.               A．and           B．but            C．so    D．or

11.               A．yet            B．already         C．still   D．forever

12.               A．bad            B．good           C．independent   D．nomal

13.               A．learn          B．rescue         C．struggle   D．separate

14.               A．experiences     B．difficulties      C．fears D．problems

15.               A．success        B．happiness       C．failure D．height

16.               A．way           B．means         C．manners   D．spirit

17.               A．short          B．small           C．tall   D．fat

18.               A．lower          B．higher         C．worse D．better

19.               A．take           B．spend          C．cover D．cost

20.               A．work           B．lesson          C．teaching   D．study

高二英语完型填空简单题查看答案及解析