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1、Unit 5 Languages around the worldDiscovering Useful Structures & Listening and Talking1、Many pictures have _ (base) on simple geometric designs.2、A botanist can tell apart _ (vary) of plants.3、He _ (regard) as an important figure in history.4、She struggled _ (bring) up a family alone.5、Now that we a
2、re all part of the _ (globe) village, everyone becomes a neighbour.6、Do you know the building _ _ is flying a red flag?7、He would never tell me the reason _ _ he was late.8、The age _ _ children can go to school is seven.9、The pencil _ _ he wrote was broken.10、The woman _ _ I learned the news is a nu
3、rse.11、 Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinese-style spelling bee (拼字大赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare for the competition, the compet
4、itors usually spend months studying dictionaries. Perhaps the shows popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy to be one of their primary contributions to civilization. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chi
5、nese people are forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smartphones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin alphabet. The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? Its possible to recognize characters with
6、out remembering how to write them. But theres still hope for the paint brush. Chinas Education Ministry wants children to spend more time learning how to write.In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside a specially decorated classroom with traditional Ch
7、inese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft music plays as a group of six-year-olds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the blackboard often to study their teachers examples before carefully attempting to reproduce those characters on rice paper. If adults can survive without using handwri
8、ting, why bother to teach it now? we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. The ability to write characters is part of Chinese tradition and culture, she reasons. Students must learn now so they dont forget when they grow up, says the teacher.1. What can we learn about the Character Hero?A. Its the
9、most-viewed TV program in China.B. Its open to people of all ages and all walks C. It draws great public attention across the country.D. It aims to spread Chinese culture to the world.2. Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?A. Because Chinese people are using the Latin alpha
10、bet instead of the characters.B. Because Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.C. Because Chinese people neednt write by hand as often with the help of technology.D. Because Chinese people dont refer to dictionaries very often.3. According to Shen Bin, being able to write c
11、haracters by hand is _.A. helpful to keep Chinese tradition and culture alive B. a requirement made by Chinas Education Ministry C. necessary for adults to survive in China D. an ability to be developed only when you are students4. Where does this text probably come from?A. A science report.B. A new
12、s report.C. Childrens literature.D. An advertisement.12、Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patter
13、ns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10, 000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too be
14、came more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dom
15、inant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1,000 ; Africa 2, 400 ; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number (中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,0
