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1、.阅读理解AA new African language is helping to reduce tensions and bring young people together in areas previously torn apart by tribal (部落) violence. And academics are so impressed by the languages potential that a social media platform promoting it will form the subject of a major presentation at this
2、 years eLearning Africa, the continents leading conference on technologyassisted learning, training and development.The language, Sheng, combines Kiswahili, English and a number of Kenyan tribal words, along with a little of Arabic, Hindu, French, German, Spanish and Italian. It was born on the stre
3、ets of Nairobi, in some of the areas hardest hit by the postelection violence in 20072008.Now a society in Kenya. Go Sheng, is helping to celebrate and promote the language, which is almost generally used by young people so much that it has become the first language of many young Kenyans in urban ar
4、eas.The society provides a platform for social dialogues for the languages growing numbers of speakers. In doing so, it is giving voice to a powerful alternative culture in Kenya and celebrating the many tribal languages that contribute to Sheng. In turn, this helps to bring some welcome cultural ha
5、rmony and mutual (相互) understanding to a country, which has too often been divided against itself in the recent past.Go Sheng uses a variety of different means to grow Sheng language and culture. Its most significant achievement, to date, has been the development of a Sheng dictionary, which contain
6、s over 3,900 words and continues to grow rapidly. It functions as a socially driven resource, where registered members can add words or phrases which then get voted for by other members, before being accepted as authentic. Go Sheng also runs a website and various social media channels, which have an
7、 online community of around 15,000 active participants.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了非洲的一种新语言。该语言结合了现代需要和当地部落中的语言，即将被推广。1What does eLearning Africa usually do?AInvent new African languages.BPromote language researches.CDevelop technology learning and training.DHelp people learn and develop with technology.答案：D细节
8、理解题。从文章第一段第二句中的“. eLearning Africa, the continents leading conference on technologyassisted learning, training and development”可知D正确。2What is the most successful work done by Go Sheng?ADeveloping a Sheng dictionary.BWorking as a resource to identify words.CBringing cultural harmony and better unders
9、tanding.DRunning a website and various media channels.答案：A细节理解题。从文章最后一段第二句可知，它最重要的成就是Sheng dictionary的开发。故选A。3Which of the following is true about Sheng?AIt will still take in new words approved and accepted by voting.BIt combines Kiswahili, Russian and a number of Kenyan tribal words.CIt was born i
10、n some of the areas hardly influenced by election violence.DIt has become the first language of many young Kenyans in rural areas.答案：A细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第三句中的“. registered members can add words or phrases which then get voted for by other members, before being accepted as authentic”可知，该语言还将通过投票不断吸收新词。故选A
11、。4Where does this text most probably come from?AA science report. BAn advertisement.CA book review. DA magazine of culture.答案：D推理判断题。本文是有关语言和文化的。故选D。B “Shake a leg” and “show a leg” are usually discussed together, but it isnt at all clear how they are connected. Both phrases have more than one meani
12、ng.“Shake a leg” means “hurry up” according to the definition in the New York Magazine in 1904. Before that, “shake a leg” had another meaning, which was “to dance”. There are several quotations from all kinds of American and Britain sources from the mid19th century that are related to dancing; for
13、example, the Dubuque Democratic Herald, October 1863, in an advertisement for a local ball: “Nearly every man in town able to shake a leg has purchased a ticket.” “Show a leg” means either “make an appearance”， or it means “hurry up”. The second meaning isnt commonly used, nor is it old. Whatever th
14、e source, it isnt the original meaning of “show a leg”. Most commentators report that the phrase derives from the Royal Navy and that this was the order given to sailors to put a foot from their hammocks (吊床) and get up.The use of “show a leg” as a wakeup call is well documented. John Masefield (Poe
15、t Laureate from 1930 to 1967) was a trainee mariner on HMS Conway until 1891. He reported the full version of the morning call as: “Heave out, heave out, heave out, heave out! Away! Come all you sleepers, Hey! Show a leg.” Thats the earliest quotation of the naval call I can find, although it may ha
16、ve been used well before 1891.An alternative version comes from the fact that women were allowed on board Royal Navy ships in the 19th century and that they were allowed to stay asleep after the sailors had been woken. In the morning the bosuns mates (水手长助手) had to check whoever was still asleep and did so by requiring them to show a leg over the side of the hammock. If a le
