高考英语阅读理解D篇2014全国一卷As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).In an effort to prevent language loss, 第32、33题scholars from a number of organizations UNESCO and National Geographic among themhave for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published 第34题关键词book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, 第34题grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field noteswhich had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.Now, through the two organizations that he has founded the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project - Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, for the world available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, 第35题Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.32. Many scholars are making efforts to _.A. promote global languages B. rescue disappearing languagesC. search for language communities D. set up language research organizations.33. What does “that tradition in Paragraph 3 refer to? 问代词指代什么，向前找，可是这句话只说了MT following in that tradition，没有其他有用信息，就继续向前找，答案就是第二段，答案来源句与32题同一句。虽然第三段第一句话长，但从a scientist 到Himalayas都是插入语，不是主要信息，可以不看。A. Having full records of the languagesB. Writing books on language teaching.C. Telling stories about language usersD. Living with the native speaker.34. What is Turins book based on? book与grows之间一堆大写词都是书名，不用看A. The cultural studies B. The documents available at Yale. C. His language research in Bhutan. D. His personal experience in Nepal. 35. Which of the following best describe Turins work? 后三段都在讲MT记录这些语言，但并没有修复或者其他的事，记录就是为了保护A. Write, sell and donate. B. Record, repair and reward.C. Collect, protect and reconnect. D. Design, experiment and report.2013全国一卷The National GalleryDescription:The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 第68题13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entranceLayout:The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to 15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.The 第69题main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronest.The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van GoghOpening Hours:The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10anm to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.Getting There:第70题Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk). Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).68In which centurys collection can you see religious paintings?AThe 13th BThe 17th CThe 18th DThe 20th69Where are Leonardo da Vincis works shown?AIn the East Wing. BIn the main West Wing.CIn the Sainsbury Wing. DIn the North Wing.70Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?APiccadilly Circus. BLeicester Square.CEmbankment. DCharing Cross.2012全国一卷第67题Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years