want to introduce the way that people communicate and express themselves around the world.

The Myaamia Project is the same kind of effort to revive the language spoken by the Miami tribes (部落) of the United States. Project members work to encourage people to study and communicate with this language , which died out in the 1960s.

These activities give life to those endangered languages. People who work to keep Languages alive are not limited to the past. Many young people design apps and use social media to support their activities. They \

So, while the problem of disappearing languages remains a very serious one, there is hope. We all

have a special feeling of our mother language. This is why we should remember the wise words of late president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela: \his head. If you talk to a man in his own language，that goes to his heart.\41. UNESCO holds IMLD every year in order to help people to _______________.

A. learn and use endangered languages

B. show their talents in learning languages C. practice reading skills of mother languages D. realize the situation of endangered languages

42. What did people do in Google's 2018 Endangered Languages Project? A. Discuss how to make good use of Google. B. Offer online courses on endangered languages. C. Share materials about endangered languages online. D. Translate endangered languages into mother languages.

43. What does the underlined word \段落) 4? A. 创造

B. 学习

C. 复活

D. 清除

44. What can we infer ( 推断) from Paragraph 5?

A. It is more difficult to protect endangered languages.

B. The disappearance of languages has already stopped. C. Young people don't care about endangered languages. D. Young people have creative ways to protect languages.

45. The writer mentions Nelson Mandela's words in order to __________________. A. tell the importance of one's mother language

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B. show his contributions to language protection C. tell the trouble in learning endangered languages D. show the possibility of protecting mother languages

B

A beautiful actress called Rudy Lin finally got married with Wallace Huo in 2016. Many of her fans felt happy for her

Born on January 1,1976 , Rudy grew up in Taipei , Taiwan. She is the eldest children of her family. She has one a year younger brother and the other one six years younger. Her father was a businessman, and her mother was a housewife. Her English name was from her mother’s love of the jewel. When Lin was seven years old, her parents broke their marriage. She lived with her mother. She graduated from Ri Xin Primary School and Zhong Dian High School. She planned to goo to England to study after high school graduation.

However, in her second year of high school, she first got involved in film and TV industry. So she went to have a try. She told herself that if her filming career didn’t take off, she could still go back to school. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, acting a minor role, she became interested in acting. After filming her first TV commercial, Lin caught the attention of TV and film directors. In 1995, Lin received her first role in a film called School Day. The same year, she also acted as the supporting role in Taiwanese TV dramas. In 1996, Lin went to mainland China for the first time to film. She considered it as a valuable experience and the time that she began to learn about acting. In 1997, Lin became popular as the beloved Princess Ziwei in the series called My Fair Princess.

In 2000, she worked in Hong Kong TVB’s production of The Duke of Mount Deer with Dicky Cheung, Shu Qi and other well-known performers. As Lin felt she had achieved all she could in television, she also appeared in three Hong Kong films in 2000. Since 2001, Lon has focused on her career I mainland China and became successful. In 2002, she appeared in the romantic TV series Boy & Girl which was broadcast throughout China by CCTV. With this series, Lin was selected one of the Top 10 actresses of the year. Of those 10 actresses, she was the only one from Taiwan. From then, she became more and more famous. Though her parents didn’t agree her to be an actress at first, they finally accepted it for her success and passion.

46. Lin received her first role in a film called _____ in 1995.

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A. Princess Ziwi. B. The Duke of Mount Deer C. School Day D. Boy and Girl 46. When did Lin start to learn about acting?

A. When she worked in Hong Kong TVB for the first time. B. When she went to mainland China for the first time to film. C. When she worked as a minor role for the first time. D. When she studied in the Zhong Dian High School. 47. Which of the following statement about Lin is NOT true?

A. Lin didn’t study in a college.

B. Lin was the second actress from Taiwan who was selected as one of the Top 10. C. Lin has focused on her career in mainland China since 2002. D. Lin’s parents allowed Lin to be an actress at last. 48. Why did Lin’s parents finally allow her to be an actress?

A. Because of her talent and hard work. B. Because of her passion and interest. C. Because her parents like her films. D. Because of her passion and success.

49. In what order did the following take place in Lin’s life?

a. Lin appeared in three Hong Kong films. b. Lin’s parents broke their marriage. c. Lin acted as Princess Ziwei. d. Lin got married with Wallace Huo. e. Lin was selected one of the Top 10 actresses.

A. b-c-a-e-d B. c-a-b-e-d C. a-c-e-d-b D. d-b-e-a-c

C

The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. But about 97% of that is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink and use the other 3%——the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground, and other sources. And we can not even use all of that. Even worse, some of it has been made dirty.

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However, as things stand today, this fresh water is still enough for us. But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly—almost day by day. We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious world wide water shortage (缺少) later on.

We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system(下水道). From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places.

But even if every large city reused its water, we still would not have enough. All we'd have to do to make use of sea water in the world is to remove the salt. If we take these steps we'll be in no danger of drying up.

51.The world is thirsty for water because . A. man hasn't got enough food to eat B. we haven't got enough fresh water

C. only 70% of the earth's surface is water D. more water is sent into sewer systems

52. The underlined word valuable means .

A. much and saltyB. fresh and enoughC. dear and usefulD. clean and helpful 53. What should we do if we want to have enough fresh water? (a) Make full use of the sea water. (b) Carry salt water into lakes or rivers.

(c) Try to save the fresh water as much as possible. (d) Do our best to use the water again.

(e) Drink and use all the water on the earth's surface. A. (c) and (e)

B. (a) and (d) C. (a),(c) and (d) D. (b), (d) and (e)

54.The best but the most difficult way to solve (解决) the water problem of the world is to . A. remove the salt from sea water C. take water from underground 55. What's the best title for this passage? A. The Importance of the Water C. The Thirsty World

B. make the water in cities clean D. make the need for water smaller

B. The World's Water Problem

D. Fresh Water and Sea Water

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