2016-2017学年高考英语阅读理解解析汇编（127）
【试题分析】 世界上许多语言正面临着灭绝的形势，针对这种现状，科学家和学者付出了很大的努力去拯救这些语言及其所反映的文化。
1．Many scholars are making efforts to________．
A．promote global languages
B．rescue the disappearing languages
C．search for language communities
D．set up languages research organizations
解析：细节理解题。文章第一段提到世界上有些语言正面临灭绝的形势，再根据第二段第一句中“In an effort to prevent language loss”可知，学者们努力的目的是为了拯救正在消失的语言。
答案：B
2. What does “that tradition” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．Having first records of the languages.
B．Writing books on language searching.
C．Telling stories about language users.
D．Linking with the native speakers.
解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段最后的“have for many years been documenting dying languages...”可以推知，该词组的意思是“有关语言的记录”。
答案：A
3．What is Turin's book based on?
A．The cultural statics in India.
B．The documents available at Yale.
C．His language research in Britain.
D．His personal experience in Nepal.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“...grows out of his experience living，working，and raising a family in a village in Nepal.”可知，他的书基于个人的生活经历。
答案：D
4．Which of the following best describes Turin's Work?
A．Write，sell and donate.
B．Record，repeat and reward.
C．Collect，protect and reconnect.
D．Design, experiment and report.
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段第一句、第五段最后一句和最后一段最后一句中相关信息可以推知C项为正确答案。
答案：C.