2019译林牛津版高考英语一轮训练选：模块5U2含答案一、阅读理解。Oneofthemainchallengesfacingmanycountriesishowtomaintaintheiridentityinthefaceofglobalizationandthegrowingmulti-languagetrend.＂OneofthemainreasonsforeconomicfailureinmanyAfricancountriesisthefactthat,withafewimportantexceptions,mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinanyoftheindependentAfricanstates.＂saidNevilleAlexander,DirectoroftheProjectfortheStudyofAlternativeEducationinSouthAfricaattheUniversityofCapeTown.InresponsetothespreadofEnglishandtheincreasedmulti-languagetrendsarisingfromimmigration,manycountrieshaveintroducedlanguagelawsinthelastdecade.Insome,theuseoflanguagesotherthanthenationallanguageisbannedinpublicspacessuchasadvertisingposters.Oneofthefirstsuchlegalprovisions(规定)wasthe1994＂Toubonlaw＂inFrance,andtheideahasbeencopiedinmanycountriessincethen.Sucheffortstogovernlanguageuseareoftenconsideredasfutilebylanguageexperts,whoarewellawareofthedifficultyincontrollingfashionsinspeechandknowfromresearchthatlanguageswitchingamongbilingualsisanaturalprocess.ItisespeciallydifficultfornativespeakersofEnglishtounderstandthedesiretomaintainthe＂purity＂ofalanguagebylaw.SincethetimeofShakespeare,Englishhascontinuallyabsorbedforeignwordsintoitsownlanguage.Englishisoneofthemostmixedandrapidlychanginglanguagesintheworld,butthathasnotbeenabarriertoacquiringsuperiorityandpower.AnotherreasonforthefailureofmanynativeEnglishspeakerstounderstandtheroleofthestateregulationisthatithasneverbeentheAnglo-Saxonwayofdoingthings.Englishhasneverhadastate-controlledauthorityforthelanguage,similar,forexample,totheAcademicFrancaiseinFrance.Theneedtoprotectnationallanguagesis,formostwesternEuropeans,arecentphenomenon-especiallytheneedtoensurethatEnglishdoesnotunnecessarilytakeovertoomanyfields.Publiccommunication,educationandnewwaysofcommunicationpromotedbytechnology,maybekeyfieldstodefend.1.NevilleAlexanderbelievesthat__________.A.mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinallAfricancountries页1第B.globalizationhasresultedintheeconomicfailureofAfricaC.globalizationhasledtotheriseofmulti-languagetrendD.lackofmother-tongueeducationcanleadtoeconomicfailure2.Theunderlinedword＂futile＂(inparagraph2)mostprobablymeans＂_________＂.A.workableB.practicalD.unnecessaryC.useless3.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Englishhastakenoverfieldslikepubliccommunicationandeducation.B.ManyaspectsofnationalculturearethreatenedbythespreadofEnglish.C.Mostlanguageexpertsbelieveitisimportanttopromoteanationallanguage.D.Europeanshavelongrealizedtheneedtoprotectanationallanguage.4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis__________.A.FightingagainsttheruleofEnglishB.ProtectinglocallanguagesandidentitiesC.Globalizationandmulti-languagetrendD.Tomaintainthepurityoflanguagebylaw【文章大意】现在世界全球化导致很多国家的独特的文化收到了冲击和影响，本文讲述的正是这方面的话题。很多国家都采取了很多的措施来保护本国的文化。1.D【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第一段＂OneofthemainreasonsforeconomicfailureinmanyAfricancountriesisthefactthat,withafewimportantexceptions,mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinanyoftheindependentAfricanstates.＂saidNevilleAlexander可知，他认为母语教育方面的缺失会导致经济方面的失败。故D正确。2.C【解析】词义猜测题。根据本句Sucheffortstogovernlanguageuseareoftendismissedasfutilebylanguageexperts,whoarewellawareofthedifficultyincontrollingfashionsinspeechandknowfro...