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(1)B.细节理解题.根据第一段You probably don't know how to answer that question﹣﹣﹣unless you happen to be one of the about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau.Then you would know it means"What are we doing?"你可能不知道怎样回答那个问题﹣﹣那么你将会知道它的意思是"我们正在做什么?"可知是为了引出话题,故选B.
(2)A.词义猜测题.根据第四段最后一句children may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages,such as Chinese,English or Spanish.后半句的意思是:反而用更常见的全球性的语言,诸如,汉语、英语和西班牙语.可推知前半句的意思应该是:孩子们可能摆脱母语,A.get rid of摆脱;B.pick up捡起;C.hear of听说;D.learn about学习关于.故选A.
(3)C.推理判断题.根据第四段Studies suggest that by the end of this century,nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could disappear和In the United States alone,134 native American languages are endangered研究表明,到本世纪末,全世界现在使用的7000种语言中,近一半可能会消失.仅在美国,134种美洲土著语言就濒临灭绝.可知,在暗示濒临灭绝的语言已经成了全球范围的问题,故选C.