高中英語外研版選修8同步練習(xí)：module 4 第2課時-文庫吧
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【正文】 tries in the EU， with a total of 12 documents must be translated into all these languages， and at official meetings the speeches must be translated into all the languages by interpreters. All this translating is very expensive and time consuming(費時的 )． It is said that nearly half of all employees of the EU are engaged in translating documents and speeches， and nearly half of the EU39。s administrative(管理方面的 )costs are spent on this the near future it is probably that several more countries， most of them having their own languages， will join the EU， thus making the situation even worse. The problem is not just cost： there are practical difficulties as 12 languages，there are 132 possible “translation situations” that might be is often difficult to find people in the right place at the right time who can translate from (for example) Danish into Greek，or Dutch into Portuguese， at a high professional standard. In practice the problem has been made less severe by the use of English in many contacts between EU officials， since almost all of them speak some ， any move to reduce the number of official languages(perhaps to four or five)would be a blow to the price of the smaller monly suggested solution is to make English the official language for all EU ， this is strongly resisted by powerful member countries like France and Germany. 1． What39。s the main purpose of this passage? A. To give a solution to a problem. B． To find out a problem and show how severe it is. C． To criticize the European Union for ill efficiency. D． To show that the problem cannot be solved. 答案： B 推理判斷題 。 本文的主題是說明歐盟內(nèi)部語言問題的嚴(yán)重性 ， 故選 D。 2． According to the writer， the use of English in contacts among EU officials has________. A. angered the officials who don39。t speak English B． reduced the number of official languages C． lessened the effect of the problem D． been opposed by powerful member countries 答案： C 推理判斯題 。 根據(jù)文章第四段第一句可知本題選 C。 3． The writer mentions “Danish into Greek”as an example of________. A. a situation that might be difficult to deal with B． a situation that occurs often
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