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ged to rent a big enough house to __18__ a handful of people. There are four of us now in the house, but over time I39。s not so much about what I can get for myself; it39。從此之后,他對美國夢有了新認(rèn)識,美國夢不是追求個人的成就,而是追求群體的成功。 A 項 “ 獨(dú)立地,分別地 ” ; B項 “ 平等地,同樣地 ” ; C項 “ 暴力地 ” ; D項 “ 自然地 ” 。 3. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched 答案: D 詞語搭配題。 5. A. at B. through C. over D. round 答案: C 詞語辨析題。 A 項 “ 占據(jù),占領(lǐng) ” ; B 項 “ 放棄,遺棄 ” ; C 項 “ 清空 ” ; D項 “ 搶劫 ” 。 8. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for 答案: A 句式結(jié)構(gòu)題。 10. A. sticking B. looking C. swinging D. turning 答案: A 詞語搭配題。根據(jù)上下文可知,作者對于美國夢的態(tài)度發(fā)生了變化,因此選擇 C項 different,意為 “ 不同的 ” 。 A項 “ 獨(dú)特的 ” ; B項 “ 昂貴的 ” ; C項 “ 稀少的,罕見的 ” ;D項 “ 必須的 ” 。 15. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointments 答案: B 背景常識題。 16. A. reality B. society C. town D. life 答案: C 邏輯推理題。從文中可知作者現(xiàn)在開始回饋社會,幫助那些失去工作和家庭的人們。 19. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages 答案: B 背景常識題。句意:這不是關(guān)于我自己能夠得到什么的問題,而是怎樣才能使我們所有的人一起生活的問題 。s languages are threatened. After identifying where the endangered languages were, they looked for any environmental, social or economic factors those languages might have in mon,such as rugged terrain or rapid population growth. “We found that on a global scale ,language speaker declines are strongly linked to economic growth— that is, declines are particularly occurring in economically developed regions, ” Amano said . “One important implication of this new study is that languages in the tropics and the Himalayan region are likely to be increasingly threatened in the near future,because these regions still have many local indigenous(土生土長的 ) languages with a small number of speakers, and at the same time are experiencing rapid economic growth, ” Amano said . Economic growth may endanger languages for a variety of reasons. For instance,speakers of endangered languages may view another more dominant language as offering economic opportunities, and thus give up their own languages. There are other important factors that might endanger languages, the researchers said. For instance,policies regarding how languages are used and taught in schools can be very different among countries and even within each country, and these factors may explain more detailed patterns in language endangerment. Amano suggested it could be possible to forecast future threats to linguistic diversity. “There exists detailed information about projecte d future changes in the environment, economies and climates, ”Amano said . “Using such information ,together with the findings of this study and furt