Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news,

A funny thing is happening in the world of language instruction. Only it’s not funny at all for one language in particular.

Because of the growing importance of global commerce and contact, foreign language instruction is booming at U. S. colleges. But because of the tight economy, many colleges are eliminating fulltime language-teaching positions or filling them with cheaper lecturers who are not faculty members at all.

(25) This is the case at the University of Maryland’s flagship College Park campus, a prestigious state-run school in the eastern United States. To save costs，the university plans to cut its one Yiddish-teaching position. It’s the latest blow in what has been a steady decline in the study and use of Yiddish, which began among European Jews in the Middle Ages as a conversational Germanic language that uses Hebrew characters.

Today, Yiddish is struggling to survive. (26) It's thought that fewer than 500，000 people, mostly the elderly, speak it worldwide. Most young，acculturated Jews speak only their countries' principal language，plus Hebrew during worship.

(27) The Holocaust Museum archive in Washington D. C.，is full of Yiddish materials，University of Maryland language professor Miriam Isaacs told the Baltimore Sun newspaper. Who is going to read them?

 

题目

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Questions 25 to 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item， you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions ?

Now, listen to the news.

25. Which statement of University of Maryland is INCORRECT?

A. College Park is its flagship college.

B. It’s a state-run school.

C. It’s a prestigious school.

D. It’s in western America.

26. According to the news，how many people use Yiddish worldwide?

A. Fewer than 50,000. 

B. More than 50,000.

C. Fewer than 500,000. 

D. More than 500,000.

27. The museum mentioned in the news is located in_____ .

A. Las Vegas 

B. Los Angel

C. New York 

D. Washington D. C.

 

答案解析

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25. D 细节题。 马里兰大学是美国东部名校，是州立大学，大学公园校区是其旗舰校区_ ?因此D项错误。

26. C 细节题。 目前估计全球大约不到50万人会使用意第绪语.因此选C。

27. D 细节题。 博物馆位于首都华盛顿，因此选D。