2022_2023学年上海浦东新区上海市进才中学高一下学期期中英语试卷(详解)

2022~2023学年上海浦东新区上海市进才中学高一下学期期中英语试卷(详解)一、完形填空1.GlobalizationIsCausingtheDeathofMinorityLanguagesAstheworldbecomesmoreconnected,languagediversityisdecliningatanunprecedentedrate.Fortypercentoftheworld’s7,000languagesinareatriskofdisappearing,accordingtoestimatesbytheEndangeredLanguagesProject.Thattrendislinkedtoeconomicglobalization,assuggestedbyanewreportpublishedinProceedingsoftheRoyalSocietyB.“Thedominatingeffectofasinglesocioeconomicfactor,GDPpercapita(人均),onspeakergrowthratesuggeststhateconomicgrowthandglobalizationaredriversofrecentlanguagespeakerdeclines(mainlysincethe1970sonwards),throughpoliticalandeducationaldevelopments,”theresearchersconcludeintheirreport.Actually,theimpactofglobaleconomiesonlanguagehasbeenanargumentthatgoesallthewaybacktothe1970s,whenHerbertSchillerproposedthehotlydebatedtheoryof“culturalimperialism”,whichsuggestedeconomicallypowerfulnationsholdhugeculturalovertheweakercountriestheyinfluence.However,suchimpacthasneverbeenfullyuntilnow,accordingtoresearchers