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Like many languages spoken by people，Ayapaneco is dying.Only two people in the world still speak it，and they won't talk to each other.
Spoken in Mexico for centuries，Ayapaneco is one of 68 surviving languages in the mainly Spanishspeaking nation.The two speakers are Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velazquez.Though they live only 500 meters from each other in the village，the two men seldom talk to each other.Daniel，an American expert，who is working to make a dictionary of Ayapaneco，says the two men “don't have a lot in common”， and that Segovia can be“active”while Velasquez tends to mind his own business and stay at home.
While Segovia still speaks to his wife and son in Ayapaneco，neither of them can manage more than a few words.Velasquez hardly speaks his native tongue any more.Daniel is working to preserve the language in dictionary form before its last surviving speakers pass away.According to Daniel，Ayapaneco and other languages began dying out with the introduction of public Spanish education in the mid20th century.For decades，local children weren't allowed to speak anything else.Many people to cities，starting in the 1970s，also helped the dying out of native languages.
Ayapaneco is the name given to the language; Segovia and Velazquez call it“Nuumte Oote”，which means“true voice”．Neither man，however，speaks the language identically.The dictionary will contain two versions of the language when it comes out later this year.Those behind the dictionary aren't the only ones trying to save Ayapaneco.The National Language Institute plans to hold classes so that Segovia and Velasquez can pass on what they know to children，which they don't agree to.
It is thought that there are about 6,000 languages spoken on the Earth and that about half will disappear over the next 100 years.Let's hope the “true voice” isn't one of them.
1．From the passage we learn that Ayapaneco________.
A．belonged to Spanish at one time
B．is very easy for people to learn
C．has been spoken in Mexico for centuries
D．is the only surviving native languages in Mexico
2. Segovia and Velazquez seldom talk to each other in Ayapaneco because they________.
A．both dislike the language
B．don't get along well with each other
C．are too busy to talk to each other
D．don't share the same interests
3. Which are the main reasons why the language Ayapaneco started dying out?
a．No teachers liked to teach it.
b．Local children had to speak Spanish.
c．The surviving speakers didn't like to use it.
d．Many villagers went to live in cities.
A．a，b B．a，c
C．b，d D．b，c
4．How does the National Language Institute try to save Ayapaneco?
A．Write a dictionary of Ayapaneco.
B．Let Ayapaneco be taught at school.
C．Introduce a public Ayapaneco education.
D．Ask villagers to speak Ayapaneco.
【答案与解析】
1．C 细节理解题。由第二段的spoken in Mexico for centuries…可知C为正确选项。其余选项在本文没有依据。
2．D 细节理解题。由第二段的倒数第一句可知他们俩性格迥异，没有共同的爱好或兴趣。因此选D。
3．C 细节理解题。由第三段的最后二句可知b，d选项为Ayapaneco语言开始逐渐消失的主要原因。
4．B 细节理解题。由第四段的最后一句可知，国家语言协会为了拯救Ayapaneco语言，让学校教授这种语言。
