Question

Hangzhouhua (杭州話)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒體). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

Answer 1

【小題1】them
【小題2】question
【小題3】means
【小題4】used
【小題5】well  
【小題6】less
【小題7】by
【小題8】or
【小題9】either
【小題10】stop

解析【小題1】考查代詞：用them代替：消失的語言。
【小題2】考查名詞：這是很多人問的問題：question
【小題3】考查動詞：那意味著是政府的語言：主語是it謂語是單數means
【小題4】考查動詞的被動：這也是學校使用的語言：used
【小題5】考查詞組：as well as和…一樣好  
【小題6】考查形容詞比較級：less often不太頻繁
【小題7】考查介詞：by doing sth通過做…,
【小題8】語言不是畫也不是書，表示“也不”用or
【小題9】考查詞組：either…or…要么…要么….
【小題10】考查詞組：stop doing停止做…