阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A. B.C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
阅读理解 A
China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is held in Guangzhou
every spring and autumn. The Fair is a comprehensive one with the longest history, the
highest level, the largest scale, the most complete exhibit variety, the broadest distribution
of overseas buyers and the greatest business turnover in China.
Canton Fair attracts more than 24 000 China s best foreign trade companies with good
credibility and sound financial capabilities, and 500 0verseas companies to participate in
the Fair.
Canton Fair is a platform for Import and export mainly, with various and flexible
patterns of trade. Besides traditional way of negotiating against samples, the Fair holds
Canton Fair Online . Various types of business activities such as economic and technical
cooperation and exchanges, goods inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising and
consultation are also carried out in flexible ways. Business people from all over the world
are gathering in Guangzhou, exchanging business information and developing friendship.
Events Schedule of the 115th Session of Canton Fair
Time: May lst, 14:00-16:00
Place: No. 8 Meeting Room, B Floor, Area B
Event: Training Seminar of Overseas Marketing
Theme: Market Segmentation and Channel Building
Details: Cloris, Project Facilitator, Trade for Sustainable Development of International
Trade Centre (ITC)
Time: May 2nd, 14:00- 16:30
Place: No. 8 Meeting Room, B Floor, Area B
Event: Fashion and Trend Forum
Theme: The "must have" fashion trends for Meds and Womeds wear for Spring/Summer
Details: Michael Leow, Sales and Market Director of Fashion Snoops (Asia Pacific)
21. The Canton Fair is organized in Guangzhou _ .
A. every two years B. every season C. once a year D. twice a year
22. If you want to visit the clothing show, you can be there _ .
A. on May lst 14:00 - 18:00 B. on May 2nd 14:00 - 16:30
C. on May lst 8:00 - 16:30 D. on May 2nd 10:00 - 16:00
23. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To introduce the Canton Fair.
B. To present overseas investment.
C. To report the trade achievements.
D. To attract the best foreign trade companies.
阅读理解 B
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You probably don't know how to answer that question---unless you happen to be one
ofthe about 430 people in the world who speak a language called Matukar Panau. Then you
would know it means "What are we doing?" Matukar Panau is one of the world's rarest
languages. It is spoken in just two small coastal villages in Papua New Guinea.
Several years ago, David Hamson, a language expert, didn't know much about
Matukar Panau either. No one had ever recorded or even studied its words and rules. With
so few speakers, the language risked disappearing soon. It was endangered.
Hamson didn't want that to happen to Matukar Panau. So in 2009, he set out for Papua
New Guinea. His goal: use modern technology to help the remaining speakers preserve
their native tongue.
But Matukar Panau is far from the only language facing loss. Studies suggest that by
the end of this century, nearly half of the 7,000 languages now spoken worldwide could
disappear. They're in danger partly because the only people left speaking them are elderly
adults. When those individuals die, their language will die with them. In addition, children
may discard a native language and instead use more common global languages, such as
Chinese, English or Spanish.
In the United States alone, 134 native American languages are endangered. "language
hotspots" exist all over the world. These are places with endangered languages that haven't
been recorded. They include the state of Oklahoma, pockets of central and eastern Siberia,
parts of northern Australia and communities in South America.
