Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：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 (媒体). 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.
用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
| help , study, succeed, warn listen, have |
It’s a good idea parents to do something instead.
How about conversations with friends in English?
He thinks __________ English grammar is too boring.
----Where is John?
----He to the tapes in his bedroom.I’m sure that you will______ ___ in passing the math exam.
He ____ _me to follow the school rules if I don’t want to be punished.
词汇运用
A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词仅用一次，每空限填一词.
| feed careful luck advice stop |
Could you give me some ?
My grandpa liked animals a lot and he lots of animals.
I think we are much than our parents.
Li Lei’s homework has so many mistakes. How __________ he does his homework!
You look so tired. You’d better ______________ to have a rest.
词与短语填空
先阅读短文，然后用下面方框中所给的单词或短语填空，使句子在逻辑上正确。（提示：选项中有一个是多余的。）
| spend/use /realized/ take after/ volunteers/ think about |
Could I _________ your competer?
I_________my father.
Kate_________ her bag was still at home.
What do you _________ the story of Yu Gong?
He _________at an animal hospital every Saturday .
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。
| discuss she four die pronounce |
Thanksgiving Day is coming. It’s on the___________ Thursday in November.
The students_____________ how to enter the writing competition when the teacher came into the classroom.
When the old man found the poor dog, it was already____________.
If you read aloud to practice your_____________, it will be perfect.
My little sister is old enough to dress____________.
根据句意，用所给单词或短语的适当形式填空。
| population, pollute, and so on, because of, in need |
Water has made rivers dirty
Which country has the largest _in the world.
Most people are sick the cold weather.
—What sports do you like?
—I like playing basketball, playing table tennis, playing football, running _____ ____ .A friend _ __is a friend in deed.