Question

任務型閱讀 閱讀下面短文，根據短文內容，完成下列各題。（共5小題，計10分）
Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. If English hadn’t changed for a long time, we won’t have words to describe telephones, washing machines, computers or some other new things.
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.
小題1:What does the writer think of the change and development of language?
He thinks it is                       .
小題2:Why do people use different sets of words and expressions according to the passage?
Because their          and education levels are different.
小題3:How many reasons for language change are mentioned in this passage?
The writer mentions          reasons.
小題4:How do young people help develop language?
They do it when they                  others of their own age.
小題5: What is considered a dead language according to the passage?
The one that                   over time is considered a dead language.

Answer 1

小題1:not a bad thing / not bad / a good thing / good  
小題2:ages, jobs
小題3:two / 2
小題4:communicate (talk) with
小題5:doesn’t change / never changes / keeps (stays) the same

試題分析：本文敘述了語言總是在發展變化的，這不是一件壞事。語言變化的原因為，說話者本身變化的需要，以及不同的人有不同的語言經歷。語言變化的方式是：一方面是許多語言變化是從年輕人開始的；另一方面是我們用許多不同的方法獲得新詞。語言不隨著時間而變化，會被認為是死語言。
小題1:根據 Language is always changing and developing. This isn’t a bad thing. 可知作者認為語言的發展變化不是意見壞事情，故此處為not a bad thing / not bad / a good thing / good 。 
小題2:根據People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.可知人們用不同的單詞和短語，因為他們有不同的年齡、工作和受教育水平等。故此處為ages, jobs。
小題3:根據First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change.和Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences.可知本文提到了語言變化的兩個原因，故此處為two / 2。
小題4:根據When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. 可知年輕人和同齡人交流時，他們的語言在語法、詞匯和短語不同于年長的人。故此處為communicate (talk) with。
小題5: 根據Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. 可知不隨著時間而變化的語言被認為是死語言。故此處為doesn’t change / never changes / keeps (stays) the same。