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Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer for each of the questions from 35 to 42.
A language is a system of sounds, gestures, or characters used by humans to communicatetheir ideas and feelings. There are about 4,000 spoken languages in the world. Some are spoken by million of people, other languages have only a few speakers.
All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences. In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters. In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. Many deaf people use sign languages, in which gestures do the work of the sound system of spoken languages.
Word order is more important in English than it is in some other languages, such as Russian. The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many languages spoken in West Africa.
Languages are always changing, but they change very slowly. People invent new words for their language, borrow words from other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word tomato was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The English word meat once referred to food in general.
There are several major language families in the world. The languages in each family are related, and scientists think they came from the same parent family. Language families come in different sizes. The Austronesian family contains at least 500 languages, including Pilipino; Malay, and Maori. The Basque language, spoken in northern Spain is the only member of its language family.
The Indo-European language family contains 55 languages, including English, German, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi are also Indo-European languages.
Another language family is Sino-Tibetan, which includes Chinese, Burmese, and Tibetan. The Afro-Asiatic family includes Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic. There are about 150 American Indian languages spoken today. These languages have many differences among them and have been divided into more than 50 language families.
People learn languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most children learn their fist languages easily-and sometimes other languages as well. Adults ofen must work harder at learning a second language.
American Indian languages are not all in the same language family because ____________
A. there are about 150 of them
B. no one has studied them.
C. some of them have only a few speak speakers.
D. there are many differences among them.
A language is a system of sounds, gestures, or characters used by humans to communicatetheir ideas and feelings. There are about 4,000 spoken languages in the world. Some are spoken by million of people, other languages have only a few speakers.
All languages have rules for forming words and for ordering those words in meaningful sentences. In written languages, meaning is expressed through a system of characters and rules for combining those characters. In spoken languages, meaning is expressed through a system of sounds and rules for combining those sounds. Many deaf people use sign languages, in which gestures do the work of the sound system of spoken languages.
Word order is more important in English than it is in some other languages, such as Russian. The sound system is very important in Chinese and in many languages spoken in West Africa.
Languages are always changing, but they change very slowly. People invent new words for their language, borrow words from other languages, and change the meaning of words as needed. For example, the English word tomato was borrowed from Nahuatl, an American Indian language spoken in Mexico. The English word meat once referred to food in general.
There are several major language families in the world. The languages in each family are related, and scientists think they came from the same parent family. Language families come in different sizes. The Austronesian family contains at least 500 languages, including Pilipino; Malay, and Maori. The Basque language, spoken in northern Spain is the only member of its language family.
The Indo-European language family contains 55 languages, including English, German, Spanish, Russian, and Hindi are also Indo-European languages.
Another language family is Sino-Tibetan, which includes Chinese, Burmese, and Tibetan. The Afro-Asiatic family includes Arabic, Hebrew, and Amharic. There are about 150 American Indian languages spoken today. These languages have many differences among them and have been divided into more than 50 language families.
People learn languages by listening, copying what they hear, and using the language. Most children learn their fist languages easily-and sometimes other languages as well. Adults ofen must work harder at learning a second language.
American Indian languages are not all in the same language family because ____________
A. there are about 150 of them
B. no one has studied them.
C. some of them have only a few speak speakers.
D. there are many differences among them.
Câu trả lời dựa vào thông tin "There are about 150 American Indian languages spoken today...have many differences among them and have been divided into more than 50 language families."
Đáp án D.