Questõesde UNB sobre Inglês

The word “which” in the fragment “which have imposed new methods” refers to “industrialization and scientific progress” (L.14).

The word “sharp” in the fragment “caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity” (L.8-9) is synonymous with progressive.

The word “shrinking” in “to combat shrinking biodiversity” (L.22) is the same as stretching.

The verb “to prevent” in the fragment “may not prevent languages from dying out” (L. 24) is closest in meaning to incite.

Languages such as Basque and Tamil may disappear in the foreseeable future.

Ten languages have died out each year all through the world.

The fate of a language depends ultimately on its diversification.

Given the speed at which languages are dying out, 15 per cent of the languages spoken today will have disappeared in a period of 300 years.

The disappearance of minority languages may be accompanied by the emergence of new variants spawned by the diversification of dominant languages.

The word subside in the fragment “even after the laughter subsides” (L.8) means augment.

The main idea of the text is that language diversity is an obstacle to trade and to the spread of knowledge.

According to specialists, languages are condemned to death unless as many as 100,000 people speak them.

By the end of this century, the rate of language extinction will have reached unprecedented levels.

The word trigger in “by triggering positive feelings” (L. 24) is the same as hinder.

Approximately 6,000 languages are spoken in the world today.

Language diversity is imperilled.

The word “dauntless” in the fragment “man’s dauntless ally in the battle” (L.40) is synonymous with fearless.

As the world is increasingly shrinking due to the complex interaction among people from cultures across the world, differences involving conceptions about death are becoming less significant.

Laughing is a reflex action.

One can learn to laugh at any stage of one’s life thus incorporating humor into the fabric of one’s life.