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since then

In some ways

used to chat (with each other)

has turned part of the city centre into a new park

Anyway

as hard as before

knows it very well

all his life

from time to time

What was your school like

A

C

native speaker 说母语的人

move to 搬到

such as 例如

take action 采取行动

A

题干：据联合国的报告，至少语言处于灭绝的危险中。

根据文章第一段There are about 6 000 languages spoken in the world, but a UN report says that at least 43% of these languages are dying out.世界上大约有6000种语言，但联合国的一份报告称，这些语言中至少有43%正在消失。可知，面临灭绝危险的语言数量应该是6000*43%=2580，故选A。

C

题干：根据文章，为什么一种语言可能会消失?

A.因为在城市里没人说英语。

B.因为它太难学了。

C.因为它在日常生活中使用较少。

D.因为学校没有这方面的课程。

根据文章第二段This has many reasons. One is that some communities of native speakers of the languages are gone. These people sometimes leave their communities and move to cities or towns.这有很多原因。一是一些以这种语言为母语的社区消失了。这些人有时会离开他们的社区，搬到城市或城镇。

以及第三段What's more, to get better education and jobs, young people have to learn dominant languages, such as English and French.更重要的是，为了得到更好的教育和工作，年轻人必须学习主流语言，如英语和法语。

可知语言会消失的原因有两个：1.一些以这种语言为母语的社区消失了；2.年轻人主要学习主流语言了。这都说明一种语言在生活中用得少了，渐渐就消失了。C符合文章内容，故选C。