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1The words he mentions at the beginning of the video belong to languages...

a.that were spoken in the past.

b.that he would like to speak.

c.that might disappear soon.

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2Which sentence is correct?

a.Over 17,000 languages are spoken in the world.

b.One out of three languages in the world have fewer than 1,000 speakers.

c.40% of languages have disappeared.

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3According to the video, Latin...

a.died over 2,000 ago.

b.was the first important language to die.

c.is still spoken today but in different forms.

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4The chart shows...

a.the languages that are still spoken and extinct languages.

b.languages in danger of extinction.

c.the health of today's languages.

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5In the Soviet Union, ...

a.the government forced the people to speak only Russian.

b.young people saw how necessary it was to speak Russian.

c.some people refused to speak Russian.

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6Hebrew...

a.is the only dead language that came to life again.

b.has four million speakers.

c.is the official language in more than one country.

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7Cornish is...

a.a dead language.

b.a language spoken only by a few.

c.the second most spoken language in Wales.

Why do languages die? – Listening Test