Why do languages die? – B1 English Listening Test

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B1 English Listening Test

Watch a video about languages. For questions 1 to 7, choose the correct answer.

For more videos like this, go to The Economist

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Page 1 of 7

1 The words he mentions at the beginning of the video belong to languages...
A.that might disappear soon.
B.that were spoken in the past.
C.that he would like to speak.
Page 2 of 7

2 Which sentence is correct?
A.One out of three languages in the world have fewer than 1,000 speakers.
B.Over 17,000 languages are spoken in the world.
C.40% of languages have disappeared.
Page 3 of 7

3 According to the video, Latin...
A.was the first important language to die.
B.is still spoken today but in different forms.
C.died over 2,000 ago.
Page 4 of 7

4 The chart shows...
A.languages in danger of extinction.
B.the languages that are still spoken and extinct languages.
C.the health of today's languages.
Page 5 of 7

5 In the Soviet Union, ...
A.young people saw how necessary it was to speak Russian.
B.some people refused to speak Russian.
C.the government forced the people to speak only Russian.
Page 6 of 7

6 Hebrew...
A.has four million speakers.
B.is the official language in more than one country.
C.is the only dead language that came to life again.
Page 7 of 7

7 Cornish is...
A.a dead language.
B.the second most spoken language in Wales.
C.a language spoken only by a few.

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B1 English Listening Test

Watch a video about languages. For questions 1 to 7, choose the correct answer.

For more videos like this, go to The Economist

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