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With most Chinese people speaking Mandarin，or putonghua，some local dialects，are in danger of disappearing. To save them，the Chinese government started the Chinese Language Resources（资源）Protection Project in

2015.

This project looked at how people talk in 1，712 places. Their languages included 103 dialects that are almost gone. Over five years，more than 350 universities and research groups joined in，500 experts（专家）and more than 6，000 dialect speakers.

This project has helped China to build the largest language resource library in the world. Now a dialect library has been built online，where people can learn dialects from over 5. 6 million recordings and over 5 million videos. At present，the project has entered into the second stage. It plans to create digital tools like apps and mobile dictionaries to help people learn dialects.

Why is it important to protect the dialect culture？According to British expert Harold Palmer，dialects are the key to keeping local cultures，because they faithfully show the histories，the beliefs and the fixed ideas of an area.

Zhang Hongming，another expert，talked about the worrying situation of dialects. "For about over 10 years，children aged 6 to 15 can understand but hardly speak the dialect. Besides，young people above 15 years old sometimes speak it，the dialect might disappear. "he said.

So，not only the country but every one of us should do our bit to protect dialect culture.

1. （1） How many dialects were studied in this project？ ____

   A . 103. B . 350. C . 1，712. D . 6，000.
3. （2） What is the goal for the second stage of this project？ ____

   A . To collect over 5. 6 million recordings. B . To help over 5 million people learn dialects. C . To develop digital tools to help dialect learners. D . To build the largest language resource library in the world.
5. （3） What does the underlined word"they"in Paragraph 3 refer to？ ____

   A . Ideas. B . Dialects. C . Histories. D . Cultures.
7. （4） According to Zhang Hongming，why is Wu dialect worrying？ ____

   A . Kids aged 6 to 15 hardly understand it. B . Fewer and fewer young people speak it. C . Young people aged over 15 never speak it. D . Only people in Shanghai and Suzhou speak it.
9. （5） In which part of a magazine can we find this passage？ ____

   A . Art. B . Science. C . Environment. D . Language.