六、选词填空(每小题1分,满分10分)
从方框中选择适当的单词或短语并用其正确形式填空,每个单词或短语限用一次。
| I | record | Italy | protect | however | pay off | remember | interest | meet | study |
Federico Demarco,who is from Argentina,is a 33-year-old man and has a gift for languages. He has learned English,German, 56 and Latin. At the age of 19,he was 57 in Chinese and started to learn it.
Later,he married a girl who is from Shanghai. In 2018,they moved to her hometown where he studied linguistics(语言学) at Shanghai University and got a master's degree(硕士学位).
One day,by chance,Demarco 58 Mr Feng. Mr Feng is from Jinshan and studies dialects. In April 2019,Demarco followed Mr Feng to his hometown Zhujing Town. After that,he decided 59 Jinshan dialects with Mr Feng.
“We work well together,” said Mr Feng. “Demarco is a scholar(学者). He knows how to study languages in a scientific way. He uses equipment to record dialects. I 60 don’t major in linguistics,but I know more about local culture.”
It took Demarco about four hours to travel from his home to Jinshan. 61 ,he went there at least once a week. His hard work 62 . “We are writing a book about our five years of study,” he said.
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