【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]11-13 Language sets cultures apart. Every human group, large or small, has a language. In fact, there are more than 3,000 languages on Earth. Some are spoken by hundreds of millions of people. Some are spoken by only a few dozen people. More than 350 million people speak English as their native language. More than 830 million people speak some form of Chinese. Every language reflects the culture of the people who speak it. In Arabic, there are several hundred terms for camels. This is because camels have been an extremely important part of Arabian desert life. Think at some words for different parts of a car. Do you think all languages contain such words? If a culture has never' used a thing, it probably will have no word for that thing. 11. Hew many people in the world speak Chinese? 本题也是一道考听辨数字的听力题。故当听到数字时一定要抓住并牢记下来，而且要明确英语中的 hundred，thousand，million和billion等数量名词的概念及发音。故答案选C。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文] For what reason are there several hundred terms for camels in Arabic? 材料提到在阿拉伯，由于骆驼在沙漠生活中起着至关重要的作用，所以很多词汇与骆驼有关。故答案选B。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] What is the main topic of this passage? 这道题要求考生对整篇短文要有个全面的概念，即听懂主要议题是讨论语言和文化有一定的关系，两者此时紧密相连，互相影响，故选D。