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(A) promoted
(B) initiated
(C) inflated
(D) prohibited

Languages may disappear for many reasons: natural disasters, wars, and diseases.

In the 1960s, a group of Western西 explorers勘探者；考察者 exposed露出；使曝光 a village in Venezuela to influenza（flu的正式說法）.

Having no immunity to the disease, almost the entire village died. That village was the only place where the Trumai language was spoken.

In some cases, governments have 12 minority少數民族；少數派 groups to abandon their native languages.

In the United States, Canada, and Australia, young speakers of native languages were once forced to attend boarding寄膳（宿）schools where the use of their mother tongues was 13 .

(B) initiate翻譯：開始, 開始，創始, 教, 向（某人）傳授專門知識；（透過某種儀式）接納（新會員）, 新入會的人；新成員。
(C) inflate翻譯：充氣, （使）充氣；（使）膨脹, 誇大, 抬高；誇大。
(D) prohibit翻譯：禁止；阻止, 阻止；妨礙；使不可能。

(A) promote  推進/升職
(B) initiate  吸納新成員/開始
(C) inflate  膨脹/充氣
(D) prohibit  禁止/不准/阻止/防止 

 prohibit 以法令禁止

In the US, Canada, and Australia, young speakers of native languages were once force to attend boarding schools where the use of their mother tongues was prohibited.

在美國、加拿大、澳洲，會說方言的年輕人曾經被迫去寄宿學校，那裡是禁止使用他們的母語。