2019版一轮复习英语外研版:单元检测四十一EthnicCulture.doc.pdf
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1、单元检测(四十一) Ethnic Culture I弼读理解 A We are sailing toward the San Blas Archipelago, a chain of more than 360 islands in the Caribbean Sea ? “Theres a boat! ” Our daughter Hayley shouts suddenly. Three men, far out at sea, are in a canoe called a cayuco. We pull up near them and they offer to sell us a
2、spiny lobster (龙虫F), but they have not caught enough for each of us. “ Un momento, porfavor One moment, please, ” the man says. He dives overboard, holding his breath, goes down 40 feet, and comes back up with another lobster in his bare hands! We buy the lobsters and visit with the men. These fishe
3、rmen are the Kuna Indians from the San Blas Islands. The Kuna Indians have made their homes famous because of their efforts to protect their rain forests, their independence, and their culture? For more than 400 years, the Kuna Indians have fought to keep their traditional way of life ? They , ve fo
4、rmed their own system of government and laws. Theyve kept the Kuna language, though many speak Spanish, loo. And while visitors are welcome, non-Kuna people are not allowed to own land? Once we are on the island, we visit the sahila, or chief. It is an important part of Kuna culture for a visitor to
5、 receive an invitation and pay a fee to the sahila before entering his village? We walk around the village and look at the way the Kuna people live ? Kuna villages vary in size? They can range from a few dwellings (住所)to large villages with some modem conveniences ? Hayley and her brother Jackson ar
6、e being homeschooled while we are traveling on our boat. Part of our homeschool day is spent learning about the countries and people we visit. Earlier today we read about Kuna foods and money. The Kuna eat a lot of fish, lobsters and coconuts (椰子)?The coconut is also used for money ? Each coconut tr
7、ee has a Kuna owner, so the coconuts cannot be taken or touched. 语篇解读;本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了生活在巴拿马圣布拉M斤群岛上的库纳印第安人。 1. According to the text, the Kuna Indians have been trying their best to _ ? A. expand their land B ? prevent strangers visiting C. keep their traditions alive D? learn more about the outside
8、world 解析:选C 细节理解题。由第六段中的“their efforts to protect their rain forests, their independence, and their culture“和第七段的“the Kuna Indians have fought to keep their traditional way of life“可知,库纳印第安人一直致力于保护他们的传统文化。 2.Why does the authors family visit the sahila? A. To ask for his help? B ? To show respect fo
9、r him. C? To invite him to travel with them. D. To get permission to enter his village. 解析:选D 细节理解题。由倒数第二段的 44It is an important part of Kuna culture for a visitor to receive an invitation and pay a fee to the sahila before entering his village.”可知,作者拜访sahila 是为了得到进村的许可。 3.The main purpose of this t
10、ext is to introduce _ . A. the meaning of traveling B ? the benefits of homeschooling C. the history of the San Blas Islands D. lhe native people living on the San Blas Islands 解析:选D写作意图题。作者在驶向圣布拉斯群岛的路途中偶遇了三个库纳印第安渔夫,从而 进一步介绍了生活在该群岛上的库纳印第安人。 B That woman carried a new blanket over her arm. Wordlessly
11、, she gave it to me. uIs it finished ? “ I asked. She shook her head ?“No. It is ready, ” she replied. I handed her the money and took the blanket. “It is beautiful, so skillfully woven (编织) , ” I said to my mother. “But what did she mean when she said it was not finished? How can it be ready if it
12、is not finished? ” “I will tell you latert ” my mother said, “but first I will take you to the Navajo village.“ We went down to the village? A group of young men were making sand pictures. We walked through the whole village, watching the different things the people were doing? It was not until that
13、 evening that my mother finally explained the Navajo womans words. “Did you notice anything about the things the people were making? ” my mother asked ? “ What should I have noticed? n I looked at her and asked. u Each thing the Navajo make has one small part that is not complete. The designs in the
14、ir sand pictures are often not perfectly done, for example the line of a circle may not quite close. If you look carefully at your blanket, you will probably find a stitch (一纟十)missing.” I took the blanket off, but it looked as perfect as any design could be. Then suddenly, I noticed that sure enoug
15、h a stitch was missing! “ But why do the Navajo intentionally leave some tiny part unfinished? ” I asked? “They believe that when anything is completed or finished, it means the end has come 一it will not be perfect until then. Then too, with a circle, they believe that they must leave a pathway for
16、the bad spirits to run away and the good spirits to come in. So, often, they do not make the line close.” 语篇解读:本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过讲述自己购买了一条毛毯,作者的母亲向作者介绍了 纳瓦霍人奇特的文化。 4. The blanket the author received _ . A. was poorly woven B ? made her think a lot C? cost her a lot of money D? was finished, but not ready
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