题目内容
The Eskimos believed that a human being is made up of a body, a soul, and a name, and it is not ___1___ unless it has all three. This ___2___ has a great ___3___ on the Eskimos daily life and runs like a golden ___4___ through the Eskimos culture.
As for the soul of man, the Eskimos do not claim to know exactly what it is… but, who does? They see it, however, as the beginning of life, and the energy ___5___ which life cannot continue.
An Eskimo’s name is ___6___ to give life of ___7___. It has in it all the good qualities of all the persons who have been called by it. Many Eskimos believe that a newborn baby ___8___ because it wants ___9___ name and will not complete until it gets it.
Immediately after a birth, some wise elders ___10___ to ___11___ the child. The name that is ___12___ must be ___13___ of someone who has died ___14___. When my son was born, everyone realized that ___15___ was great-grandfather, Mequsaq(who had died a few months ___16___,) who had been reborn in him. The newborn baby had a slight squint(看一眼) in ___17___ eye that old Mequsaq had ___18___ to the enemy ride in the battle. This was taken as a ___19___ from the name spirit that the baby ___20___ be called Mequsaq.
1. A. separate B. complete C. serious D scientific
2. A. thought B. idea C. belief D. theory
3. A. result B. effect C. control D. touch
4. A. thread B. line C. way D. rope
5. A. with B. without C. by D. along
6. A. believed B. taken C. held D. regarded
7. A. his own B. its own C. own D. itself
8. A. sobs B. laughs C. weeps D. cries
9. A. it B. his C. her D. its
10. A. run B. discuss C. gather D. appear
11. A. name B. call C. hold D. dress
12. A. decided B. selected C. elected D. demanded
13. A. this B. these C. those D. that
14. A. recently B. long ago C. just now D. meanwhile
15. A. this B. that C. it D. who
16. A. since B. later C. ago D. before
17. A. the other B. the same C. the different D. other
18. A. hurt B. wounded C. lost D. injured
19. A. choice B. decision C. notice D. sign
20. A. could B. might C. would D. should
1-5BCBAB 6-10ABDDC 11-15ABDAC 16-20DBCDD
解析:
本文是叙述Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)对新生婴儿起名字的故事。
1. B。根据空的前后意思，如果没有躯体、灵魂和名字就不“完整”。
2. C。从文章开头的 believed 一词可以得知上面提到的是一种“信仰”。
3. B。have a great effect on(对…有影响)是固定短语。
4. A。从前面 run 和后面的 through 可以得知，信仰像“金线”一样每天从他们的文化中“穿过”，line 不能指具体的“线”。
5. B。根据文章前后的意思，当生命开始时，要是“没有”能量，生命就不能继续，也就是说，有了能量，生命才能够继续。
6. A。根据文章开头的 believe 可得出答案。
7. B。表示相信名字是他们“自己的”生命。
8. D。根据常识，新生婴儿一出生就会“啼哭”。
9. D。从上下文的几个 it 可以得出答案。
10. C。根据句意，孩子生下来不久，几个老者就“聚集”在一起给孩子取“名字”可以判断出第10和11题两个答案。
11. A。根据第10题，答案不能选call，call是“喊某人的名字”，name 是“给某人取名字”。
12. B。根据后面的意思，名字必须在最近死了的人的名字中“选择”。
13. D。that 代替上文提到的名字。
14. A。根据现在完成时的时态 has died 来得出答案，recently与现在完成时连用。
15. C。从上文第3段最后一句可以得知答案，it 是指婴儿，不确定性别时使用。
16. D。根据时态，过去完成时中表示以前用before，而不用ago，ago用于一般过去时。
17. B。根据句意是同 Mequsaq 一样的眼睛。
18. C。根据后面的在战斗中“失去”了眼睛。
19. D。从下文表示从名字的精神来看可知名字被取是一种“标志”。
20. D。从上文推出这个婴儿的名字“应该”叫做Mequsaq。
All Eskimos live most of their lives close to sea or fresh water. They may follow game inland for several hundred miles, but they always return to the shores of rivers, lakes, or seas. Eskimo land has a bare look. Large rocks, pebbles, and sand cover much of the surface. Plants called lichen (地衣) grow on the rocks, and where there is enough soil, grass, flowers, and even small bushes manage to live. No trees can grow on Eskimo land, so geographers sometimes call it the Arctic plains. There are some animals in Eskimo land, such as rabbits, which eat the plants. Other animals, like the white fox and the gray wolf, eat the rabbits. The Eskimo is a meat-eater, too, and may even eat a wolf when food is scarce.
The Eskimo year has two main parts: a long, cold winter and a short, cool summer. Spring and fall are almost too short to be noticed. Summer is the best time, as food is usually plentiful. But it is also the time when Eskimos are very busy. Winter is never far away, and the men must bring home extra meat for the women to prepare and store, for seldom can enough animals be killed in winter to feed a family.
The Far North is sometimes called the land of the midnight sun. This is true in the middle of summer, for between April 21st and August 21st the sun never sets in Northern Greenland. But in midwinter the Far North is a land with no sunshine at all. Around Oct. 21st the Eskimos of Northern Greenland see the sun set directly south of them, and they don’t see it again until February 22nd. All places on earth get about the same amount of daylight during a year. As a result, if summer is lighter, winter has to be darker.
Winter nights in the Far North are seldom pitch-black. As in the rest of the world, the stars and moon provide a little light. The northern lights also help the Eskimo to see. And with the ground covered with snow, even a little light is reflected back to the Eskimo’s eyes.
1.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A．Eskimos do not usually eat wolves. |
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B．Eskimos like to chase one another. |
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C．Eskimos depend heavily on water. |
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D．Eskimos are meat-eaters. |
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined words “pitch-black” in Paragraph 4?
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A．Dark with a little light. |
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B．A little dark. |
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C．Not dark at all. |
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D．Extremely dark. |
3.From the passage, we can infer all of the following EXCEPT that_______.
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A．Eskimos are more likely to eat wolves in summer |
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B．Eskimo women are responsible for housework |
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C．meat is the main source of food for the Eskimo |
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D．hunting is an important part of Eskimo life |