阅读理解
Native Americans from the southeastern pert of what is now the USA believe that the universe in which they live was made up of three separate, but related worlds: the Upper World, the Lower World, and This World. In the last there lived humans, most animals and all plant .
This World, a round island resting on the surface of water, was supported(支撑)by four cords(弦)tied to the island at the four points. Lines drawn to connect the opposite points of the compass, from north to south and from east to west, got This World to divide it into wedge shaped segments. Thus, a symbolic representing of the human world was a cross within a circle, the cross representing the linking line(区域)and the circle the shape of This World.
East segment of This World wag marked by its own color. According to the belief, the east was associated with the color of red because it was the direction of the Sun. Red was also the color of fire, believed directly connected with the Sun, with blood, and therefore with life. Finally, red was the color of success. The west was the Moon segment, it provided (提供)no warmth and was not life-giving as the Sun was. So it was blue(sometimes purple), and it represented(代表)trouble and defeat. South was the direction of warmth, its color, white, was associated with pace and happiness.
1.According to the passage, southeastern Native Americans compared This World to ________.
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A.the sky
B.waters
C.the animal
D.an island
2.The author implies (暗示)that This World was located ________.
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A.inside the Lower World
B.inside the Upper World
C.between the Upper World and Lower World
D.above the Upper World
3.Which can he the best title?
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A.World.
B.Three Worlds.
C.A View of the Universe.
D.The Story of Worlds.
4.The lined phrase “the last” refers to ________.
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A.This World
B.the Upper World
C.all plants
D.the universe
5.According to the passage, lines divided This world into ________ segments.
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A.two
B.three
C.four
D.five