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             In a faraway area in northern Mexico,there lives a native Indian group called the Tarahumaras (塔拉乌马拉族) .Besides owning some cooking tools and farming equipment,the Tarahumaras exist much as they did before the Spanish _sarrived in the 1600s. They live in caves or in small houses made of stone and wood,and they eat what little they can grow on the dry land.

             Ten years ago ,linguist(语言学家) James Copeland entered the world of the Tarahumaras to study their language and culture. Since then,he has been visiting the Tarahumaras three or four times a year. Tafahumara is not a written language,so part of Copeiand^，s project was to learn to speak Tarahumara so that he could deal directly with the people. “There are no language police ,” Copeland says. “Children are seldom corrected by their parents. They learn by observation of speech in conversations and by imitation."

             Copeland learned the language through his frequent exposure to it and by analyzing the grammar. His linguistic skills and mastery of German,Spanish,French,and Russian,plus a partial knowledge of some twenty other languages,also helped. Drawing on his research,Copeland plans to produce a Tarahumara grammar book in j English and perhaps one in Spanish.

             The idea to study the Tarahumaras came to Copeland in 1984 when he discovered that very!little research had been done on their language. He got in touch with a Tarahumara Indian called Lomezo Gonzalez through a social worker who worked with the Tarahumaras in the border town of Juarez,Mexico. At first,Gonzalez was very reluctant to cooperate. He told Copeland that no amount of money could buy his language. But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research and how it would benefit the Tarahumaras,Gonzalez agreed to help and took Copeland to his village. ^uOver a period of a year our relationship became closer and warmer/' says Copeland. “Thanks to him,the Tarahumaras started trusting us and understood what we were doing."

28. What can we learn about the Tarahumaras?

   A. They have a strict education system.

   B. They live a very simple and hard life.

   C. They arrived in Mexico with the Spanish.

   D. They are good at agriculture and architecture.

29. According to Copeland,learning Tarahumara.

   A. is no easy task

   B. is a waste of time

   C. is very interesting

   D. is useful for learning Spanish

30. Before Copeland learned Tarahumara,he had.

   A. fully researched this language

   B. read a Tarahumara grammar book

   C. visited the Tarahumaras three times

   D. asked a Tarahumara Indian for help

31. The underlined word “reluctant” in the last paragraph probably means .

   A. ready     B. anxious

   C. pleased   D. unwilling

Answer 1

28. B 29. A 30. D 31. D

C篇(语言学习)

本文是说明文。文章介绍了语言学家James Copeland为研究墨西哥塔拉乌马拉族文化以及语言所做出的努力。

28. B. 推理判断题。由第一段描述塔拉乌马拉族人住在山洞、缺少食物、过着与 世啼绝的生活等可知，他们的生活简朴、艰难。

29. A. 推理判断题。由第二段Copeland介绍塔拉乌马拉语不是文字语言、没有相 关的语言规范、完全靠观察和模仿学习和第三段他利用自己掌握的多种语言知识学习该语言可知，塔拉乌马拉语不易学。

30. D. 细节理解题。由三、四两段可知，在 Copeland研究塔拉乌马拉族文化之前，基本没有关于其语言的相关研究，于是他通过一位当地人的帮助来接触该族 人并学习其语言。

31. D. 词义gillT题。由最后一段的no amount of money could buy his language 和 after Copeland explained to him ... Gonzalez agreed to help 可知，Gonzalez 一开始并不愿意和Copeland合作。