In 1971, readers around the world
were astonished by some photographs which appeared in newspapers. Hidden deep
in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) 36 called
the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any 37
of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy;
they hunted animals and 38 fruit from the plants
in the rainforest. They carried tools made of stone, lived in 39
and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 40
became world famous. After that, there were TV 41 and
books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could
be good and kind if they were not 42 by modern life. Then
after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 43
about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist,
Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey 44
thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 45
killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the
wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 46 and
found the caves of the Tasaday 47 . The people were
living in nearby huts and they were all 48 jeans
and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic
minority 49 .
When he 50
to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He
said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 51
from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 52
they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and
money---would start 53 into the region.
One group of experts said that
they really were people who had no 54 with
modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 55
the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
1. A. man B.
group C.
chief D.
tradition
2. A. knowledge B.
impression C. doubt D.
fear
3. A. grew B.
enjoyed C. collected D.
stored
4.A. huts B.
houses C.
apartments D. caves
5. A. certainly B.
suddenly C. absolutely D.
privately
6. A. advertisements B.
services C. stations D.
programs
7. A. refused B.
separated C.
spoilt D.
conquered
8. A. forgot B.
knew C.
talked D.
thought
9. A. around B.
through C. over D.
along
10.A. once B.
almost C.
often D.
even
11.A. arrived B.
left C.
hid D.
began
12.A. dirty B.
valueless C.
accessible D. empty
13. A. making B.
selling C.
wearing D. designing
14. A. in all B.
at all C.
after all D.
above all
15. A. returned B.
went C.
traveled D. drove
16. A. absent B.
secure C.
different D.
free
17. A. agree B.
pretend C. admit D.
consider
18. A. looking B.
falling C.
turning D. pouring
19. A. contact B.
competition C. agreement D.
patience
20. A. learning B.
forming C. acting D.
missing