题目内容
2. They said the wind (有利于他们在黎明航行）.
2. favoured their sailing at dawn
3. 我来给你找点东西吃。 (不定式作定语)
C
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
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出最佳选项。
A
On Tuesday,scientists announced that they have discovered the bones of four settlers in. Jamestown,Virginia,dating as far back as 1608. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what became the United States. The bones were unearthed under the floor of a Jamestown church which was discovered in 2010 and is considered as America，s first Protestant church(新教教会).
The Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation at Historic Jamestowne and the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History announced that the settlers held high leadership positions. The men,Rev.Robert Hunt,Capt. Gabriel Archer,Sir Ferdinando Wainman,and Capt. William West,all played a role in the Jamestown settlement. After being lost to history for more than 400 years,the discovery of their remains provides new clues about their life and the importance of religion in the 1600s.
“This is a very important discovery,” Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation President James Horn said in a statement. “These men were among the first founders of English America."
About 100 people settled along the James River in what would become the first English settlement m 1607. During that time,settlers in Jamestown were faced with famine and disease The colony was nearly wiped out due to conflict with Native Amencans in the area and with other English settlers.
"They lived and died at a hard time in the history of the settlement — when Jamestown almost ended in failure," Horn said. “The bones of these men help fill in the stories of their lives ”
The Smithsonian and the Rediscovery Foundation fouund the remains in November of 2013. Scientists used 3-D technology to locate the exact gravesites of the men. The team wanted to identify its findings before announcing the discovery. They identified the men using historical records and studied the chemicals of the bones to learn what the men ate and where they came from.
Findings from the burials will go on display within weeks at Historic Jamestowne^ The site also plans to honor the men and will keep their bones in a safe place for foture study.
1. The bones found in a Jamestown church.
A. were first discovered in 2010
B. have proved to be a family of four
C. are complete and easy to recognize
D. have been buried for over four centuries
2. The discovery in Jamestown is helpful for scientists to know more about .
A. the history of the James River
B. America's first English settlers
C. Native Americans in Jamestown
D. America's first Protestant church
3.The underlined phrase ‘Wiped out” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
A. supported fully
B. developed rapidly
C. destroyed completely
D. protected successfully
4. What can we learn from Paragraph 6 ?
A. How scientists identified the four leaders.
B. How scientists keep the bones in good shape.
C. Why the four leaders were buried in Jamestown.
D. Why the four leaders chose to settle in Jamestown.
5.This text is most probably.
A. a history paper B. a research paper
C. a warning message D. a newspaper report
4. Everyone in the class voted (赞同这个建议) .
I. 根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词，写出该单词的正确形式(每空—词)。
1. Norm is very shy but his wife’s o
2. She looked at the finished painting with (满意).
根据下面各句句意以及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示词，写出该单词的正确形式(每空一词) 。
1. Stand a , please,and let these people pass.
() 7. The whale's body would be carried to land after it floated up to the surface.
