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The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.
The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.
In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.
Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.
1.The Aborigines painted pictures .
A.on animals’ fur B.on the land
C.on the tree D.on the rock
2.What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?
A.To paint. B.To hunt. C.To fight. D.To play.
3.The Aborigines thought were the most important on the earth.
A.people B.animals C.spirits D.plants
4.In an Aboriginal group decided things.
A.the older men B.the leader
C.the English D.the Europeans
5.The number of the Aborigines is small today .
A.because their living condition was very bad
B.because the English killed a lot of them in the wars
C.because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them
D.because of the wars and the new illnesses
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Dear Li Ming, I’d like to know what you often do in your free time. Do you spend much time on reading? What do you think about reading? I like reading novels (小说) very much. My favourite book is Jane Eyre. It was written by Charlotte Bronte. She was born in Britain. She was a famous writer in the world. She wrote many books and Jane Eyre was one of the best. In this book, she wrote about a woman named Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre wasn’t pretty, but she had a strong idea of self-respect (自尊心). She never gave up whenever she met any difficulties in her life. I was deeply moved by her story. I like the book very much. Yours, Tom |
Hi Tom,
It’s very nice to hear that you like reading a lot.
Yours,
Li Ming