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___________is hard is to do good all one's life and never do anything bad.
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Deep in the Amazon forest, thousands of people still live in isolation from the rest of the world.
In a recent press release, the Brazilian government confirmed the existence of another isolated tribe of about 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The reservation, located near the Peruvian border, is about the size of Portugal. At least another 14 isolated tribes, with a total population of about 2000, call the area home.
The newly observed group lives on four large straw-roofed buildings and grows corn, peanut and other crops.
Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (BNTF) first noticed the reservation in the forest using satellite maps, but it wasn’t until April that an airplane expedition was able to confirm the tribe’s existence. “The work of finding and protecting isolated groups is part of Brazilian public policy,” said the BNIF officer for Vale do Javari, Fabricio Amorim. “To confirm something like this takes years of hard work.”
BNIF estimates there are 68 isolated tribes living in the Amazon. The organization uses airplanes to avoid disturbing the tribes through personal contact, but that doesn’t mean others are so respectful of their right to privacy.
Illegal fishing, woodcutting and hunting bring people into the protected area. Oil exploration on the Peruvian side of the border is another threat. All kinds of criminals also invade the lands of the local groups, said Amorim. The outsiders can damage the land and influence the cultures of indigenous(土著的)peoples. They can also bring diseases which can wipe out the whole population that still lack even basic antibiotics(抗生素).
Brazil’s indigenous peoples won the legal right to their traditional lands in Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, which stated that all indigenous lands shall be divided and turned over to tribes within five years. Indigenous groups now control 11 percent of Brazil’s territory, including 22 percent of the Amazon.
Allowing indigenous groups the right homelands is not just a matter of human rights. The rest of the world can benefit from their knowledge. Mark Plotkin has spent years living with the people of the Amazon and learning from their traditional healers. In his lecture, he pointed out that many useful materials and knowledge, including numerous drugs, can be gained from listening to the indigenous groups of the Amazon. Besides this, they are also more effective at protecting the land, and less expensive, than hired rangers(护林人).
1.The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means “a state of ”.
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A.separation |
B.interaction |
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C.satisfaction |
D.excitement |
2.From the passage we can learn that the tribes in the Amazon forest .
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A.only live on a reservation designated for them |
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B.prefer straw-roofed buildings to wooden ones |
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C.keep contact with the outside world through airplanes |
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D.have the legal right to the land they live on |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Amorim?
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A.Privacy violation is common among the Amazon tribes. |
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B.The laws dividing the lands of the tribes are far from enough. |
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C.Modern civilization endangers the tribes and their cultures. |
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D.It is hard to make public policy to protect primitive tribes. |
4.The last paragraph is mainly about .
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A.the lost human rights of the indigenous peoples |
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B.the benefits of protecting the primitive tribes |
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C.the value of traditional healing |
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D.the indigenous peoples as guardians of the Amazon forest |
Fluency(流利) in another language is one of the most important aims of a newcomer to another country. In addition, understanding the culture and learning to communicate comfortably with people of that culture are as important as learning the rules of the language. Language learning and culture learning go together and may take a long time.
Sometimes people feel that they understand a culture after a few weeks or months. People do learn a lot when they first begin living in another culture, but this is only the first stage of learning. It usually involves(含包) things like learning everyday activities and some basic customs.
To really understand another culture, people have to go beyond the first stage, This is challenge because it is often difficult to know what to learn. Much of what we call “culture” is hard to see.
Culture is like an iceberg. Picture in your mind a huge iceberg in the ocean. The only part of the iceberg that you see is the tip. You don’t see the rest of the iceberg because it is hidden from sight in the water. It is easy to forget that it is there. Most of the iceberg is deep within the ocean, just as much of a culture is deep within its people.
When you meet someone from another culture, certain culture differences are obvious: You hear another language or you hear your own language spoken with an accent. You see different foods, clothes and sometimes physical characteristics of people. You observe new customs or habits, such as the use of chopsticks, and, bowing or kissing on both cheeks as a greeting. These differences are interesting and important, but they are usually not too difficult to understand. They are visible so they are seen easily and quickly.
The part of culture that is like the underwater part of the iceberg consists of assumptions(设想), communication styles, values, and beliefs about what is right and wrong. The hidden part of culture affects much of a person’s way of thinking and communicating. It is the meaning behind his or her verbal (言语的) and nonverbal language. Learning to communicate well with people from another culture involves becoming aware of the hidden part of culture.
1.What’s the subject of this passage?
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A.Learning about culture. |
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B.Language learning. |
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C.The hidden part of the iceberg. |
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D.Fluency in another language. |
2.What is learning about culture?
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A.Learning the hidden part of the iceberg, which is underwater. |
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B.Learning everyday activities and some basic customs. |
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C.Learning the culture of an iceberg. |
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D.Learning the visible as well as the hidden differences of culture. |
3.What’s the writer’s opinion?
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A.Communication styles can be easily seen and learned. |
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B.Language learning is more important than culture learning. |
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C.Learning about culture is not easy and may take a long time. |
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D.People usually learn a culture after a few weeks or months. |
4.The underlined phrase “consists of” can be replaced by “______”.
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A.lies in |
B.is made up of |
C.agrees with |
D.is different from |
5.What conclusion can we draw after reading this passage?
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A.Values and beliefs are like the tip of the iceberg. |
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B.People often become aware of the hidden part of culture. |
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C.The tip of the iceberg is larger than the hidden part. |
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D.The hidden part of culture has a great effect on people’s communication styles. |