成才之路学年高中英语 Module 5 Ethnic Culture综合检测 新人教版选修7.docx
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成才之路学年高中英语Module5EthnicCulture综合检测新人教版选修7
【成才之路】2014-2015学年高中英语Module5EthnicCulture综合检测新人教版选修7
时间100分钟 满分120分
第一部分:
阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
TheYaos(瑶族人)liveinmountaincommunitiesscatteredover130countiesinfivesouthernChinaprovincesandoneautonomousregion.About70percentofthemliveintheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,andtherestliveinHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiprovinces.
HalfoftheYaosspeaktheYaolanguage,whichbelongstotheChineseTibetanlanguagefamily;othersusetheMiaoorDonglanguages.AsaresultofclosecontactwiththeHanandZhuangcultures,manyYaosalsohavelearnedtospeakChineseorZhuang.
Before1949,theYaosdidnothaveawrittenlanguage.AncientYaoskeptrecordsofimportantaffairsbycarvingnotches(凹口)onwoodorbambooslips.LatertheyusedChinesecharacters.HandwrittencopiesofwordsofsongsareondisplayintheJinxiuYaoAutonomousCountyinGuangxi.TheyarebelievedtoberelicsoftheMingDynasty.Ancientstonetabletsengraved(雕刻)withChinesecharacterscanbefoundinalotofYaocommunities.
DuringtheMingandQingdynasties,cattleandirontoolsspreadamongtheYaosinGuangxiandGuangdong.Theydugditchesandbuilttroughs(水槽)todrawwaterfromspringsfordailyuseandirrigation.Sidelineoccupations(副业)suchashunting,collectingmedicinalherbs,makingcharcoal(木炭)andweavingwerepursuedsidebysidewithagriculture.TheYaospracticedaninterestingformofcooperationcalled“singingwhiledigging”.ThiscanstillbeseeninGuangxitoday.Attimesofspringploughing,20to30households(住户)worktogetherforonehouseholdafteranotheruntilalltheirfieldsareploughedandsown.Whilethegroupisworking,ayoungmanstandsoutinthefields,beatingadrumandleadingthesinging.Everyonesingsafterhim.
1.WheredomostYaoslivenow?
A.InHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiprovinces.
B.IntheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.
C.InthesouthwesternpartofChina.
D.InnearlyalltheprovincesacrossChina.
答案:
B 细节理解题。
根据文中第一段第二句“About70percentofthemliveintheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion”可知。
2.WhatcanweknowfromthepassageabouttheYaopeople'slanguage?
A.MostYaopeoplespeaktheirownIndoChineselanguage.
B.TheYaopeopledonotunderstandtheZhuanglanguage.
C.SomeYaoscanalsocommunicateusingtheMiaolanguage.
D.TheYaopeoplespeakthesamelanguageastheTibetanpeople.
答案:
C 细节理解题。
根据文中第二段第一句“HalfoftheYaosspeaktheYaolanguage,which...;othersusetheMiaoorDonglanguages.”故选C。
3.WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredaboutthewrittenlanguageoftheYaos?
A.TheirownwrittenlanguagewascreatedintheMingDynasty.
B.Importantaffairswerewrittendownonwoodandbamboowithpens.
C.TheYaoscreatedsongsandputthemdownduringtheMingDynasty.
D.TheYaoshavebeenabletoprintbookswritteninChinesesincetheMingDynasty.
答案:
C 推理判断题。
从文中第三段“HandwrittencopiesofwordsofsongsareondisplayintheJinxiuYaoAutonomousCountyinGuangxi.TheyarebelievedtoberelicsoftheMingDynasty.”可以推断出答案。
4.WhichofthefollowingisthemostimportantindustryfortheYaos?
A.Hunting.
B.Collectingmedicinalherbs.
C.Weaving.
D.Agriculture.
答案:
D 细节理解题。
根据文中第四段第二、三句可知答案。
B
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文章大意:
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