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课后阅读作业 一

Module 1 Period 1

Ⅰ. 阅读理解

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(2016·四川高考)

In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的)people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony(殖民地)of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they should live by the French law. However, their remote locations mean that the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of“lawlessness”in the world.

The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the efforts of a Frenchman from Paris called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years, ”says Gin. “I’ve been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don’t see it as a lawless land. But rather I see

it as an area of freedom. ”

“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life, ”continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly. ”

His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings withitnot only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.

【语篇概述】本文是一篇说明文, 文章介绍了法属圭亚那雨林地区的土著居民的生活。摄影师Gin用黑白照片记录了那些居民被时光遗忘的、自由的、有着自己的法律和社会风俗的生活。

1. Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?

A. They seldom follow the French law. B. They often ignore the Guianese law. C. They are separated from the modern world. D. They are both Guianese and French citizens.

【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第一段Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs和their remote locations mean that the French law is often ignored or unknown可知,

这里的人大都按自己的法律和社会风俗生活, 他们很少遵循法国的法律。

2. Gin introduces the special world of the indigenous Guianese as .

A. a tour guide B. a geographer C. a film director

D. a photographer

【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第四段Gin所说的话, 特别是句中的photographic一词可知, 他是一名摄影师。

3. What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese? A. Cautious.

B. Doubtful. D. Appreciative.

C. Uninterested.

【解析】选D。观点态度题。根据第三段I don’t see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom可知, 作者并不认为这是一个没有法律的地方, 相反他认为这是一个自由的地区。此处的an area of freedom透露出作者对这些土著人的欣赏之情。

4. What does the underlined word“it”in the last paragraph refer to? A. The modern French lifestyle. B. The self-supporting hunting. C. The uncivilized world. D. The FrenchRepublic.

【解析】选A。词义猜测题。此处which brings with it. . . 译为: 随之带来的有……。可知此处it即指前面的the lifestyle offered by the