Question

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(護(hù)林人).

1.The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means “a state of            ”.

A．separation	B．interaction
C．satisfaction	D．excitement

2.From the passage we can learn that the tribes in the Amazon forest             .

A．only live on a reservation designated for them

B．prefer straw-roofed buildings to wooden ones

C．keep contact with the outside world through airplanes

D．have the legal right to the land they live on

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Amorim?

A．Privacy violation is common among the Amazon tribes.

B．The laws dividing the lands of the tribes are far from enough.

C．Modern civilization endangers the tribes and their cultures.

D．It is hard to make public policy to protect primitive tribes.

4.The last paragraph is mainly about              .

A．the lost human rights of the indigenous peoples

B．the benefits of protecting the primitive tribes

C．the value of traditional healing

D．the indigenous peoples as guardians of the Amazon forest

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：

1.A 推理題。根據(jù)本句Deep in the Amazon forest, thousands of people still live in isolation from the rest of the world.說明這些人住在亞馬遜雨林的深處，與世隔絕。故該詞指隔開，故A正確。

2.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第1,2行Brazil’s indigenous peoples won the legal right to their traditional lands in Brazil’s 1988 Constitution,說明這些人有合法權(quán)利住在他們生活的土地上。

3.C 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段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說明新世界的文明正在慢慢侵蝕這些土著居民的生活和文化。

4.B 主旨大意題。文章主要講述的是要保護(hù)那些原始的土著居民。特別在最后一段中還提出了這樣做很多的好處。

考點(diǎn)：考查新聞?lì)愰喿x

點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章講述了在巴西的亞馬遜雨林中的原始土著居民的生活正受到現(xiàn)代文明的侵蝕，我們要保護(hù)這些原始的居民保護(hù)他們的文化。文章內(nèi)容較為新穎，要求考生根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容和題干，迅速定位，做出準(zhǔn)確判斷和推理。