3.In a faraway area in northern Mexico,there lives a native Indian group called the Tarahumaras(塔拉烏馬拉族).Besides owning some cooking tools and farming equipment,the Tarahumaras exist much as they did before the Spanish arrived in the 1600s.They live in caves or in small houses made of stone and wood,and they eat what little they can grow on the dry land.
Ten years ago,linquist(語言學(xué)家) James Copeland entered the world of the Tarahumaras t study their language and culture.Since then,he has been visiting the Tarahumaras three or four times a year.Tarahumaras is not a written language,so part of Copeland's project was to learn to speak Tarahumaras so that he could deal directly with the people."There are no language police,"Copeland says."Children are seldom corrected by their parents.They learn by observation of speech in conversations and by imitation."
Copeland learned the language through his frequent exposure to it and by analyzing the grammar.His linguistic skills and mastery of German,Spanish,F(xiàn)rench and Russian,plus a partial knowledge of some twenty other languages,also helped.Drawing on his research,Copeland plans to produce a Tarahumara grammar book in English and perhaps one in Spanish.
The idea to study the Tarahumaras came to Copeland in 1984when he discovered that very little research had been done on their language.He got in touch with a Tarahumaras Indian called Lornezo Gonzalez through a social worker who worked with the Tarahumaras in the border town of Juarez,Mexico.At first,Gonzalez was very reluctant to cooperate.He told Copeland that no amount of money could buy his language.But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research and how it would benefit the Tarahumaras,Gonzalez agreed to help and took Copeland to his village."Thanks to him,the Tarahumaras started trusting us and understood what we were doing."
29.What can we learn about the Tarahumaras?B
A.They have a strict education system.
B.They live a very simple and hard life.
C.They arrived in Mexico with the Spanish.
D.They are good at agriculture and architecture.
30.According to Copeland,learning TarahumarasA.
A.is no easy task
B.is a waste of time
C.is very interesting
D.is useful for learning Spanish
31.Before Copeland learned Tarahumaras,he hadD.
A.fully researched this language.
B.read a Tarahumaras grammar book
C.visited the Tarahumaras three times
D.a(chǎn)sked a Tarahumaras Indian for help
32.The underlined word"reluctant"in the last paragraph probably meansD.
A.ready B.a(chǎn)nxious
C.pleased D.unwilling.
分析 文章主要講述了烏馬拉族人的生活習(xí)慣.
解答 29.B推理判斷題.由第一段描述塔拉烏馬拉族人住在山洞、缺少食物'過著與世隔絕的生活可知,他們的生活簡(jiǎn)樸,艱難.故B.
30.A推理判斷題.由第二段Copeland介紹塔拉烏馬拉語不是文字語言、沒有相關(guān)語言規(guī)范、完全靠觀察和模仿學(xué)習(xí)和第三段他利用自己掌握的多種語言知識(shí)學(xué)習(xí)該語言可知,塔拉烏馬拉語不易學(xué).故選A.
31.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第三、四段可知,在Copeland研究塔拉烏馬拉族文化之前,基本沒有關(guān)于其語言的相關(guān)研究,于是他通過一位當(dāng)?shù)厝说膸椭鷣斫佑|該族人并學(xué)習(xí)該語言.故選D.
32.D詞意猜測(cè)題.由最后一段的no amount of money could buy his language.But after Copeland explained to him what he intended to do with his research and how it would benefit the Tarahumaras,Gonzalez agreed to help可知,Gonzalez一開始并不愿意和Copeland合作.故選D.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一個(gè)社會(huì)文化類閱讀理解,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測(cè),一定要做到有理有據(jù).