Question

【题目】Passage 4（2016·四川，C）

体裁	话题	词数	难度	建议时间
记叙文	法国的圭亚那人	310	★★☆☆☆	6分钟

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 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 effects of a Frenchman form 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 Gn. ＂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 with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.

【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.

【2】Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _________.

A. a tour guide B. a geographer

C. a film director D. a photographer

【3】What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?

A. Cautious. B. Doubtful.

C. Uninterested. D. Appreciative.

【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 hunting. D. The French Republic.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

【语篇解读】本文通过一个摄影记者向人们展示了法国的圭亚那人，和现代法国的生活风格给他们带来的影响。

【1】推理判断题。根据第一段第二句Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.（令人吃惊的是，这些人主要遵守他们自己的法律和社会风俗生活。）可知A项符合题意。

【2】推理判断题。根据第四段第一句 ＂I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life, ＂（我想展示给观众一个摄影记录，让他们触摸到不文明的生活。）和第五段第一句His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time.（他的黑白照片呈现了一个几乎失去的世界。）可知他是一个摄影师，故选D。

【3】推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句 ＂I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years, ＂（我对法国圭亚那人有一个特殊的爱。我在那里工作了将近十年了。）可知他对圭亚那人是心存感激的，故选D。

【4】词义猜测题。根据最后一段最后一句中the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic可知后面的定语从句中it指现代法国的生活风格。故选A。