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(护林人).

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

 

（河南省驻马店高中2010届高三摸底考试）

American cities are    36    other cities around the world． In every country, cities show the  37   of the culture. Cities contain the very   38   aspect(方面) of a society: opportunities for education, employment and so on. They also   39   the very worst parts of a society. Now American cities are changing, just   40   American society.  After World War Ⅱ, the population of   41   large American cities became smaller;   42   , the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Huston are cities   43   population increased. That people come into and out of the city shows the changing value of American society. During this time, in the   44   1940s, the people of the city became wealthier and they had more children. They need more   45 . They moved out to buy their own homes. They bought houses  46   the city, areas near a city where people live and there are not many offices or factories. During 1950s the American "dream" was to have a house outside the city. Now things are changing. The children of the people who   47   the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They   48   their parents want to live in the cities.  49   continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are becoming   50   and the population is increasing in   51   states as Texas, Florida and Californian.  52    are moving to more established cities, such as Boston and Chicago. Many young doctors, lawyers and bosses are moving back into the city. They prefer the city   53   the outside of it, because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the oil shortage; or they just   54   the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities—a wealthier and  55  mobile class.

36．A．different from     B．similar to       C．better than           D．worse than

37．A．value            B．worth                  C．importance          D．expense

38．A．well             B．good                   C．better                  D．best

39．A．content        B．get                      C．contain                D．include

40．A．likely            B．as                       C．while                  D．when

41．A．all              B．most                   C．few                    D．much

42．A．but             B．and                     C．however              D．although

43．A．its              B．which                 C．where                 D．that

44．A．late             B．later                    C．lately                   D．latter

45．A．space           B．spots                   C．time                    D．food

46．A．beside          B．downtown           C．countryside         D．outside

47．A．arrived         B．left                      C．reached               D．entered

48．A．as              B．like                     C．dislike                 D．unlike

49．A．Some           B．All                      C．Several                D．Both

50．A．big              B．noisy                   C．larger                  D．wonderful

51．A．such            B．these                   C．those                  D．many

52．A．The others    B．The ones             C．Peoples               D．Others

53．A．than             B．better than           C．rather than           D．to

54．A．win             B．enjoy                   C．earn                    D．own

55．A．very             B．and                     C．more                   D．or