6.Taboos are of great importance to some people.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

5.If black cloud was formed around a man’s head, the Eskimos believed all the

　villagers would had bad luck except him　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

4.The Eskimos believed that animals had spirits　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

3.From the third paragraph we can see that the spirit of the dead seal enjoyed

drinking water.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

2.The Eskimos separated reindeer and seal meat because they thought 　　　　　　 T　　 F

keeping them together caused bad hunting.

1.This passage mainly tells us about ___.

A. the way the Eskimos treated their neighbors

B. how the Eskimos got along with others

C. how the Eskimos store their seal meat

D. the things that the Eskimos could and could not do

8.What does the word improved mean in the last paragraph?

A. made better　　　　 B. invented　　　　　　　　 C. put into use　　　　　　 D. gave up

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%Comprehension _______

Passage 31　 　

A Dangerous Land

The cold and icy land that is the Eskimo's home is a dangerous one. The Eskimo once believed that to be safe from danger he had to obey taboos. Taboos were rules that told him what he must and must not do.

The Eskimo had taboos connected with almost everything he did. He had to keep them in mind at all times. He believed that to break one would bring disaster.

For the Eskimo, it was taboo to store reindeer(训鹿) and seal (海豹)meat together. He could not even eat them on the same day. He believed the Goddess Sedna had separated the land animals from the sea animals. He thought bringing them together would cause the hunting to be bad.

There were other taboos concerning animals. When a dead seal was brought into the house, the women had to stop working. They had to give its spirit a drink of water. If they did not, the spirit would be angered. It would keep other animals from being caught.

When the Eskimo broke a taboo, he believed a black cloud formed around his head. He had to tell the others in the village what he had done. He thought that if he did not tell his neighbors, they would catch the black cloud. Then the whole village would have bad luck.

Length 224

Total Reading Time ___

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Answer the following questions without referring to the reading:

7.Morgan’s safety hood proved to be successful.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

6.Morgan was interested in becoming a fight fighter when he was young.　　　　 T　　 F

5.Morgan was eager to sell his inventions to the country.　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F