【成才之路】-学年高中英语Module5EthnicCulture综合检测新人教版选修7时间100分钟满分120分第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。ATheYaos(瑶族人)liveinmountaincommunitiesscatteredover130countiesinfivesouthernChinaprovincesandoneautonomousregion.About70percentofthemliveintheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,andtherestliveinHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiprovinces.HalfoftheYaosspeaktheYaolanguage,whichbelongstotheChinese-Tibetanlanguagefamily;othersusetheMiaoorDonglanguages.AsaresultofclosecontactwiththeHanandZhuangcultures,manyYaosalsohavelearnedtospeakChineseorZhuang.Before1949,theYaosdidnothaveawrittenlanguage.AncientYaoskeptrecordsofimportantaffairsbycarvingnotches(凹口)onwoodorbambooslips.LatertheyusedChinesecharacters.HandwrittencopiesofwordsofsongsareondisplayintheJinxiuYaoAutonomousCountyinGuangxi.TheyarebelievedtoberelicsoftheMingDynasty.Ancientstonetabletsengraved(雕刻)withChinesecharacterscanbefoundinalotofYaocommunities.DuringtheMingandQingdynasties,cattleandirontoolsspreadamongtheYaosinGuangxiandGuangdong.Theydugditchesandbuilttroughs(水槽)todrawwaterfromspringsfordailyuseandirrigation.Sidelineoccupations(副业)suchashunting,collectingmedicinalherbs,makingcharcoal(木炭)andweavingwerepursuedsidebysidewithagriculture.TheYaospracticedaninterestingformofcooperationcalled“singingwhiledigging”.ThiscanstillbeseeninGuangxitoday.Attimesofspringploughing,20to30households(住户)worktogetherforonehouseholdafteranotheruntilalltheirfieldsareploughedandsown.Whilethegroupisworking,ayoungmanstandsoutinthefields,beatingadrumandleadingthesinging.Everyonesingsafterhim.1.WheredomostYaoslivenow?A.InHunan,Yunnan,Guangdong,GuizhouandJiangxiprovinces.B.IntheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.C.InthesouthwesternpartofChina.D.InnearlyalltheprovincesacrossChina.答案:B细节理解题。根据文中第一段第二句“About70percentofthemliveintheGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion”可知。2.WhatcanweknowfromthepassageabouttheYaopeople'slanguage?A.MostYaopeoplespeaktheirownIndoChineselanguage.B.TheYaopeopledonotunderstandtheZhuanglanguage.C.SomeYaoscanalsocommunicateusingtheMiaolanguage.D.TheYaopeoplespeakthesamelanguageastheTibetanpeople.答案:C细节理解题。根据文中第二段第一句“HalfoftheYaosspeaktheYaolanguage,which...;othersusetheMiaoorDonglanguages.”故选C。3.WhichofthefollowingcanbeinferredaboutthewrittenlanguageoftheYaos?A.TheirownwrittenlanguagewascreatedintheMingDynasty.B.Importantaffairswerewrittendownonwoodandbamboowithpens.C.TheYaoscreatedsongsandputthemdownduringtheMingDynasty.D.TheYaoshavebeenabletoprintbookswritteninChinesesincetheMingDynasty.答案:C推理判断题。从文中第三段“HandwrittencopiesofwordsofsongsareondisplayintheJinxiuYaoAutonomousCountyinGuangxi.TheyarebelievedtoberelicsoftheMingDynasty.”可以推断出答案。4.WhichofthefollowingisthemostimportantindustryfortheYaos?A.Hunting.B.Collectingmedicinalherbs.C.Weaving.D.Agriculture.答案:D细节理解题。根据文中第四段第二、三句可知答案。BJoanRiverswasdeterminedtobecomeasuccessfulcomedian(喜剧演员).“AsfarbackasIremember,”shesaid,“Iwantedacareerinshowbusiness.Butpeopleweretellingmeno.”ShewaslivinginadirtycheaphotelandhadbeenturneddownbyeverytalentagentinNewYork,whenshegotherfirstjobin1958.Howexciting!Maybethiswasherbigbreak.Butafterheractonthefirstn...