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阅读理解【中考先睹为快】Passage A ( 来自 2016中考英语模拟 ) 阅读下面短文或图表，并选择正确答案。Do you know Roma people? They were called Gypsies( 吉普赛人 ) by Europeans because they thought they came from Egypt(a country in Africa). About a thousand years ago, the Roma people left their homeland. They are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. They have no real homeland. Today, the Roma are now living all over the world. They have kept their language and many customs. For example, it's important for Roma to marry other Roma. It's also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. Roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14. Romany is the language of Roma people, which was written down only recently. Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. It is sometimes hard for Romans in one part of the world to understand Romans from another part. Roma music is famous all over the world, because many Romans throughout history have been musicians. Their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz. Roma don't usually assimilate(同化 ) into host countries. Over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. They have their gold taken away from them— treasures from their parents and grandparents. They have been taken as slaves( 奴隶 ), and have been forced to change their names. But today, the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture. “There's...