2016英语专四阅读练习（14）

2016英语专四阅读练习（14）

　　2016英语专四阅读理解要求考生掌握对一定难度新闻、文学等题材文章的阅读能力，从阅读速度和技巧，理解、判断和推理能力上都有更高要求，这就需要考生平时强加训练，新东方在线专四频道分享2016英语专四阅读练习，大家在冲刺阶段更是要多加练习，争取顺利通过专四考试。

　　As many as one thousand years ago in theSouthwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of NorthAmerica were building with adobe-sun baked brickplastered with mud. Their homes looked remarkablylike modern apartment houses. Some were fourstories high and contained quarters for perhaps athousand people, along with store rooms for grainand other goods. These buildings were usually putup against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against enemies. Theywere really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized since they calledthem “pueblos”, which is Spanish for town.

　　The people of the pueblos raised what are called“the three sisters” - corn, beans, and squash.They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could holdwater. The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is scarce. The Hopi and Zunibrought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water wasso important that it played a major role in their religion. They developed elaborate ceremoniesand religious rituals to bring rain.

　　The way of life of less settled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature. Smalltribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between theRocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such assmall rabbits and snakes. In the Far North the ancestors of today's Inuit hunted seals,walruses, and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos builtof blocks of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordlycaribou.

　　The Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslandsbetween the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison, commonly calledthe buffalo. Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make theirclothing and covering of their tents and tipis.

　　1. What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　A. The architecture of early American Indian buildings.

　　B. The movement of American Indians across North America.

　　C. Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians.

　　D. The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America.

　　2. It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were______.

　　A. very small

　　B. highly advanced

　　C. difficult to defend

　　D. quickly constructed

　　答案解析：

　　1. D) 根据阅读短文可知，作者主要描述了北美地区不同印第安部落的不同的生活方式 。故选项D为正确答案。

　　2. B) 此题为推断题。根据文章第一段可知，早在一千年前Hopi和Zuni两支北美印第安部落就用一种砖坯“adobe”来建造房屋，高可达四层楼高，有居住室还有储藏室，颇像现代的公寓，故选项B(高度发达)为正确答案。

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