Imagine a people whose language has no word for "marriage" or "husband". Just such a tribe lives in the mountains of southeastern China. Lake Lugu,known as the " Country of Women"，is home to the Mosuo. It is one of the few 1        matriarchal (母系的) societies in the world which manage to 2        through thousands of years.

  Mosuo culture goes around women：the women make all the important 3       ,control the family's resources,and pass their 4        onto their children. 5       marrying,a Mosuo woman takes many lovers over her lifetime,and the 6        children will always live with her.

  7       the Mosuo language has a word for "mother"，there is 8        word for "father" and Mosuo children 9        all older men as "uncle".

Getting to Lake Lugu isn't easy,which helped the tribe keep their customs and 10       . A generation ago,few outsiders had ever 11        Lake Lugu or the Mosuo.

  But in recent years,word 12       about the value of their culture and the beauty of the lake. These reports attracted travelers and,13       ，this onceisolated paradise seems filled with tourists who've come to see the locals. Along with the visitors 14        stories of the outside world,15       the young to leave home for the 16        in search of new opportunities.

  For better or worse,the unique world of the Mosuo people is 17       . Many of the older Mosuo women 18        the old days,before the outsiders came with their strange clothing and strange 19       . But most agree that change is necessary. And some of the younger Mosuo women are speaking openly about getting 20       a word their grandmothers still don't understand.

(   ) 1. A. lost   B. left   C. remaining   D. imaginable

(   ) 2. A. survive   B. leave   C. prove   D. continue

(   ) 3. A. plans   B. decisions   C. clothes   D. notes

(   ) 4. A. full names   B. middle names   C. nicknames   D. surnames

(   ) 5. A. Rather than   B. Other than   C. More than   D. Better than

(   ) 6. A. intending   B. surviving   C. desiring   D. resulting

(   ) 7. A. Because   B. When   C. Unless   D. While

(   ) 8. A. one   B. some   C. no   D. proper

(   ) 9. A. refer to   B. make for   C. look at   D. turn to

(   ) 10. A. habits   B. culture   C. arts   D. science

(   ) 11. A. thought of   B. speak of   C. heard of   D. admit of

(   ) 12. A. took out   B. broke out   C. went out   D. sent out

(   ) 13. A. at times   B. in no time   C. at a time   D. in time

(   ) 14. A. go   B. take   C. bring   D. come

(   ) 15. A. making   B. forcing   C. attracting   D. advising

(   ) 16. A. villages   B. cities   C. factories   D. schools

(   ) 17. A. changing   B. improving   C. developing   D. remaining

(   ) 18. A. dislike   B. hate   C. enjoy   D. prefer

(   ) 19. A. words   B. styles   C. opinions   D. ideas

(   ) 20. A. paid   B. separated   C. dressed   D. married

1. C由上下文可知是"保存下來的母系社會之一"。

remaining可作前置定語,表示"保存下來的"，而left只能作后置定語。

2. A經(jīng)過幾千年"幸存"下來。

3. B根據(jù)前面的Mosuo culture goes around women可知，在摩梭人中，一切重大決定都由婦女作出。

4. D surname指"姓"，這里是說母親把自己的"姓"傳給下一代。

5. A由后文的a Mosuo woman takes many lovers over her lifetime可知，摩梭人并不結(jié)婚。

rather than表示"并非，而不是"。

6. D resulting意為"結(jié)果的，因此而生下的"。

7. D這句話的兩個分句之間是讓步關(guān)系。句意為:盡管摩梭人的語言中有"母親"一詞，但卻沒有"父親"。選項中只有while可表示讓步。

8. C由上一題可推知答案。

9. A refer to sb. as相當于consider sb. as,意為"把某人稱作"。

10. B句意為：……幫助他們保持自己的風俗和文化。

11. C此句和前句的Getting to Lake Lugu isn't easy相對應，意為:一個世紀前，很少有人聽說過Lake Lugu or the Mosuo。

12. C消息傳出來。go out意為"(消息或新聞) 發(fā)布，公布"；word在此有"消息"之意。

13. A at times是固定搭配，意為"經(jīng)常地"。

14. D此句是一個倒裝句，正常語序應是stories of the outside world come along with the visitors,come along with表示"和...... 一起來"。

15. C attract 吸引"，attracting作結(jié)果狀語。

16. B leave ... for...表示"離開……到…… 去"，句意為:離開家到城市里去尋找機會。

17. A由上下文可推知：摩梭人的獨特世界正在發(fā)生改變。

18. D由后文可知，摩梭人中一些上年紀的婦女更喜歡在外人來之前的生活。

19. D 一些奇怪的"想法"。只有D合適。

20. D以前摩梭婦女是不結(jié)婚的，但現(xiàn)在她們也開始談論這個以前從不涉及的話題。

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