Indians are generally religious and
family oriented, and their lives are deeply {{U}} (67) {{/U}} in
tradition. The interests of the family take {{U}} (68) {{/U}}over those
of the {{U}} (69) {{/U}} . Families are generally large, {{U}} (70)
{{/U}} the government is actively encouraging family {{U}} (71)
{{/U}} to curb rapid population growth. {{U}} (72) {{/U}} families
often live together or near each other, and form the basic social and economic
{{U}} (73) {{/U}} of rural Indian society. The elderly are respected and
cared for by their families. The father is considered the head of the
{{U}} (74) {{/U}} Middle-class families, especially in {{U}} (75)
{{/U}} areas, are becoming more nuclear. A middle-or upper-class father
expects to take care of the children {{U}} (76) {{/U}} until they have
finished an education and taken a job {{U}} A. individual B. friend C. colleague D. person [单项选择]Navajo Indians create sand paintings by arranging grains of sand, ground-up minerals, and seeds of various colors into (designs).
A. maps B. rituals C. patterns D. rows [单项选择] Underdeveloped People
The Indians living on the high plains of the Andes Mountains, in South America, have a background rich in history but rich in little else. These seven million people from the great old Indian nations live in a land of few trees, poor soil, cutting winds and biting cold. Their farms do not give enough food to support them. Their children from the age of three or four must work in the fields. The death rate of their babies is among the highest in the world, their standards of education among the lowest. They live at heights of ten or fifteen thousand feet, where even the air lacks the things necessary for life.
The needs of these Indians, scattered across three countries — Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia—are great. Their problems are difficult and their diseases are deeply rooted in an old-fashioned way of life. Probably no single program of help can greatly better their condition. Health programs are no good without farm programs,
A. Y B. N C. NG [填空题]The History of American Indians
When Europeans discovered the Western hemisphere, they discovered a race of people.
(1) ____ called them Indians. (1) ______.
I shall have something to say about their (2) ________ and early history, (2) ______.
the (3) ________ for them of European settlement in the New World, the part
they have played in American history, (3) ______.
their number, distribution and condition today. Most scholars believe that
the homeland of the Indians was eastern Asia.
They migrate to North America along a land (4) ________ from Siberia to Alaska. (4) ______.
The Indians were a (5) ________ people. (5) ______.
They lived in (6) ________, spoke many languages, and gained their living in
different ways. (6) ______.
(7) ________ re
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