题文

The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time. The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits. In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other. Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia. 小题1:The Aborigines painted pictures       . A．on animals’ fur B．on the land C．on the tree D．on the rock 小题2:What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do? A．To paint. B．To hunt. C．To fight. D．To play. 小题3:The Aborigines thought        were the most important on the earth. A．people B．animals C．spirits D．plants 小题4:In an Aboriginal group        decided things. A．the older men B．the leader C．the English D．the Europeans 小题5:The number of the Aborigines is small today       . A．because their living condition was very bad B．because the English killed a lot of them in the wars C．because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them D．because of the wars and the new illnesses

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:D 小题1:B 小题1:C 小题1:A 小题1:D

小题1:根据They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life.可知选D。 小题1:根据From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time.可知选B。 小题1:根据The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth.及下文描述可知选C。 小题1:根据Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group.可知选A。 小题1:根据短文最后一段描述可知战争和疾病是土著居民数量小的根本原因，故选D。

据专家权威分析，试题“The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about ..”主要考查你对  政治经济类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

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  再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
  

• 政治经济类阅读注意：
  1、要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识；
  2、对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇；
  3、阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。

  政治经济类阅读技巧：
  针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。
  1. 寻找主干：
  根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
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  在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
  3. 辨别分句：
  一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
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  如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。