SAT阅读模拟题之life stories of Native American
<p> <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="customs">customs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="desire">desire</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="ethnolo">ethnolo</span>- <span word="gists">gists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="begin">begin</span> <span word="recording">recording</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span>. <span word="Ethnologists">Ethnologists</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="distinct">distinct</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="wanting">wanting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>: <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="linguistic">linguistic</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="anthropo">anthropo</span>-<span word="logical">logical</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="supplement">supplement</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="observations">observations</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>, <span word="even">even</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="individual">individual</span>, <span word="could">could</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="observing">observing</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="without">without</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="ethnologists">ethnologists</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="Amer">Amer</span>-<span word="ican">ican</span> <span word="manners">manners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="customs">customs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="disappearing">disappearing</span>,<span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="posterity">posterity</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="adequately">adequately</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span> <span word="disappeared">disappeared</span> <span word="forever">forever</span>.</p><p> <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="arguments">arguments</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="method">method</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="acquiring">acquiring</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="informa">informa</span>-<span word="tion">tion</span>. <span word="Franz">Franz</span> <span word="Boas">Boas</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="described">described</span> <span word="autobiographies">autobiographies</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="value">value</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="chiefly">chiefly</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="perversion">perversion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="truth">truth</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="memory">memory</span>, <span word="whilePaul">whilePaul</span> <span word="Radin">Radin</span> <span word="contended">contended</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="investigators">investigators</span> <span word="rarely">rarely</span> <span word="spent">spent</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tribes">tribes</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="observing">observing</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inevitably">inevitably</span> <span word="derived">derived</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="tinged">tinged</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="investigators">investigators</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="emotional">emotional</span> <span word="tone">tone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reliable">reliable</span>.</p><p> <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="importantly">importantly</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="traditional">traditional</span> <span word="oral">oral</span> <span word="mode">mode</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="form">form</span>, <span word="much">much</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="inevitably">inevitably</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>. <span word="Editors">Editors</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="elements">elements</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span>. <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="recognized">recognized</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="essence">essence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="communicated">communicated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="deemed">deemed</span> <span word="unimportant">unimportant</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="interviewers">interviewers</span>.<span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="act">act</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="telling">telling</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="Native">Native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="narrators">narrators</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="distort">distort</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span>, <span word="astaboos">astaboos</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="broken">broken</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="speak">speak</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deadrelatives">deadrelatives</span> <span word="crucial">crucial</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>.</p>
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