2011年最新六级阅读理解模拟练习（54）
<p> 54</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="moden">moden</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="basin">basin</span>. <span word="Sheltered">Sheltered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="thick">thick</span> <span word="rainforest">rainforest</span>,<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="contained">contained</span> <span word="existence">existence</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="gold">gold</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="jungle">jungle</span> <span word="homeland">homeland</span>. <span word="Miners">Miners</span> <span word="flocked">flocked</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="forests">forests</span>, <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="disease">disease</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shot">shot</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="early">early</span> 1980<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> 20 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span>.</p><p> <span word="Hands">Hands</span> <span word="Around">Around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="association">association</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="culturally">culturally</span> <span word="intact">intact</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="wear">wear</span> <span word="loin">loin</span> <span word="cloths">cloths</span>, <span word="use">use</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="sticks">sticks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="decorate">decorate</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dye">dye</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="berry">berry</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wheel">wheel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="traded">traded</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="outsiders">outsiders</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="dies">dies</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="body">body</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="burned">burned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> <span word="bones">bones</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="powder">powder</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drink">drink</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="mourners">mourners</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="memory">memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Hands">Hands</span> <span word="Around">Around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="traditions">traditions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="danger">danger</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="disappearing">disappearing</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="tribes">tribes</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="danger">danger</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="extinction">extinction</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="known">known</span> <span word="tribe">tribe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="rapidly">rapidly</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="destruction">destruction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Western">Western</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="says">says</span>. <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="gold">gold</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="rainforest">rainforest</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Yanomano">Yanomano</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="isolated">isolated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="sociaty">sociaty</span>.</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="occupy">occupy</span> <span word="dense">dense</span> <span word="jungle">jungle</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Amazon">Amazon</span> <span word="River">River</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Venezuela">Venezuela</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Brazil">Brazil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="catalogued">catalogued</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="anthropologists">anthropologists</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="neo">neo</span>-<span word="indians">indians</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="characteristics">characteristics</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="date">date</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 8,000 <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="circular">circular</span> <span word="communal">communal</span> <span word="house">house</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 400, <span word="built">built</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="square">square</span>.</p>
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