Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 专题练习I.语法填空A hutong is an ancient city street typical in Beijing. __1__ (surround) the Forbidden City, many were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing __2__ (dynasty).In order to establish the strongest power, emperors planned the city and arranged the residential areas.__3__ center of the city Beijing was the royal palace — the Forbidden City.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, after __4__ (close) China came under the influence from abroad, many old hutongs lost __5__ (they) former neat arrangement.After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, hutong conditions __6__ (improve). But in recent years, the houses in many hutongs have been pulled __7__ and replaced by modern buildings. And the hutong today is fading into the shade for __8__ tourists and local people.However, in the urban district of Beijing houses along hutongs still occupy one __9__ (three) of the total area, providing housing for half population, so many hutongs __10__ (survive). In this respect, we see the old in the new in Beijing as an ancient yet modern city.II.阅读理解AIn the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous (土著的) people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony (殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they should live by the French law. However, their remote locations mean that the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world.The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the efforts of a Frenchman from Paris called Gin.Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon — rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin. “I've been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don't see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.”His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.11.Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?A.They seldom follow the French law.B.They often ignore the Guianese law.C.They are separated from the modern world.D.They are both Guianese and French citizens.12.Gin introduces the special world of the indigenous Guianese as ________.A.a tour guideB.a geographerC.a film directorD.a photographer13.What is Gin's attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?A.Cautious.B.Doubtful.C.Uninterested.D.Appreciative.14.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?A.The modern French lifestyle.B.The self-supporting hunting.C.The uncivilized world.D.The French Republic.BOne of the richest collections of early-human fossils ever found has been taken out of an African cave, thanks to the efforts of a team of scientists small enough to fit through ancient narrow ways.The fossils, discovered in the dark places of the Rising Star cave in South Africa, belong to a new species that appeared at the beginning of the family that includes modern humans. The fossils could be more than 2.5 million years old. Or they could be relatively recent. Homo sapiens (智人) appeared in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago, so the bones are at least that old.The new species is a strange mixture of parts. It had hands and feet much like those of other members of the biological group called Homo, which includes our own species — Homo sapiens. Its brain, though, was only about as big as an orange.The Rising Star ancient humans could control objects with their hands, but their highly curved (弯曲的) fingers also made them good climbers. Their Homo-like feet and long legs show they could walk long distances, but their shoulders are also suited for climbing. The researchers call them Homo naledi, after the word for “star” in the African language Sotho.The first slight knowledge of the more than 1,550 bits of fossil, representing at least 15 individuals, came from cavers helping a researcher to look for ancient remains. One place leading to the fossil room is just over seven inches wide — less than the width of a sheet of notebook paper. It took a team including six female scientists, chosen for their small size and research experience, to get the fossils.The scientists believe that the bodies were deliberately placed in the cave. It suggests that ancient long-ago human relatives became involved in ritual (仪式的) disposals of their dead.15.What do we know about the Rising Star ancient humans?A.They were very good at climbing.B.They could only walk short distances.C.They couldn't use objects well with hands.D.They had the same size of brains as modern humans.16.What was the problem the scientists faced after discovering the fossil room?A.How to protect the fossils.B.How to recognize the fossils.C.How to reach for the fossils in it.D.How to persuade cavers to leave it.17.We can infer from the text that ________.A.the exact age of the fossils in the Rising Star cave is unknownB.the fossils in the Rising Star cave belong to a new speciesC.the fossils in the Rising Star cave were the richest ever foundD.the Rising Star ancient humans dealt with their dead at randomCIn 1996, John Jones made an unusual discovery. He had just enlarged a piece of paper money for a friend — a Confederate bank note, money issued (发行) by banks in Southern States of America during the Civil War. When he was face to face with the picture, he couldn't believe his eyes: slaves happily picking cotton in their master's fields.Jones grew up in South Carolina. He had heard painful stories of slavery from his great-grandmother. The picture on the money did not match the history of African American slaves that he'd heard all his life. “I had never seen that type of picture on money before,” he said.Jones wondered why slaves looked so happy. He started doing research.Searching for and finding the answers to his questions changed his life. During two years' search, Jones found more than 120 different bills. He discovered that the bills had several things in common. They showed slaves working in jobs related to farming. Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery.Jones wanted to share what he had learned. “I wanted other people to see what I had seen,” he said. He decided to make large paintings of the pictures on the money. After three years of work, Jones had painted more than 80 slavery scenes. He paired each painting with the money on which the picture appeared. “The Color of Money” — an exhibit of his work — has toured the country.Jones' paintings tell an important story about the South 150 years ago. He likes to repeat the saying “The story is on the money.” In this case, the saying happens to be true.18.How did Jones feel when he saw the picture on the money?A.Angry.B.Painful.C.Excited.D.Surprised.19.Why did Jones do research on the money?A.He had never heard of Confederate money.B.He wanted to learn about American history through it.C.It showed slaves quite different from those in his mind.D.His great-grandmother told him some unusual stories about it.20.What did Jones find?A.About 120 different bills were issued during the Civil War.B.The difficulty of slaves was never shown on the bills.C.Slaves lived a harder life than he thought.D.Slaves worked long hours on farms.21.What's the best title for the text?A.Confederate MoneyB.Money Tells a StoryC.African American SlavesD.John Jones Changes AmericaIII.短文改错(2019·山东滨州第二次模拟)In most cases, almost everyone visit a café or friend's house asks for the WiFipassword first. The Internet seems have become one of your basic needs. And 60% of the world's populations still doesn't have Internet access. The situation is even more worse in some countries — only one in 10 people have regular access to the Internet. That's why in the recent survey, many people think of Internet access as a privilege instead of a human right.However, the UN has made it clearly since 2011 that the Internet, that should be accessible to everyone, is a human right.参考答案I.语法填空语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了北京胡同的发展历史、建造作用以及当前的状况等。
