African People

题目与答案

1. 21 How could ancient Africans recognize different stars?
   • by the location of the stars
   • by the way stars affect each other
   • by the distance between two stars

   答案：by the location of the stars

   原文定位：Historians used to think that the ancient Africans recognized stars by observing the manner in which they affected each other. But further research showed that they used the location of the stars in order to distinguish one from the other

   同义替换：「recognize different stars」↔「distinguish one from the other」，「by the location」↔「used the location of the stars」

2. 22 In which way do the Weyaka people like to deal with their money?
   • open bank accounts
   • assist others
   • lend money to others

   答案：lend money to others

   原文定位：They have a lot of money but do not trust banks to keep it safe. They believe that it's in their best interest to help themselves, not assist others. Instead, the tribe looks after their own finances and generate income from lending money to others in low-interest loans

   同义替换：「deal with their money」↔「looks after their own finances」，「deal with their money」↔「generate income」

3. 23 What do the Africans obtain from their suffering?
   • ways of protecting their environment
   • approaches to improving their international status
   • reasons of conquering drought

   答案：ways of protecting their environment

   原文定位：They used to suffer greatly from drought. However, they have now developed clever ways of overcoming it by moving to higher land;so it is vital that the Africans learn how to protect themselves in this new environment

   同义替换：「obtain」↔「developed」，「obtain」↔「learn」，「ways of protecting their environment」↔「protect themselves in this new environment」

4. 24 What are the local people concerned with?
   • having enough food
   • getting rid of disease
   • going back to their former environment

   答案：going back to their former environment

   原文定位：They historically lived in the west of Africa;It is their hope that they will eventually be able to return to their original homeland

   同义替换：「concerned with」↔「hope」，「going back to」↔「return to」，「former environment」↔「original homeland」

5. 25 What is the reason for the declining financial condition of the African people?
   • they find it hard to trade because of the undeveloped transportation system
   • they have difficulty in mining minerals
   • they refuse to develop a range of commercial activities

   答案：they have difficulty in mining minerals

   原文定位：Why has the financial condition of the African people deteriorated;Despite their modern transportation system, they find it very difficult to trade because their tools are not sophisticated enough to mine minerals from the land

   同义替换：「declining financial condition」↔「deteriorated」，「reason」↔「because」，「have difficulty in」↔「difficult to」

6. 26 When can the African people expect to stop suffering from starvation?
   • next year
   • in the long-term future
   • in the near future

   答案：in the long-term future

   原文定位：Unfortunately, I don't think so. They should be able to start trading next year, but they will only have enough income to start growing sufficient food and crops to support the local people in the long-term future

   同义替换：「stop suffering from starvation」↔「support the local people」，「stop suffering from starvation」↔「growing sufficient food」，「expect to」↔「will be able to」

7. 27 A valuable quality of the Africans is to make up for _____ the difficulties of food transportation.

   答案：sharing

   原文定位：Unfortunately, it is difficult to transport a lot of food to the right places, but Africans are very good at sharing and making sure that everyone gets something to eat

   同义替换：「make up for」↔「are very good at」，「difficulties of food transportation」↔「difficult to transport food」

8. 28 The government intends to pay greater attention to their _____ plan.

   答案：education

   原文定位：They have been directing a lot of money to help build schools in the more impoverished villages as a part of their new education plan

   同义替换：「pay greater attention to」↔「directing a lot of money to」