Question

【題目】The Dong People(侗族人) and Their Indigo cloth(靛藍色布)

Yang Xiuying, 74, sits at wooden loom (織布機). As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life.

Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth. “This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. You h【1】 buy it at the market,” she said.

For the Dong people in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The s【2】 has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth.

This traditional way of making indigo cloth, unfortunately, is now in danger. It will disappear slowly in the modern industry society. Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have m【3】 to big cities to find better jobs.

Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s a【4】 towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home.

The Dong people consider indigo cloth as i【5】 as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often w【6】 the whole village up.

Almost every Dong women over 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. The p【7】 of coloring usually takes two weeks.

Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled (有皺紋的) hands. “They say she who has the darkest hands makes the best cloth,” she says proudly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】hardly

【2】skill

【3】moved

【4】attitude

【5】important

【6】wakes

【7】process

【解析】

文章主要介紹了侗族的傳承文化——靛藍色布，以及人們?yōu)檎�救這一瀕危文化做出的努力。

【1】句意：你在市場上幾乎買不到。

根據句意理解及前句This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. 這種手工布料非常罕見。可知，這里說的是“幾乎不能買到”，故答案為hardly。

【2】句意：這項技能世世代代都是由母親傳給女兒的。

根據句意理解及前文As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life. 當她的手指在棉線上來回撥動梭子時，這臺舊機器開始運轉了。可知這是一種技能，英語是skill，及句中的動詞has可知，這里主語應該用單數形式，故答案為skill。

【3】句意：他們中的一些人搬到大城市去尋找更好的工作。

根據句意理解及前句Young people show little interest in it. 年輕人對此不感興趣�？芍�這里表達的是“搬到大城市”，英語是move，而句中用的是現在完成時，空格前有have，所以這里應該用過去分詞，故答案為moved。

【4】句意：他們正試圖改變年輕人對此的態(tài)度。

根據句意理解及前句Local officials want to save the tradition. 當地官員希望保留這一傳統(tǒng)。可知這里表達的是“改變人們的態(tài)度”， 英語中表達“對……的態(tài)度”是一個固定結構attitude towards sth，而這里的attitude表達抽象含義，所以這里用原形，故答案attitude。

【5】句意：侗族認為靛藍布和大米一樣重要。

根據句意理解及后句Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. 許多侗族婦女花了無數個小時來制作這種布。他們一大早就起床開始工作。再由結構as … as可知，這里需要用形容詞或副詞的原級，結合句意可知，這里表達的是“和大米一樣重要”，英語中“重要的”是important，故答案為important。

【6】句意：拍打布的聲音經常吵醒全村人。

根據句意理解及前句The noise of cloth being beaten often可知，這里表達的是“吵醒”，英語是wake，而句子主語是noise，所以謂語動詞用三單形式，故答案為wakes。

【7】句意：著色過程通常需要兩周。

根據句意理解及前句The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. 這種布料必須經過多次染色才能獲得豐富的顏色。可知這里表達的是“染色的過程”，英語中“過程”是process，謂語動詞是takes，所以主語應該是單數形式，故答案為process。