Question

In 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 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 effects of a Frenchman form 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.

1.Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?

A. They are separated from the modern world.

B. They often ignore the Guianese law.

C. They seldom follow the French law.

D. They are both Guianese and French citizens.

2.Gin introduced the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _________.

A. a tour guide    B. a photographer

C. a film director    D. a geographer

3.What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?

A. Cautious.    B. Appreciative.

C. Uninterested.    D. Doubtful.

4.What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The uncivilized world.    B. The self-supporting hunting.

C. The modern French lifestyle.    D. The French Republic.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文属于政治经文化类。本文通过一个摄影记者向人们展示了法国的圭亚那人和现代法国的生活风格给他们带来的影响。

1.C

推理判断题。根据第一段第二句“Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs.” 令人惊讶的是，这些人主要靠自己的法律和自己的社会习俗生活。及“…the French law is often ignored or unknown”法国法律经常被忽视或未知。分析以上的内容可知C符合题意。

2.B

推理判断题。根据第四段第一句“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,”我想展示给观众一个摄影记录，让他们触摸到不文明的生活。第五段第一句His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time.他的黑白照片呈现了一个几乎失去的世界。可知他是一个摄影师，故选B。

3.B

推理判断题。根据第三段第一、第二句“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” 我对法国圭亚那人的人有一个特别的爱。我在那儿工作了差不多十年了。本段的最后一句“I see it as an area of freedom.”我把它看作是一个自由的领域A. Cautious. 谨慎的 B. Appreciative. 感激的，有欣赏力的，表示赞赏的；C. Uninterested. 不感兴趣的，不关心的， 淡漠的；D. Doubtful怀疑的。分析句意可知他对法国圭亚那人是有欣赏力的，赞赏的，故选B。

4.C

词义猜测题。根据最后一段最后一句中“These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting, the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic,” 这些当地居民现在不得不把传统自给自足的狩猎生活方式与现代法兰西共和国提供的生活方式相平衡。由此推断出后面的定语从句中it指现代法国的生活风格。故选C。