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45 Disease and starvation characterized conditions on the rat-infested boat.
The boat was plagued by rats that were characterized by disease and starvation.
The boat was full of rats, and people there were sick and did not have enough food.
The rats that infested the boat were all starving and carrying diseases.
Diseased rats and starved passengers were charact eristic of the boat.
46 Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgments of those we live among.
The people around us determine who we think we are.
Our identity is captured by those who live around us.
Our sense of identity holds as long as we live.
The captivity of our identity can be sensed in our livelihood.
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Since the late 19th century, Arctic Village has been the focal point of the Gwich’in, who comprise seven thousand
people spread over fifteen villages, still speaking their own language and living in the traditional way by hunting and
fishing. The village is reachable only by a ninety-minute fli ght from Fairbanks, in the center of Alaska. It experiences the
extremes of summer when it never darkens and bitter winters when it is light for only three hours a day. It straddles two
worlds: Arctic Village has satellite television and access to the Internet, but no running water or inside toilets. It has its
own post office with the American flag flying beside it, but its traditions owe more to native Alaskan ways, which many
in the village see threatened by the desire of the US to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge immediately to the north of the
village.
A more immediate threat, however, comes from the effects of climate change, which are more apparent here than
anywhere else in the US. So great are the local fears that they called a tribal gathering last month for the first time in
thirteen years. During it, they blessed the new solar panels on the roof of their “washeteria,” where they do their laundry
and take their showers. The panels provide energy in summer and are a reminder of the renewable forms of energy the
world has barely explored. But it is the effects of the rise in winter temperatures that the older people in the village worry
about. “It used always to be -51℃ in the winter but we don’t get that anymore,” said Kias Peter, seventy-two, one of the
village elders. “We have lost thirteen lakes around here.” And Calvin Tritt, fifty, a former Gwich’in chief added, “The
caribou used to have about two inches of fat on them, now they’re scrawny and they’re going loco.”
47 Which of the following is true about the Gwich’in people’s life?
They only stick to their traditional native Alaskan ways.
They have completely adopted the modern way of life.
They no longer make their living by hunting and fishing.
They lead a mixed life of traditional and modern ways.
48 Which of the following is NOT true about Arctic Village?
There are 7,000 Gwich’in people residing in one village.
It is not easily accessible from other cities.
People there still speak their traditional language.
People there experience extremes of the weather.
49 Which of the following is the most immediate threat to the Gwich’in?
The extinction of the caribou
The US desire to drill for oil there
The effects of climate change
The impact of the TV and the Internet
50 According to the passage, why did the tribal people call the meeting?
They had not had a meeting for quite a long time.
They had great fears about the climate change.
They wanted to give credit to the new solar panels.
They wanted to discuss the issue of renewable energy saving.