首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Many small cultural groups live in places far away from modern cities. Some of these tribes have never had any communication out
Many small cultural groups live in places far away from modern cities. Some of these tribes have never had any communication out
admin
2014-01-17
66
问题
Many small cultural groups live in places far away from modern cities. Some of these tribes have never had any communication outside of their small geographical areas. When they do contact the outside world, their lives usually change. Learning how to change without losing the best of their own cultures is a problem for them. How can primitive cultures learn to live in a technological world? How can they do this without becoming lost?
One native tribe in New Guinea has a difficult situation. The people of the tribe are being pulled in two ways. First of all, copper, a bright orange-colored metal, has been discovered under the land where they have lived for centuries. Developers want to take the copper out of the ground, to mine it. The tribe needs the money that a copper mine would bring. The problem is that the copper is directly under the most important buildings of their society. These buildings are a necessary part of their religion. How can the copper be mined without changing the group’s religion?
The answer to this question has not yet been found. However, a group of people is trying to help the tribe to learn to communicate with the rest of the world. Cultural Survival, Inc. is the name of the group. The people are anthropologists, scientists who study cultures. They want to help small, separate societies live successfully within the larger society. Cultural Survival, Inc. wants to help these groups keep the idea of who they are. It wants to teach them how to live in the modern world.
There is another organization like this in London. It is called Survival International. One in Copenhagen is called the International Workshop for Indigenous Affairs. These two groups have joined with Cultural Survival, Inc., to help people become used to modern culture.
These organizations work with another kind of problem, too. Sometimes a central government does not consider the needs of local people. Often the rich people of a country will get more from a new project than the working people. The poorer people sometimes suffer even more because of these projects. One thoughtless government leader moved the people out of a very large area. He wanted to set up a special vegetable business. He wanted something to sell to earn money from other countries. About 50,000 people were forced off their native land. These people suffered a great loss because they had to leave their homes. Cultural Survival, Inc. helped them.
Cultural Survival, Inc. and its sister organizations also give advice about tourism. The tourism business can cause problems. Many small societies need to earn money, but a large group of visitors can hurt their culture. The Sherpas of Nepal are a good example. The beauty of the Himalayan Mountains brings many mountain climbers from all over the world. However, the tourists leave tin cans and other garbage. What the tourists leave behind in this beautiful area is making a garbage dump. The mountain climbers are also cutting down trees for their fires. This area has few trees, and the Sherpas need the wood for their uses. The Sherpas, it is clear, could use the help of Cultural Survival, Incorporated.
Para. 2 shows that
选项
A、the economy of the native tribe develops rapidly.
B、the tribe is good at mining copper.
C、there is a problem that holds the tribe back from developing.
D、copper is a necessary part of the tribe’s building.
答案
C
解析
第二段第二句提到,部落的居民在选择上进退两难,接着又举了一个部落铜矿无法开发的例子,由此可知确实有问题阻碍了部落的发展,故答案为C 。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/3iFK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Whosebirthdayisittomorrow?
WhichofthefollowingsentencesisINCORRECT?
Accordingtotoday’sweatherforecast,whichpartofEuropehasdryweather?
Traditionally,weassociatetheearlyyearswithriskybehavior—butoneconsequenceoftherecessionappearstobeashiftinth
Whenbringinganewbornbabyhomefromthehospital,mostnewparentsexpectafewsleeplessnights.However,whenanuninterrup
Whenbringinganewbornbabyhomefromthehospital,mostnewparentsexpectafewsleeplessnights.However,whenanuninterrup
WhatistheplanoftheSmithsonianInstitution?
WhatwasthefinalscorewhenDavenportplayedagainstPattySchnyder?
TheinternationalconferenceofaiddonorstoEastTimorisscheduledon______.
ThefamilyofSirycsrefusedallthebenefitsofcivilization.NowtheyliveinaforestnearZhitomirandenjoytheirhermit’s
随机试题
对公务员进行知识和技能培训的内容不包括
下列属于影响人际关系的因素的是()
公共关系部门可能将一次产品事故变成企业改进产品品质的宣传运动。这属于传播渠道中的。【】
有关阿司匹林在心血管病治疗中的作用错误的是
男孩,1岁8个月。患儿精神萎靡,苍白、乏力、多汗伴恶心呕吐。体检可见心界扩大,心尖部第一心音减弱;心电图检查呈持续心动过速,多导联sT段偏移。最可能的诊断为()
某产品共有五项功能F1、F2、F3、F4、F5,采用0-1评分法时,其功能正得分分别为3、5、4、1、2,则F3的功能评价系数为( )。
上海证券交易所的A股过户费与深圳证券交易所的A股过户费相等。()
金融机构最基本、最能反映其经营活动特征的职能是()。
选出有语病的一项( )
差异备份、增量备份、完全备份三种备份策略一次备份时空间使用由少到多依次为()。
最新回复
(
0
)