【正文】 11。16．答案　E解析　根據(jù)該空上面的內(nèi)容可知，男人們在他們眼的附近和嘴唇上涂上黑色與他們的眼睛和白色的牙齒形成對比，這樣顯得他們更加帥氣，目的是吸引自己的另一半，也就是說，這時候女士才能決定她們最喜歡哪一位。14．答案　D解析　根據(jù)下文中的“To show that he has killed a lion，a man will paint his body with a natural white material，making special marks to represent this acplishment.”可知，D項“馬塞族人也有一種獨特的方式來展示他們的勇敢”與語境吻合。與some相對應的others，故答案應為B。Ⅱ.七選五Africa is a very diverse land with many different tradition that many of these groups share is painting or marking their bodies and faces in do this for many marks are used to identify people as part of a group. 12 Let’s look at some different examples of body painting. 13 Among the Masai of East Africa，when men are old enough to marry and make decisions for their people，they participate in a special ceremony in which they paint their heads and faces ceremony takes place every seven to fourteen years，so there is not an exact age for participating in Samburu，also from East Africa，like to paint their faces and hair red because they think it looks attractive. 14 To show that he has killed a lion，a man will paint his body with a natural white material，making special marks to represent this Masai men also use this white to show that they are no longer boys and are considered adults.One quite unusual example of face painting is done by the Wodaabe people of West a year，they have a beauty contest for men. 15 Then they add white and black circles and paint is used near the eyes and on the lips to draw attention to the whiteness of their eyes and teeth，which the Wodaabe consider most beautiful. 16 As you travel，enjoy the beautiful and bright colors of Africa.A．Red is the mon color in body painting because it often represents health and long life.B．Other marks are used for ceremonies such as weddings and during times of war.C．The ceremony expresses hope for rain.D．The Masai men also have a unique way of showing that they are brave.E．The women then decide which man they like best.F．The men pretend to fight each other.G．The men paint their faces yellow and red.語篇解讀　文章講的是在非洲的一些部落，人們喜歡在身上和臉上涂一些顏色，不同的顏色代表著不同的含義。根據(jù)最后一段第二句“‘My parents were always telling me to hurry up，and my grandparents told me to slow down，’ one friend said.”可知，父母總是催促孩子快點，是因為父母工作很忙，節(jié)奏很快，所以孩子很少能夠從父母那里得到足夠的關注。故D項正確。10．The fact that the reporter told us shows that .A．old people in America lead a hard lifeB．old people in America enjoy banana breadC．she had no time to take care of her childrenD．old people are easy to get along with答案　D解析　推理判斷題。由此可推知，老人和年輕人分開生活主要是因為生活方式不一樣。9．The reason why old people are left alone may be that .A．the old don’t like to live in a big familyB．the young can’t get enough money to support the oldC．different generations have different lifestylesD．the old are too weak to live with the young答案　C解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“Now midaged Americans may not keep in touch with old people until they are old themselves.”可知，現(xiàn)在美國的中年人直到自己變老以后才會和老人住在一起?，F(xiàn)在美國的中年人不喜歡和老人生活在一起，文章對此分析了原因，并通過列舉實例證明年輕人和老人一起生活對彼此都有很多好處。可推知畫線詞的意思是“停止”，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，人們重新燃起對烹飪的興趣，這樣是為了降低肥胖率，在歐洲肥胖率幾乎是最高的。故選B。6．How will cooking lessons do good to the students?A．All of them will bee good cooks in their later life.B．Students will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well.C．Students will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge