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The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.
The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.
In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.
Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.
【小题1】The Aborigines painted pictures .A．on animals’ fur B．on the landC．on the treeD．on the rock【小题2】What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?A．To paint.B．To hunt.C．To fight.D．To play.【小题3】The Aborigines thought were the most important on the earth.A．peopleB．animals C．spiritsD．plants【小题4】In an Aboriginal group decided things.A．the older menB．the leaderC．the EnglishD．the Europeans【小题5】The number of the Aborigines is small today .A．because their living condition was very badB．because the English killed a lot of them in the warsC．because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought themD．because of the wars and the new illnessesD
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(答案→)D
解析：这篇文章讲述了土著人在澳大利亚已经居住了6000多年了，他们在岩石上作画，通过那些画，我们可以推断出他们当时的生活情况。后来，欧洲人发现了这里，杀害了很多土著人，导致了如今只有30万的土著人。
【小题1】细节题。根据文章They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life.可知，土著人在岩石上画画。故选D
【小题2】细节题。根据文章From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time.可知，土著人使用回旋镖捕猎。故选B
【小题3】细节题。根据文章第二段可知，土著人认为灵魂是地球上最重要的东西，地球属于灵魂。故选C
【小题4】细节题。根据文章Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group.可知，在一个土著群通常是由年龄比较大的人决定事情的。故选A
【小题5】细节题。根据文章最后一段可知，很多欧洲人杀害了土著人，并带来一些疾病，导致了土著人数量的减少。故选D