Question

The Dong People(侗族人) and Their Indigo cloth(靛蓝色布)

Yang Xiuying, 74, sits at wooden loom (织布机). As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life.

Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth. “This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. You h1. buy it at the market,” she said.

For the Dong people in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The s2. has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth.

This traditional way of making indigo cloth, unfortunately, is now in danger. It will disappear slowly in the modern industry society. Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have m3. to big cities to find better jobs.

Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s a4. towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home.

The Dong people consider indigo cloth as i5. as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often w6. the whole village up.

Almost every Dong women over 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. The p7. of coloring usually takes two weeks.

Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled (有皱纹的) hands. “They say she who has the darkest hands makes the best cloth,” she says proudly.

Answer

1.hardly

2.skill

3.moved

4.attitude

5.important

6.wakes

7.process

【解析】

文章主要介绍了侗族的传承文化——靛蓝色布，以及人们为拯救这一濒危文化做出的努力。

1.句意：你在市场上几乎买不到。

根据句意理解及前句This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. 这种手工布料非常罕见。可知，这里说的是“几乎不能买到”，故答案为hardly。

2.句意：这项技能世世代代都是由母亲传给女儿的。

根据句意理解及前文As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life. 当她的手指在棉线上来回拨动梭子时，这台旧机器开始运转了。可知这是一种技能，英语是skill，及句中的动词has可知，这里主语应该用单数形式，故答案为skill。

3.句意：他们中的一些人搬到大城市去寻找更好的工作。

根据句意理解及前句Young people show little interest in it. 年轻人对此不感兴趣。可知这里表达的是“搬到大城市”，英语是move，而句中用的是现在完成时，空格前有have，所以这里应该用过去分词，故答案为moved。

4.句意：他们正试图改变年轻人对此的态度。

根据句意理解及前句Local officials want to save the tradition. 当地官员希望保留这一传统。可知这里表达的是“改变人们的态度”， 英语中表达“对……的态度”是一个固定结构attitude towards sth，而这里的attitude表达抽象含义，所以这里用原形，故答案attitude。

5.句意：侗族认为靛蓝布和大米一样重要。

根据句意理解及后句Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. 许多侗族妇女花了无数个小时来制作这种布。他们一大早就起床开始工作。再由结构as … as可知，这里需要用形容词或副词的原级，结合句意可知，这里表达的是“和大米一样重要”，英语中“重要的”是important，故答案为important。

6.句意：拍打布的声音经常吵醒全村人。

根据句意理解及前句The noise of cloth being beaten often可知，这里表达的是“吵醒”，英语是wake，而句子主语是noise，所以谓语动词用三单形式，故答案为wakes。

7.句意：着色过程通常需要两周。

根据句意理解及前句The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. 这种布料必须经过多次染色才能获得丰富的颜色。可知这里表达的是“染色的过程”，英语中“过程”是process，谓语动词是takes，所以主语应该是单数形式，故答案为process。