Module 5 综合检测
时间100分钟 满分120分
第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
The Yaos (瑶族人) live in mountain communities scattered over 130 counties in five southern China provinces and one autonomous region. About 70 percent of them live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the rest live in Hunan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces.
Half of the Yaos speak the Yao language, which belongs to the ChineseTibetan language family; others use the Miao or Dong languages. As a result of close contact with the Han and Zhuang cultures, many Yaos also have learned to speak Chinese or Zhuang.
Before 1949, the Yaos did not have a written language. Ancient Yaos kept records of important affairs by carving notches(凹口) on wood or bamboo slips. Later they used Chinese characters. Handwritten copies of words of songs are on display in the Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County in Guangxi. They are believed to be relics of the Ming Dynasty. Ancient stone tablets engraved(雕刻) with Chinese characters can be found in a lot of Yao communities.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, cattle and iron tools spread among the Yaos in Guangxi and Guangdong. They dug ditches and built troughs(水槽) to draw water from springs for daily use and irrigation. Sideline occupations (副业) such as hunting, collecting medicinal herbs, making charcoal (木炭) and weaving were pursued side by side with agriculture. The Yaos practiced an interesting form of cooperation called
