第三篇

The Eskimos believed that a human being is made up of a body, a soul, and a name, and it is not ___1___ unless it has all three. This ___2___ has a great ___3___ on the Eskimos daily life and runs like a golden ___4___ through the Eskimos culture.

As for the soul of man, the Eskimos do not claim to know exactly what it is… but, who does? They see it, however, as the beginning of life, and the energy ___5___ which life cannot continue.

An Eskimo’s name is ___6___ to give life of ___7___. It has in it all the good qualities of all the persons who have been called by it. Many Eskimos believe that a newborn baby ___8___ because it wants ___9___ name and will not complete until it gets it.     

Immediately after a birth, some wise elders ___10___ to ___11___ the child. The name that is ___12___ must be ___13___ of someone who has died ___14___. When my son was born, everyone realized that ___15___ was great-grandfather, Mequsaq(who had died a few months ___16___,) who had been reborn in him. The newborn baby had a slight squint(看一眼) in ___17___ eye that old Mequsaq had ___18___ to the enemy ride in the battle. This was taken as a ___19___ from the name spirit that the baby ___20___ be called Mequsaq.

1. A. separate                B. complete                  C. serious                     D scientific

2. A. thought                B. idea                          C. belief                       D. theory

3. A. result                   B. effect                       C. control                     D. touch

4. A. thread                  B. line                          C. way                         D. rope

5. A. with                     B. without                    C. by                           D. along

6. A. believed                B. taken                        C. held                         D. regarded

7. A. his own                B. its own                     C. own                         D. itself

8. A. sobs                     B. laughs                      C. weeps                      D. cries

9. A. it                         B. his                           C. her                          D. its

10. A. run                     B. discuss                     C. gather                      D. appear

11. A. name                  B. call                          C. hold                         D. dress

12. A. decided               B. selected                    C. elected                     D. demanded

13. A. this                    B. these                        C. those                       D. that

14. A. recently              B. long ago                   C. just now                   D. meanwhile

15. A. this                    B. that                          C. it                             D. who

16. A. since                  B. later                         C. ago                          D. before

17. A. the other             B. the same                   C. the different              D. other

18. A. hurt                    B. wounded                  C. lost                          D. injured

19. A. choice                B. decision                    C. notice                      D. sign

20. A. could                  B. might                       C. would                      D. should

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