(1)
A)Because the bottle was empty and useless.
B)Because he wanted to lighten the load of his small plane.
C)Because the bottle might be useful to the native Africans.
D)Because he wanted to amuse the local tribespeople. (2)
A)A message from the outside world.
B)A warning from the gods.
C)A symbol of misfortune.
D)A gift from the gods. (3)
A)The local Africans are peace?loving people.
B)Soda bottles are very precious in some remote areas.
C)A trivial thing may sometimes bring about undesirable consequences.
D)Caution must be taken in introducing new technology. (4)
A)They thought that the gods were all crazy.
B)They were isolated from the outside world.
C)They enjoyed living in the peaceful desert.
D)They worshipped the gods all the more after the incident.
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Passage Three
A recent film“The Gods Must Be Crazy”described the social change that can result in a society from the introduction of a single item from the outside world.While a pilot was fling in a light plane over a remote desert in South Africa, he finished the soda he was drinking and threw the bottle out of the window .It fell to the ground in an area where an African tribe lived.The people there had almost no possession or sense of private property.No one in this small,remote society had seen a soda bottle before.And,because it came from the sky,they believed that it must be a unique gift from the gods.When the bottle was first found,it was something new and people of all ages enjoyed admiring it,playiing with it,and thinking about its purpose.It wasnot long,however,before arguments and conflicts arose among group members about who would possess the bottle and for what purpose. They harmony of this peaceful society was disurbed by the introduction of a new item of techology. And ,as it was told in the film, ties of affection were broken,and people’s trust in each other disappeared.
17Why did the pilot throw the soda bottle out of his plane window?
18What did the local people think thesoda bottle was?
19 What is the main idea of the story?
20 What do we know about the local people in the story?