問題詳情
請依下文回答第 47 題至第 50 題 Since the late 19th century, Arctic Village has been the focal point of the Gwich’in, who comprise seven thousandpeople spread over fifteen villages, still speaking their own language and living in the traditional way by hunting andfishing. The village is reachable only by a ninety-minute flight from Fairbanks, in the center of Alaska. It experiences theextremes of summer when it never darkens and bitter winters when it is light for only three hours a day. It straddles twoworlds: Arctic Village has satellite television and access to the Internet, but no running water or inside toilets. It has itsown post office with the American flag flying beside it, but its traditions owe more to native Alaskan ways, which manyin the village see threatened by the desire of the US to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge immediately to the north of thevillage.A more immediate threat, however, comes from the effects of climate change, which are more apparent here thananywhere else in the US. So great are the local fears that they called a tribal gathering last month for the first time inthirteen years. During it, they blessed the new solar panels on the roof of their “washeteria,” where they do their laundryand take their showers. The panels provide energy in summer and are a reminder of the renewable forms of energy theworld has barely explored. But it is the effects of the rise in winter temperatures that the older people in the village worryabout. “It used always to be -51℃ in the winter but we don’t get that anymore,” said Kias Peter, seventy-two, one of thevillage elders. “We have lost thirteen lakes around here.” And Calvin Tritt, fifty, a former Gwich’in chief added, “Thecaribou used to have about two inches of fat on them, now they’re scrawny and they’re going loco.”
【題組】47 Which of the following is true about the Gwich’in people’s life?
(A) They only stick to their traditional native Alaskan ways.
(B) They have completely adopted the modern way of life.
(C) They no longer make their living by hunting and fishing.
(D) They lead a mixed life of traditional and modern ways.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.615385
統計：A(3),B(5),C(2),D(16),E(0)