1 . Shenyang—The remains of 117 Chinese People’s Volunteers soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned to China on Sunday before the Commemorative Day of Martyrs.
This is the seventh annual repatriation (遣送), following a handover agreement signed between China and the Republic of Korea. and also the largest since the initial (最初的) return of 437 soldiers in 2014. Between 2014 and 2019, the remains of 599 soldiers were returned.
Earlier on Sunday, the ROK handed over the remains at a ceremony at Incheon airport outside Seoul. A Chinese military transport plane, escorted (护卫) by two Chinese fighter jets, carried the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers back and landed at Taoxian International Airport at 11:18 am in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang near the border of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Y-20 aircraft. the largest and most advanced domestically developed transport aircraft. carried out the task for the first time. It was labeled (贴标签于……) with the serial number 01. as a mark of high respect for the martyrs.
Vice Premier Sun Chunlan attended the ceremony along with CPV soldiers and citizens. China has never forgotten its fallen heroes and the contribution they made, Sun said in a speech.
Chinese people always remember the fighting spirit of defending the motherland, and China will remember the past and cherish peaceful international environment, Sun said.
Wang Guobin, a 92 year old CPV veteran, said. “I’m both happy and sad. I’m glad that after 70 years, they finally come home. And I am sad that they died in the 1950-53 Korean war and couldn’t come back until 70 years later.”
Many local residents lined the roads to welcome the martyrs home and show their respect.
The remains will be buried in a martyrs’ park in Shenyang on Monday. It is the resting place of all soldiers’ remains returned by the ROK since 2014.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the CPV’S participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. A total of 2.9 million CPV soldiers entered the battlefield, and 197,653 of them were killed in the war.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?| A．Where the ROK handed over the remains at a ceremony. |
| B．Why Y-20 aircraft was labeled with the serial number 01. |
| C．How the remains and belongings of the fallen soldiers were carried back. |
| D．When Chinese military transport plane landed at Taoxian International Airport. |
| A．117. | B．197. | C．437. | D．599. |
| A．Examine something using scientific methods. |
| B．Regard it as important and try hard to keep it. |
| C．Do what you are told or expected to do. |
| D．Behave in a particular way towards sb/sth. |
| A．Remains of 117 Chinese Soldiers Return to Homeland |
| B．117 Remains Will Be Buried in a Martyrs’ Park in Shenyang |
| C．Many Local Residents Line the Roads to Welcome the Martyrs Home |
| D．70th Anniversary of the CPV’s Participation in the 1950-53 Korean War |
2 . Can you imagine living without cars, computers or telephones? Some people in the rainforest and mountains of Venezuela and Brazil do just that. One tribe, the Yanomami, has lived the same way for thousands of years. They only have numbers for one, two and more than two, and they have never invented the wheel. But they have also been called some of “the last free people on earth.”
In the late 1920s, researchers found a tribe of people untouched by modern society. This was the first reported meeting with the Yanomami, who were living deep within the South American jungle.
Scientists agree that their location deep in the forest helped their culture unchanged. Until recently, most Yanomami still lived in isolated regions. Everything they needed came from the rain forest. They hunted, fished and farmed the land. Then a discovery brought the outside world to them. And along with it came deadly changes.
Gold was discovered in Yanomami in the 1970s. By 1987, around 80, 000 miners had moved into the area. In a fight to take over the land, they killed some Yanomami. They also brought into new sicknesses, including the common cold and malaria. Today over 62 percent of Yanomami show signs of malaria.
Just as deadly were the results of mining, including polluted streams and cleared forests. Within just seven years their population fell by 20 percent.
Today governments and international organizations are looking for ways to protect the Yanomami. The Brazilian government has reserved a large area of land for the tribe. And in 1990, Brazil ordered all the miners out of Amazon region. Yet these things might not be enough. Gold is so valuable that miners keep going back and harming the Yanomami's way of life.
1. When was the existence of the Yanomami first discovered?________.| A．In the 1970s | B．In the late 1920s | C．In 1987 | D．In 1990 |
| A．The Yanomami is the only remaining "untouched" people on earth. |
| B．Most Yanomami know the exact meaning of the number 8. |
| C．The Yanomami learned to use wheels long before. |
| D．Before miners arrived, the Yanomami had never suffered from malaria. |
| A．They starved to death | B．They were killed in the fight |
| C．Their living environment was destroyed | D．They were killed by the new illnesses brought by miners |
| A．The discovery of gold is beneficial to the Yanomami |
| B．Gold mining made no difference to the Yanomami |
| C．Miners are a great threat to the protection of the Yanomami |
| D．Nowadays no miners remain in Amazon Region |
