C.He who makes no mistake is a perfect man.
D.You must always try to make your life complete.
解析:选B 推理判断题。由最后一段中的"They believe that when anything is completed or finished, it means the end has come - it will not be perfect until then."可知,纳瓦霍人会认为人只有死亡之后其人生才会变得完美,故选B。
7.What's the main idea of the text?
A.The Navajo are good at making things.
B.The Navajo are brave and hardworking.
C.A blanket tells a lot about the Navajo culture.
D.Skills are needed to do business with the Navajo.
解析:选C 主旨大意题。作者通过讲述自己购买的一条毛毯向我们介绍了纳瓦霍人奇特的文化,故选C。
Ⅱ.完形填空
I'm sitting at the airport watching people in the last minutes before their loved ones arrive or depart.
A woman is trying to gather her family members together for a __1__. When the final moment comes before __2__, she wraps (用......缠绕) her arms around her son, giving him a __3__ hug that could protect him until she __4__.
I sit with a book in my hands, waiting for my turn to leave, __5__, because the ones I love have a different __6__ from mine.
I think of other departures and arrivals. I __7__ seeing my daughter. I wrapped my arms around her as if she'd been __8__. That year she was in her first year at university, coming home for the first time.
Today my flight is two hours late. When my flight is __9__ called, I gather my book and luggage. __10__ there is no one to see me off, I do not __11__ to see where I have come from. __12__, I think of my husband at work __13__ if I have left yet.
As I head towards the plane, I find myself __14__ another arrival. That year, my 91yearold grandfather died. After returning from his funeral, I arrived at the airport __15__. My husband of only a year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms. Because of my tears, __16__ was looking at us, but I didn't __17__.
Life needs the important __18__ all the time. I wish that all the people who went on a __19__ could come back to find someone __20__ them. I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off.
语篇解读:作者在机场看着不断出发和到达的人,想起自己两次与亲人重聚的情景,