6．Do you know Roma people？They were called Gypsies（吉普賽人） by Europeans because they thought they came from Egypt（a country in Africa）．About a thousand years ago，the Roma people left their homeland．They are known asnomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place．They have no real homeland．
Today，the Roma are now living all over the world．They have kept their language and many customs．For example，it's important for Roma to marry other Roma．It's also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry．Roma people get married when they are young，sometimes even as young as 14．
Romany is the language of Roma people，which was written down only recently．Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world，their language has developed in many different ways．It is sometimes hard for Romans in one part of the world to understand Romans from another part．
Roma music is famous all over the world，because many Romans throughout history have been
musicians．Their music has influenced many other kinds of music，like classical and jazz．
Roma don't usually assimilate（同化） into host countries．Over many centuries，governments have forbidden them to marry each other，travel or wear their traditional bright clothes．They have their gold taken away from them-treasures from their parents and grandparents．They have been taken as slaves（奴隸），and have been forced to change their names．
But today，the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture．"There's a will within us to continue to live as a people，"says George Kaslov，whose family arrived in New York from Russia a hundred years ago．"All the other ethnic（種族） groups who came to America assimilate gradually with time going； they lose their customs and language．But not the Roma．We hold out．"
32．What does the underlined word"nomads"in the 1st paragraph mean？D
A．People who lived centuries ago．
B．People who come from Roma．
C．People who have their own homeland
D．People who move from place to place．
33．What can we infer about the Roma according to the passage？C
A．Most of the Roma live in very unusual houses．
B．Their language is endangered and may soon die out．
C．Their culture is very different from other European cultures．
D．Most Roma get married either when they are very young or very old．
34．What is the main purpose of the passage？A
A．To tell readers about an interesting culture．
B．To tell us why the Roma need our help．
C．To show us how all people are similar．
D．To ask people how to live in peace．
35．What would be the best title for the passage？C
A．Brave Roma Travelers
B．Famous Roma Music
C．The Roma：Past and Present
D．Changing Countries，Changing Cultures．
分析 本文敘述了羅馬人被歐洲人稱為吉普賽人，他們認(rèn)為他們是來自于埃及，當(dāng)羅馬人在保存文化財富的同時，他們也在試圖尋找和別人相處的方式．講述了吉普賽人這個民族的歷史根源和現(xiàn)在的狀況．
解答 32．D．詞義理解題．根據(jù)后面 have lived in large groups that travel from place to place可知是說從一個地方去另一個地方，也就是流浪者，故選D．
33．C．推理題．根據(jù)第五段Roma don't usually assimilate（同化） into host countries．Over many centuries，governments have forbidden them to marry each other，travel or wear their traditional bright clothes．They have their gold taken away from them-treasures from their parents and grandparents．They have been taken as slaves（奴隸），and have been forced to change their names．可知吉普賽人的文化不會與其他國家的文化相同，故可知是與歐洲文化不同，故選C．
34．A．主旨大意題．縱觀全文，本文主要講述吉普斯人這個民族的歷史根源和現(xiàn)在的狀況．它不同于其它的文化，有自己的特色，故選A是告訴讀者一個有趣的文化，故選A．．
35．C．標(biāo)題判斷題．縱觀全文，本文主要講述吉普斯人這個民族的歷史根源和現(xiàn)在的狀況，故命題吉普賽人的過去和現(xiàn)在，故選C．
點評 初中英語閱讀理解要注意養(yǎng)成良好的閱讀心理，閱讀時要去掉雜念，心緒要安定，精神要專一，要形成一種愜意的順向心理．切不可一遇到幾個生詞難句，就心煩意亂，失去自控能力．心理學(xué)家告訴我們，任何恐慌，過分緊張的情緒都會形成一種消極因素妨礙大腦的正常思維功能．因此，遇到困難一定要從容不迫，心無旁騖．這樣才能對所讀的文章印象清晰，理解深刻．
