問題詳情

[B] Women in beautiful red and black costumes with feathered headdresses dance joyfully with men intraditional black skirts. The simple dance steps and repetitive melodies of the music are fascinating, and aseveryone joins hands and moves in a circle, the feeling of togetherness is unmistakable. Young and old cometogether to show respect to their ancestors and appreciation to the gods for a successful harvest. There’s alwaysmuch music, dancing, feasting, and drinking of rice wine involved! Family and community are important at thistime, and many Amis return home to their villages, just as the Chinese return home at Lunar New Year.      Mainly living on the coastal plains and in the valleys of Hualien and Taitung counties, the Amis are thelargest of Taiwan’s aboriginal groups, making up over one-third of all the island’s native peoples. Interestingly,the Amis are a matrilineal society. This means that the men marry into the woman’s family, and it is alsodaughters who inherit land and property. However, when it comes to public affairs, such as organizing the annualfestival, the responsibilities lie firmly on the shoulders of the men. Each generation of males has specific roles tofulfill, with the elders deciding on the date. As it’s dependent on the harvest, in different areas the festival may fallanytime from July to September.          Each village also has its own rituals, and celebrations may last from one to seven days. The formal openingceremony is only for men, with the village chief and elders singing holy songs to welcome the gods. But thefestival as a whole is a lively time for everyone to participate in not only singing and dancing but also variouscontests of skill.        For some of the males of the group, the festival is even more significant as it coincides with rituals towelcome them to adulthood, meaning a higher status within the tribe. They may also join the pre-festival fishingexpeditions, hopefully catching enough fish to impress the elders on their return. In fact, many of these youngmen are likely just as eager to show off their fishing skills to impress the ladies, since harvest festival is also atime for romance! On the final evening, when the men dance in a circle, each woman may step forward and give alove token to the man she likes. If he returns her affection, the couple leaves the circle to dance together.                                                                                 (From English Digest, July 2009)
58. Which of the following would you NOT see at the Amis Harvest Festival?
(A) Men dancing in skirts.
(B) A large amount of alcohol being drunk.
(C) Aborigines playing traditional musical instruments.
(D) People planting rice in the fields.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.571429
統計：A(0),B(4),C(1),D(1),E(0)

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