Native American Pottery
There are several American Indian groups in the Southwest that still make beautiful pof this pottery may be sold at fairly high the makers consider their work as more than a commercial using methods handed downfor generations,the potters express their pride in their cultural inheritance.
Some of the most interesting pottery is made by the Pueblo e are 21 individual pueblos in Arizona and New ral are famous for their make a pot,these potters use a clay base and add long thin coils of clay toit in a spiral they have reached the size they want,they use an implement such as a rock or shell to smooth the surfaces of the pot.
How a pot is decorated and fired depends on the traditions of the group making itional pottery produced by the Acoma,who have lived for centuries on a high mesa in NewMexico,is first painted with a clay resulting pots： which are prizedfor their delicacy and strength,may be left may also be painted with black and white patterns or with a combination of black,orange,and brown.
Very distinctive black pottery comes from the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara black coloris the result of carbon being released from the animal manure in which the potis artisans hand –rub this ware to a shiny rs cut patterns into it： resulting in a part shiny： part fiat surface.Potters at SailIldefonso make many types of wares.Potters at Santa Clara are especially known for wedding jars-jars with two necks connected by a handle.
Other groups such as the Hopi and the Cochiti also make p group uses distinctive methods and produces distinctive forms and designs.
詞彙：
pottery n.陶器
distinctive adj.特別的，有特色的
enterprise n.事業，產業，實業
inheritance n.遺產
manure n.肥料，糞肥
craftsmanship n.手藝
artisan n.精美，精緻
註釋：
1…… handed down for generations… ……世代相傳……
2.…hand-rub this ware to a shiny gloss… ……親手揉搓罐子表面，使它光澤平滑……
練習：
the first paragraph the word “commercial” means_________.
ng to do with advertising products on TV
ng to do with advertising products on TV
e- scale
stic
second paragraph in the passage is developed mainly through_________.
s in a process
ription of objects
telling of a story
ples
Sail Ildefonso pueblo is known for_________.
k pottery
ing jars
and delicate shapes
k,brown,and orange pots
itional methods of making pottery_________.
rarely used anymore
a lot of time
not of interest to pottery collectors
soon be complete replaced
her good title for this passage would be_________.
to Make a Pot
ng on a High Mesa
Indians of Arizona and New Mexico
Old Art Still Practiced
答案與題解：
1.B 前文提到一些陶器會以高價賣出，可以推測commercial在這裏的意思是買賣交易。所以，答案是選項B.
2.A 第二段主要講製作一個罐子的步驟，不是在對罐子的形態進行描述，也沒有講具體的例子或者故事。所以，答案是選項A.
3.A 第四段第一句話提到具有特色的黑色陶器是有聖伊爾德豐索部落的普韋布洛人制作的，最後一句提到聖克拉拉部落的陶器尤其以他的婚禮罐子聞名，選項C、D與題幹無關，所以答案是選項A.
4.B 根據文中製作的`陶器的過程可以推測出製作陶器的過程很複雜因而費時，選項A、C、D文中均有提及，故可排除。
5.D 本文主要介紹了美國本土一些印第安部落的陶器特點及製作過程。選項A過於片面，選項B、C 與文章主旨無關，因此答案是選項D.