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GreatSmokyMountainsNationalParkliesonbothsidesof

theborderbetweenNorthCarolinaandTennessee.Its

highestpeakiscalled"ClingmansDome”.Butbeforeitgotthat

name,theCherokeepeoplecalledthemountainHKuwahiH.Itsits

onancestralCherokeehomelands.Sincetheancienttimes,the

landscape,includingmountainsandstreams,hasshapedthe

historyofCherokeepeople.Theyusedthatnameforhundreds

ofyears.Now,tribalmembersarehopingtoreturntothe

Kuwahiname.

TheCherokeeNationoncespreadacrosswhatisnow

Georgia,NorthCarolina,TennesseeandAlabama.In1838,

thetribewasforciblyrelocatedtopresent-dayOklahoma—in

whatwaslaterknownasthe“TrailofTears”.Throughsickness

andterribletravelconditions,nearly4,000Cherokeepeopledied

duringtheforcedremovalfromtheirhomeland.SomeCherokee

managedtoavoidrelocationtoOklahomabygoingintohiding,

includingonKuwahi."We'reheretodaybecauseourancestors

hidinthosemountains,specificallyinKuwahi,,zTilsaid.

ThenamechangeoftheCherokee'smountaincamein1859,

whengeographerandprofessorArnoldHenryGuyotlabeled

Kuwahi"ClingmansDome”.ThepeakwasnamedafterThomas

LanierClingman,whowasastrongsupporterofslavery.

ClingmanwasnotconnectedtotheCherokeepeopleinanyway.

“NamingthemountainafterClingmaneraseseverythingthat

theCherokeepeopleareinordertorenameitaftersomeone

withzerotiestoourcommunity.Hedidn,tevenlivehere,"said

Hill.

InJune2022,YellowstoneNationalPark'sMountDoanewas

renamedtoFirstPeoplesMountain."Thatwasahugevictoryfor

ourbrothersandsisters,"Hillsaid."Ihopeit'sjustthe

beginningofaccuratelyrecognizingandhonoringnumerous

historicallysignificantsitesfortribesandnativepeople

nationwide.Thereweresomanyplacesthatwerespecialand

importanttonativepeoplepriortocolonization.Iwanttobethe

voiceformypeople,formyancestors.”

8.WhatdotheCherokeepeopleintendtodoaccordingto

Paragraph1?

A.Savetheirlanguage.

B.GobacktotheirhomelandKuwahi.

C.Reshapetheirhistory.

D.Changethenamebackto"Kuwahi".

9.WhatisParagraph2mainlyabout?

A.ThesadhistoryoftheCherokeepeople.

B.TheshelteringplacefortheCherokeepeople.

C.ThecausesofthedecreaseoftheCherokeepeople.

D.ThetravelingrouteoftheancientCherokeeNation.

10.WhatdoesHillthinkof"ClingmansDome"?

A.ItisrelatedtothecultureoftheCherokeepeople.

B.ItremindstheCherokeepeopleoftheirancestors.

C.ItremoveseverythingabouttheCherokeehistory.

D.ItreflectstheslavepositionoftheCherokeepeople.

11.WhatdoesHillactuallymeaninthelastparagraph?

A.Toaddgreathonortoherancestors.

B.Tomakehishomelandwell-known.

C.Toexpresstheopinionsofherpeople.

D.Tonamemorehistoricallysignificantsites.

DACC

Setonaslopedplot（山坡）abovePragueinthecity'sTroja

district,VillaSophiahasnokeys,nolightswitchesanda

pianothatcanplaybyitself.Thehousecanclosethewindows

whenitrainsandreadaloudmaterialsithasselectedfromthe

Internet,basedontheowners*interests.

“Thehouseislikeabrain,,zsaidMichaela

Pankova,whosharesthehomewithherhusband,KarelPanek,

andtheirdaughters."Itmakesdecisionsforyoubased

onpreviousexperience."Thehome,designedbythe

Prague-basedfirmCollColl,isintendedtogobeyond

automatedtoautonomous,"Aswesay,ifwehavetocontrolit

ourselves,itzsnotsmartenough/7saidMr.Panek,acomputer

scientist.

Thecouplewantednocompromisesinqualityand

efficiency.Whentheycouldn1tfindatechnologythatmettheir

standards,Mr.Panek,thebrainbehindhishome'sbrain,

designedhisownsystem.Whilefamilymembersgoabouttheir

dailylives,thesystemcollectsdataandevaluatesthatdatain

realtime,thencomesupwithsolutionsandimplements(實(shí)施)

them.Itcanacceptdeliverieswhenthefamilyisn,there,thanks

toindividualdoorfromafarandvaluationofthehome,s

externalcontext.Itcanpreheatthedrivewaytoclearsnowand

ice(butonlyifitpredictsitsuse,savingenergyotherwise)and

lockthedoors.

Putenergyhomesecurityandconvenienceaside,thesystem1

sbenefitisthatindevelopingbeyondasmarthomesystemtoa

smarthomeitfreethehomeownerfromtheburdenofconstant

control.

Mr.Panekcallshimselfatechnologyoptimist,andMrs.

Pankovasaidittookhersometimetowramupt。thesystem.

“InthebeginningIwasn1tintotheideaoflivinginanAIhouse,,,

shesaid."Duringthetimeofthepreparationandlater

theconstruction,Islowlystartedtobeopentotheidea.”

12.WhatcanbeinferredaboutthehousefromParagraph1?

A.Itislocatedatthefootofahill.

B.Itoperatesautomatically.

C.Itfreesthefamilyfromwindandrain.

D.Itispoorlyequippedwithfurniture.

13Whodidsomeextraworktoimprovethecontrolsystemof

thehouse?

A.CollColl.

B.Mrs.Pankova.

C.Mr.Panek.

D.Thecouple,skids.

14.Whatisthebestadvantageofthesmarthome?