高中英语语法填空练习(主题:文化人类学)

  Cultural anthropology (人类学), also known as sociocultural anthropology, is the study of cultures around the world. Anthropology is the study of human diversity,     1     cultural anthropology focuses on cultural systems,     2     (belief), practices, and expressions.

    Cultural anthropology’s roots date back to the 1800s,     3     early scholars like Lewis Henry Morgan and Edward Tylor became interested in the     4     (compare) study of cultural systems. This generation drew on the theories of Charles Darwin, attempting to apply his concept of evolution     5     human culture. Later they     6     (dismiss) as so-called “armchair anthropologists,” since they based their ideas on data collected by others and did not personally engage first-hand with the groups they claimed     7     (study).

    These ideas were later disproved by Franz Boas, who is widely recognized as the father of anthropology in America. Boas strongly criticized the armchair anthropologists’ belief in cultural evolution,     8     (argue) instead that all cultures had to be considered on their own terms and not as part of     9     progress model. He also trained the first generation of American anthropologists at Columbia.

    Boas’ influence continues in cultural anthropology’s focus on race and, more broadly, identity as forces that are shaped by society and not     10     (biological) based. After Boas, anthropology departments became the norm in colleges, and cultural anthropology was a central aspect of study.

【答案】

1．while 2．beliefs    3．when    4．comparative    5．to    6．were dismissed    7．to study    8．arguing    9．a    10．biologically