Question

The Home of My People

    When Lewis and Clark stepped onto the Weippe Prairie in present-day Idaho in September 1805, they met the Nez Perce Indians. In the following years, the white explorers（探險(xiǎn)者）began to fight with the Indians for their land. Some Nez Perce chiefs signed agreements with the U.S. government, selling part of their lands. But the government always broke those agreements and demanded more land.

    Other chiefs refused to go along with the government’s plans. The most famous was Chief Joseph, whose people lived in the Wallowa Valley（present-day Oregon）.

    “In order to have all people understand how much land we owned, ”he once explained, “my father planted poles around it and said: ‘Inside is the home of my people…It circled around the graves（墳?zāi)梗﹐f our fathers, and we will never give up these graves to any man. ’”

    But in 1874, the U.S. government declared the valley open for white settlement and ordered the Nez Perce onto a reservation（保留地）. Seeing that resistance was useless, Chief Joseph agreed to move.

    Later, fighting broke out between the Nez Perce and U.S. soldiers. Chief Joseph tried to lead his people to Canada, winning several battles against the soldiers during their flight. But finally, he was forced to give in.

56. Which historic site （on the map）lies in the south of today’s Nez Perce Reservation?

      A. Buffalo Eddy.                                    B. Dug Bar.

      C. Joseph Canyon Viewpoint.                  D. Chief Looking Glass Camp.

57. What can we learn about the Nez Perce lands from the map?

      A. They were in the state of Oregon.

      B. They have become a historic site.

      C. They have become much smaller.

     D. They were limited to the Wallowa Valley.

58. From Paragraph 3, we know that the Indians wanted to ______.

      A. show off their land                            B. keep their land

      C. turn their place into a graveyard          D. build their homes around the poles

Answer 1

56 D

解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。首先在地圖中找到 NezPerce Reservation參照，其次看選項(xiàng)：A.Buffalo Eddy位于 southwestofNDR；B.Dug Bar同樣位于 SouthwestofNP.R；C.Joseph Canyonviewpoint位于 southwestofN.P.R；只有 D.ChiefLookingGlassCamp位于 N.P.R 的南部（south）。

57 .C

解析：細(xì)節(jié)題，由地圖標(biāo)識(shí)可看出圈出的地盤 New Perce Reservation today明顯比粗線圈出的 New PerceReservation in 1855小得多。所以選 C。

58 B

解析：理解主旨，Nez Perce Reservation 的領(lǐng)土受侵略日漸減少，Para.2 講到 Otherchiefsrefused to go along with the government’splans.一些首領(lǐng)反對(duì)那些出賣領(lǐng)土的合約，并談?wù)摰?themostfamouswasChiefJoseph，第三段緊接著講述的是這位著名首領(lǐng)采取的圍護(hù)自己領(lǐng)土的措施，由此可見 The IndiansW anted to keep theirland。A.Show offtheirland炫耀他們的領(lǐng)土，不符主題。C、D 都不符文章主旨。