The Cherokee Nation

　　Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations.The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.

　　After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own news paper.

　　In 1830, the U. S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them.

　　Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?

　　The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4, 000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.

　　36. The Cherokee Nation used to live

　　A. on the American continent.

　　B. in the southeastern part of the US.

　　C. beyond the Mississippi River.

　　D. in the western territory.

　　37. One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of

　　A. writing down the spoken language.

　　B. making word pictures.

　　C. teaching his people reading,

　　D. printing their own newspaper.

　　38. A law was passed in 1830 to

　　A. allow the Cherokees to stay where they were.

　　B. send the army to help the Cherokees.

　　C. force the Cherokees to move westward.

　　D. forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper.

　　39. When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,

　　A. they went in carts.

　　B. they went on horseback.

　　C. they marched on foot,

　　D. all of the above.

　　40. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because

　　A. they were not willing to go there.

　　B. the government did not provide transportation.

　　C, they did not have enough food and clothes.

　　D. the journey was long and boring.

　　參考答案：

　　36.B【解析】題目問的是：徹羅基人過去居住在哪里?根據第一段最后一句可知他們住在現在的 the soHtheastern part of the Unitecl States，所以選項B為正確答案。選項A范圍太廣，C項和D項都是指他們后來遷移的地方，所以錯誤。

　　37.A【解析】題目問的是：塞闊雅從白人那學到的一種方法是什么?根據第二段第三句可知賽闊雅決定發明一種將口頭語言寫下來的方法;后面具體講了他是怎么發明的。所以A項是正確的。B項用圖形表示單詞，C項教會人們如何閱讀，D項如何印刷報紙，這些都不準確。

　　38.C【解析】題目問的是：l830年通過了一個法律，內容是什么?根據第5-.段可知這個法律允許政府使徹羅基人向西遷移，所以選項C為正確選項。 A項讓徹羅基人留在他們原來的地方，這明顯不對; B項派軍隊幫助徹羅基人，這與第四段中marched them at gunpoint相矛盾;D項禁止徹羅基人閱讀報紙，文中沒有提到。

　　39.D【解析】題目問的是：徹羅基人是怎樣離開他們的土地的?根據第四段可知the sick，the old and the small children went in carts.along with their belongings.The rest of the people。因此，D項 all of the above最全面。

　　40.C【解析】題目問的是：很多徹羅基人死在遷往新住處的路上，主要是因為什么?根據第四段倒數第四句Cold and hungry，the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey.可知他們是沒有足夠的食物和衣服，所以C項為正確答案。A項他們不愿意去那里，這是事實，但不是他們死亡的主要原因;B項政府沒有提供交通工具，文中沒有提及;D項路途遙遠而且令人乏味，這也不是主要原因。

　　The Cherokee Nation

　　Long before the white man came to America, the land belonged to the American Indian nations.The nation of the Cherokees lived in what is now the southeastern part of the United States.

　　After the white man came, the Cherokees copied many of their ways. One Cherokee named Sequoyah saw how important reading and writing was to the white man. He decided to invent a way to write down the spoken Cherokee language. He began by making word pictures. For each word he drew a picture. But that proved impossible -there were just too many words. Then he took the 85 sounds that made up the language. Using his own imagination and an English spelling book, Sequoyah invented a sign for each sound. His alphabet proved amazingly easy to learn. Before long, many Cherokees knew how to read and write in their own language. By 1828, they were even printing their own news paper.

　　In 1830, the U. S. Congress passed a law. It allowed the government to remove Indians from their lands. The Cherokees refused to go. They had lived on their lands for centuries. It belonged to them.

　　Why should they go to a strange land far beyond the Mississippi River?

　　The army was sent to drive the Cherokees out. Soldiers surrounded their villages and marched them at gunpoint into the western territory. The sick, the old and the small children went in carts, along with their belongings. The rest of the people marched on foot or rode on horseback. It was November, yet many of them still wore their summer clothes. Cold and hungry, the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey. Many dropped dead and were buried by the roadside. When the last group arrived in their new home in March 1839, more than 4, 000 had died. It was indeed a march of death.

　　36. The Cherokee Nation used to live

　　A. on the American continent.

　　B. in the southeastern part of the US.

　　C. beyond the Mississippi River.

　　D. in the western territory.

　　37. One of the ways that Sequoyah copied from the white man is the way of

　　A. writing down the spoken language.

　　B. making word pictures.

　　C. teaching his people reading,

　　D. printing their own newspaper.

　　38. A law was passed in 1830 to

　　A. allow the Cherokees to stay where they were.

　　B. send the army to help the Cherokees.

　　C. force the Cherokees to move westward.

　　D. forbid the Cherokees to read their newspaper.

　　39. When the Cherokees began to leave their lands,

　　A. they went in carts.

　　B. they went on horseback.

　　C. they marched on foot,

　　D. all of the above.

　　40. Many Cherokees died on their way to their new home mainly because

　　A. they were not willing to go there.

　　B. the government did not provide transportation.

　　C, they did not have enough food and clothes.

　　D. the journey was long and boring.

　　參考答案：

　　36.B【解析】題目問的是：徹羅基人過去居住在哪里?根據第一段最后一句可知他們住在現在的 the soHtheastern part of the Unitecl States，所以選項B為正確答案。選項A范圍太廣，C項和D項都是指他們后來遷移的地方，所以錯誤。

　　37.A【解析】題目問的是：塞闊雅從白人那學到的一種方法是什么?根據第二段第三句可知賽闊雅決定發明一種將口頭語言寫下來的方法;后面具體講了他是怎么發明的。所以A項是正確的。B項用圖形表示單詞，C項教會人們如何閱讀，D項如何印刷報紙，這些都不準確。

　　38.C【解析】題目問的是：l830年通過了一個法律，內容是什么?根據第5-.段可知這個法律允許政府使徹羅基人向西遷移，所以選項C為正確選項。 A項讓徹羅基人留在他們原來的地方，這明顯不對; B項派軍隊幫助徹羅基人，這與第四段中marched them at gunpoint相矛盾;D項禁止徹羅基人閱讀報紙，文中沒有提到。

　　39.D【解析】題目問的是：徹羅基人是怎樣離開他們的土地的?根據第四段可知the sick，the old and the small children went in carts.along with their belongings.The rest of the people。因此，D項 all of the above最全面。

　　40.C【解析】題目問的是：很多徹羅基人死在遷往新住處的路上，主要是因為什么?根據第四段倒數第四句Cold and hungry，the Cherokees were quickly exhausted by the hardships of the journey.可知他們是沒有足夠的食物和衣服，所以C項為正確答案。A項他們不愿意去那里，這是事實，但不是他們死亡的主要原因;B項政府沒有提供交通工具，文中沒有提及;D項路途遙遠而且令人乏味，這也不是主要原因。