Directions: For each blank in the following
passages there are four words or phrases marked (A) (B) (C) and (D). Fill in
each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
A
During the American Revolution and the
years just before it, the most powerful Indian friend British settlers __51__
Joseph Brant. He was a warrior(武士), __52__ of the Mohawk tribe(部落) . His life-time devotion to the English cause started in 1755,
when he was 13 years old. He fought under Sir William Johnson in the Battle of
Lake George.
Johnson __53__ a most important part in the
young Indian's life. He had __54__ friends with the Mohawks, learned their
language, and __55__ Molly Brant, young Joseph's sister in 1756. Sir William
took Brant under his __56__, had him __57__ at a mission school, which later
became Dartmouth College.
__58__ 1775, Brant had become a known
leader, not only of his own tribe, but of the five others that __59__ the
Iroguois League of Indian Nations. As the Revolution began, he went with Guy
Johnson on a trip to England.
He __60__ Johnson's secretary.
In 1783, Brant was rewarded a grant of English
land along the Grand River in Ontario,
where he settled with his Mohawk followers. Brant ruled in peace until his
death in 1807.
51. (A) had was (B) had
been
(C) were
(D) have been
52. (A) chief
(B) the chief (C) who is (D) chiefs
53. (A) who played (B) was taking (C) took
(D) was to play
54. (A) many
(B) few
(C) taken (D)
made
55. (A) married with (B) married to (C) married (D) was married
to
56. (A) wing (B)
arm
(C) leadership (D)
army
57. (A) educate (B)
educated
(C) studies
(D) to study
58. (A) During (B)
By
(C) In
(D) through
59. (A) were made up of
(B) made up of
(C) made up
(D) made into
60. (A) regarded as (B) is served as (C) acted as (D) was like