题目内容
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 (探险者) 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 (坟墓) of 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.
B. Dug Bar.
C. Joseph Canyon Viewpoint.
D. Chief Looking Glass Camp.
B. They have become a historic site.
C. They have become much smaller.
D. They were limited to the Wallowa Valley.
B. keep their land
C. turn their place into a graveyard
D. build their homes around the poles
阅读理解D
The deserts of the world are not all covered with sand. Many of them have surfaces of rock or clay(黏土) or small stones. They are not flat, either. They often have high hills and deep valleys. There is some plants’ life in many parts of the desert. There is little rain in the desert, but it does fall often enough for most plants.
The deserts of the world are not uninhabited(无人居住的). People also live outside oases(绿洲), but these people are not farmers. They have camels, goats, donkeys, sheep, etc. These animals can live on the desert plants and do not need much water.
The people of the desert have to move constantly from place to place, they must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they fold up their tents, put them on their camels and donkeys, and move to another place. In good years, when there is enough food for their animals, they trade their skins and their goats and camel hairs with the people of oases for wheat and fruit. But in bad years, when there is not enough food for their animals, the people of the desert would attack the oases people. But they are also hospitable, no man in the desert would ever refuse to give a stranger food and water.
【小题1】According to the passage, deserts are mostly made up of ________.
| A.clay | B.rock | C.stones | D.sand |
| A.kind | B.brave | C.cruel | D.strange |
| A.It rains in spring only. |
| B.it rains for a short time every month |
| C.the rainfall is just enough for the plants |
| D.there is some rain, but far from enough |
| A.only inside the oases | B.both inside and outside the oases |
| C.only outside the oases | D.in places with regular rainfalls. |