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　New Zealand is an English-speaking country．But the government recognizes 　1　 language, too．This is the Maori language（毛利语）．The English 　2 　began to visit New Zealand after 1770．They found a 　3 　people living there．These were the Maoris,　　 　4 　had come from islands in the Pacific Ocean 400 years before．

　For a long time the 　5 　government was not interested in these faraway islands．It was 　6 　a British colony（殖民地）．As a 　7 　, more and more British settlers came．

　The Maoris were　　 　　　8 　to the first settlers．But soon the new settlers wanted 　9　

land．So in 1844 there was fighting 　10 　them．This was the first of several wars between the two　　 　　　11 　．The next fifty years were very bad for the Maoris．Many were 　12 　in the wars．Many more died from new disease 　13 　by the British．In 1840 there were perhaps 200,000 Maoris．By 1859 this number had 　14 　to 42,000．

　However, this century the two peoples have lived in 　15 　．For many years the “British”New Zealanders looked 　16　 upon the Maoris．　17 　in recent years, they have had equal 　18 　, and the Maori language is one of the languages of the country with 　19 　．Today there are about a quarter of a million Maoris, that is, about 9% of the　 20 　．

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   In this world, there are more than 365 million people whose native language is English ．Of this number of people, only about 275 million 1 in the Untied States and Great Britain ．The 2 60 million live in Australia, 3 , New Zealand, South Africa, some Pacific islands, and other places 4 British people settled．5 of the time, one English speaker 6 understand another．But in every 7 country, people added new words 8 their vocabularies （词汇） to name animals, plants, and other things that were 9 to the first British people who 10 there ．British settlers in Australia 11 the word “kangaroo” for an 12 they had never seen 13 from the language of the people who were 14 to Australia ．And the British who 15 to South Africa took “trek”, meaning a long journey by ox wagon （四轮运货牛车）, 16 the language of the Dutch people 17 settled in the same place．

   English speakers of 18 every country know what a kangaroo 19 and use the word “track” to 20 “difficult journey”．But some 21 “English” words are used only by the people who borrow or 22 them．A South African who talks about “kopjes” is speaking English, but only another South African 23 a Dutch person would know he is 24 of hills．Australian said, “There were some ropable people at the corroborate, ” only another Australian would 25 that he was talking about angry people at a party．

二、Word spelling(单词拼写)10分

1.New Zealand is s_________ by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east.

2.New Zealand has a p_________ of about 3.8 million people.

3.The _________(气候)in some southern cities is very mild and pleasant.

4.In China October 1 is _________(庆祝)as a National Day.

5.The girl r_________ to in your letter used to be my neighbor's daughter.

6.New Zealand,with its n_________ beauty,mountains,rivers and national parks,attracts tourists.

7.Many families go _________(野营)in the hills or on the coast.

8.The happier events,like wedding,are m_________ with speeches,singing and dancing.

9.Can you tell something in r_________ to education?

10.Captain Cook took _________(占有)of the islands in 1769.

二、Word spelling(单词拼写)10分

1.New Zealand is s_________ by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east.

2.New Zealand has a p_________ of about 3.8 million people.

3.The _________(气候)in some southern cities is very mild and pleasant.

4.In China October 1 is _________(庆祝)as a National Day.

5.The girl r_________ to in your letter used to be my neighbor's daughter.

6.New Zealand,with its n_________ beauty,mountains,rivers and national parks,attracts tourists.

7.Many families go _________(野营)in the hills or on the coast.

8.The happier events,like wedding,are m_________ with speeches,singing and dancing.

9.Can you tell something in r_________ to education?

10.Captain Cook took _________(占有)of the islands in 1769.