6、On June 17,1744,the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations.The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College.In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follow:
  We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges,and that the costs of living of our young men,while with you,would be very expensive to you.We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily.But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things,and you will therefore not be displeased if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours.We have had some experience of it.Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ;they were taught all your sciences;but when they came back to us, they were bad runners,ignorant of every means of living in the woods and they were totally good for nothing.
  We are,to show our grateful sense of it,if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons,we wi1l take care of their education,teach them in al1 we know and make men of them.


57. The passage is about ____ .
  A. the talk between the Indians and the officials     B. the colleges of the northern provinces
  C. the educational values of the Indians                D. the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century  
58. The Indian’s chief purpose in writing the letter seems to ____ .
  A. politely refuse a friendly offer      B. describe Indian customs
  C. show their pride                         D. express their opinions on equal treatment
59. The Indian’s view of education is ______.

A. young women should also be educated  

B. they had different ideas of education

C. they taught different branches of science 

D. they should teach the sons of the officials first

60. The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as ____ .
    A. angry  B. polite  C. pleasant  D. requiring

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