Over 30,000 years ago, people from northern Asia went to America. Today we can tell these people Indians.
The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or they would die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!
Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next 300 years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over 32,000,000 Europeans left their countries for the United States. The biggest groups went from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to America so they could find a better life.
小題1:________ went to America first.
A．People from northern Asia
B．People from Italy
C．People from Germany
D．Columbus
小題2:Why did the Indians go to America? Because ____________ .
A． northern Asia became very hot
B． northern Asia became very cold
C．they were interested in America
D．they liked traveling
小題3:The “New World” was _________.
A．ItalyB．northern AsiaC．GermanyD．America
小題4:These Europeans ___________.
A．didn’t speak the same language
B．spoke English
C．spoke German only
D．spoke both English and German
小題5:The Europeans went to America in order to _________ .
A．find the New world
B．find a better life
C．build more boats
D．learn English

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A
小題5:B

小題1:由文章第一段可知“   Over 30,000 years ago, people from northern Asia went to America.”答案選A
小題2:由文章第二段“Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze.”可知答案為B
小題3:由第三段內(nèi)容“At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats.”可知本題答案為D
小題4:由文章中第三段內(nèi)容“These Europeans spoke many different languages.”可知答案為A
小題5:由文章最后一句話“They went to America so they could find a better life.”可知答案為B
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