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  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.

(1)

________ went to America first.

[  ]

A.

People from northern Asia

B.

People from Italy

C.

People from Germany

D.

Columbus

(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

(3)

The “New World” was ________.

[  ]

A.

Italy

B.

northern Asia

C.

Germany

D.

America

(4)

These Europeans ________.

[  ]

A.

didn’t speak the same language

B.

spoke English

C.

spoke German only

D.

spoke both English and German

(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

答案:1.A;2.B;3.D;4.A;5.B;
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