Question

The Home of My People

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.

1. Which historic site (on the map) lies in the south of today's Nez Perce Reservation?

A. Buffalo Eddy.

B. Dug Bar.

C. Joseph Canyon Viewpoint.

D. Chief Looking Glass Camp.

2. What can we learn about the Nez Perce lands from the map?

A. They were in the state of Oregon.

B. They have become a historic site.

C. They have become much smaller.

D. They were limited to the Wallowa Valley.

3. From Paragraph 3, we know that the Indians wanted to

A. show off their land

B. keep their land

C. turn their place into a graveyard

D. build their homes around the poles

 

Answer 1

答案：DCB
解析：

1. D。考查考生对短文细节信息的理解情况。通过观看地图，可知本题选D 2. C。考查考生对短文中细节信息的理解情况。从地图上看和文章中的内容，很容易得出答案。 3. B。考查考生对短文细节信息的理解情况。从Chief Joseph可知印第安人想保留自己的土地。