Over thirty thousand years ago people from Northern Asia went to 　　America. Today we call these people Indians.

　　　　The Indians went to America because the weather in Northern Asia 　　began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? 　　They walked!

　　　　Later Columbus found the New World in 1642. At first, only a few 　　Europeans followed. They travelled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 5,000,000 people went there. Then the 　　number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their countries and went to the United States. The 　　biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They 　　went to America so that they could find a better life.

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　　1. ______ went to America first.　　　　　　

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　　A. People from Northern Asia

　　B. People form Europe

　　C. People from Germany

　　D. Columbus

　　2. Why did the Indians go to America? Because ______.

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　　A. Northern Asia became very hot

　　B. Northern Asia became very cold

　　C. they were interested in America

　　D. they liked travelling

　　3. The first Europeans went to America ______.

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　　A. on foot　　B. by bike

　　C. by boat　　D. by train

　　4. These Europeans ______ .　　　　　　　　

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　　A. didn't speak the same language

　　B. spoke English only

　　C. spoke German only

　　D. spoke both English and German

　　5. The Europeans went to American in order to ______.

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　　A. find the New World

　　B. find a better life

　　C. build more boats

　　D. learn English

Story 1

  In America in 1940，the twin boys went to live with two different families almost as soon as they were born．The two brothers never saw each other again until1979，when they met by chance at a party．When they started talking to each other，they discovered some amazing similarities(相似处)．First，they found out that they both enjoyed making things out of wood．Later on，they discovered that they had both married women called Linda，and that they both had one son whose first and middle names were James and Alan．Besides，both brothers had called their dogs by the same name-Toy．As if that wasn’t enough，they also found out that they both took their family holiday at the same place every year．

Story 2

    In 1996，a Filipino woman called Mrs. Jimena told other people that her three children could breathe underwater like fish．Mrs. Jimena said that her children had three small holes on the sides of their necks below each ear，and that these were like the gills(鱼鳃)on fish．Mrs. Jimena said that she didn’t know how to swim and that her children were just starting to learn. Her family lives in a mountain village far from the sea． According to Mrs. Jimena，the holes in her children’s necks become larger when they are underwater, allowing them to stay underwater for up to six minutes．

Story 3

    On 11th October，1994，a 10-year-old English girl called Vicky Willmore told her mother that she had a headache．Soon afterwards，Vicky began writing in mirror image(镜像)．She wrote letters and numbers either upsidedown or back-to-front．Although she could read what she wrote，no one else could．She was examined by different doctors，but none of them could find out what was wrong with her．Vicky became very upset，and soon stopped reading and writing altogether．Instead she started watching TV all the time．On 27th ，September 1995，Vicky was watching her favourite football team，Manchester United，play on television．When the team scored a goal，she became so excited that she jumped out of her seat and fell backwards，hitting her head on a coffee table．The next day，Vicky could read and write properly again．

1．The twin brothers didn’t meet each other until _________．

  A．1940            B．1979             C．1994               D．1996

2．The twin brothers_______．

  A．grew up in two different families

  B．didn’t have any similarities at all

  C．had two sons named James and Alan

  D．didn’t like making things out of wood

3．Mrs Jimena’s children could stay underwater for up to 6 minutes because ________．

  A．their mother was the best swimmer

  B．their village was close to the sea

  C．they had holes like gills below ears

  D．they bad gills like fish in their necks

4．The 10-year-old English girl changed her proper writing habit _______．

  A．soon after she had a headache one clay

  B．while she was watching a football match

  C．when she hit her head on a coffee table

  D．as soon as she stopped reading and writing

5．From the third story we know that ___________．

  A．Vicky wrote backwards for nearly three years

  B．doctors didn’t know what was wrong with Vicky

  C．hitting one’s head can make him write backwards

  D．watching football on television can cause trouble

6．This passage consists of three __________stories．

  A．traditional    B．historical         C．frightening             D．amazing