职称英语《综合类》考试阅读理解练习以及答案(1)
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Cherokee">Cherokee</span> <span word="Nation">Nation</span></p><p> <span word="Long">Long</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="America">America</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Indian">Indian</span> <span word="nations">nations</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="What">What</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>.</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="came">came</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="copied">copied</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="Cherokee">Cherokee</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Sequoyah">Sequoyah</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="man">man</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="invent">invent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spoken">spoken</span> <span word="Cherokee">Cherokee</span> <span word="language">language</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="pictures">pictures</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="drew">drew</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="picture">picture</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span>-<span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="words">words</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="the">the</span> 85 <span word="sounds">sounds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="language">language</span>. <span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="Sequoyah">Sequoyah</span> <span word="invented">invented</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="sound">sound</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="alphabet">alphabet</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> <span word="amazingly">amazingly</span> <span word="easy">easy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span>. <span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="long">long</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="language">language</span>. <span word="By">By</span> 1828, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="printing">printing</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> 1830, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="law">law</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remove">remove</span> <span word="Indians">Indians</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lands">lands</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="belonged">belonged</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strange">strange</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mississippi">Mississippi</span> <span word="River">River</span>?</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="out">out</span>. <span word="Soldiers">Soldiers</span> <span word="surrounded">surrounded</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="marched">marched</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="gunpoint">gunpoint</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="territory">territory</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="sick">sick</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="carts">carts</span>, <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="belongings">belongings</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="rest">rest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="marched">marched</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="foot">foot</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="rode">rode</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="horseback">horseback</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="November">November</span>, <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="wore">wore</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span>. <span word="Cold">Cold</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hungry">hungry</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cherokees">Cherokees</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="exhausted">exhausted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hardships">hardships</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journey">journey</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="buried">buried</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roadside">roadside</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="March">March</span> 1839, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 4,000 <span word="had">had</span> <span word="died">died</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="indeed">indeed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="march">march</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="death">death</span>.</p>
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