The earliest immigrants to North America found Indians already living there.The Indians numbered about 500,000 at that time.Their society was a primitive society, but they lived peacefully and welcomed the white strangers to the land.However, these early immigrants from Europe didn't want to share the land with the natives.They killed off many of the Indians, seized their land or pushed them off to lands farther away.Today the Indians, not more than half a million, live in poverty and misery on the land on which they were once masters.

　　The earliest immigrants were the Spanish, who settled in the southern part of what is now the US.The next large group were the English, after the English came the French, Dutch, Irish, Germans, and other nationality groups, mostly European.

　　Another early group to arrive were the Negroes.But they were brought in as slaves from Africa.They didn't win freedom till generations later.

　　第1題 Who were the earliest people living in North America?

　　A.The Spanish.

　　B.The English.

　　C.The Negroes.

　　D.The Indians.

　　【正確答案】：D

　　試題解析：參見本文第一句。

　　第2題 Why didn't the immigrants share the lands with the natives?

　　A.They thought the Indians were not friendly to them.

　　B.They wanted to seize the lands as their own.

　　C.Because North America was first discovered by them.

　　D.Because the Indian people liked making war to them.

　　【正確答案】：B

　　試題解析：參見第一段句子：“However，these early immigrants from Europe didn’t want to share the land with the natives.They killed off many of the Indians，seized their land or pushed them off to lands farther away.”

　　第3題 According to this passage, which of the following is true?

　　A.The Negroes came to North America in order to work for the earliest immigrants.

　　B.The Negroes also belonged to the earliest immigrants to the North America.

　　C.The Negroes were brought to America by chance.

　　D.The Negroes didn't win freedom until now.

　　【正確答案】：B

　　試題解析：參見最后一段。

　　第4題 Which is the best title of this passage?

　　A.The Earliest People in North America.

　　B.The Earliest Immigrants to North America.

　　C.The People of the United States.

　　D.Europeans were the Earliest People Coming to the North America.

　　【正確答案】：B

　　試題解析：文章主要講的是到北美的移民，所以選B。