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Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains

The book mainly presents us with the American Indian leaders of the past. It features many profiles and biographies including Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Little Crow and Lozen Quanah etc. written by author Charles Eastman, and I’m sure you will be interested in it.

Name: Sitting Bull Birth: 1831 Death: 12-15-1890 He was a great hero and is respected by many American Indians. In a 1997 documentary (纪录片) — The Great Tribes, he was known as a holy man, a composer of songs and an artist. Under him, the Sioux and Cheyenne Nations unified. He was advised to go on a European tour in 1887, but he turned it down to defend these two nations from being separated again. He led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies and was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
Name: Crazy Horse Birth: 1842 Death: 9-5-1877 Crazy Horse was a legendary warrior(勇士) and a gentle leader as well as a brave man who stood for the highest ideal of the Sioux, celebrated for his battle skills as well as his efforts to preserve Native American traditions and way of life. Resisting efforts to force the Sioux on to reservations, he fought alongside Sitting Bull and others in the American-Indian Wars. Charles Eastman described him in his book Indian Heroes as “a man of deeds and not of words”.
Name: Red Cloud Birth: 1822 Death: 12-10-1909 He was against the movement of the white settlers into the Black Hills. In 1868, he refused to sign a treaty (条约), which stated that the Black Hills didn’t belong to people. The treaty also stated that these areas couldn’t be entered without the government’s permission. According to Eastman’s book Indian Heroes, he was said to have fought against the treaty, forcing the government to give in and pull out of the area.
Name: Lozen Quanah Birth: late 1840s Death: 1890 Known as the youngest sister of Red Cloud, she devoted herself to the people. She was described in Peter Aleshire’s Warrior Woman as a heroine good at riding horses and using a bow and arrow to drive attackers away. This skill was considered to be “one of the most honored skills among the Indians”.

【1】Which of the following is NOT true about Crazy Horse?

A.He was friendly to his soldier.B.He showed great courage.

C.He was a great talker.D.He was respected.

【2】From the passage we can infer that __________.

A.Sitting Bull disliked traveling

B.Indian Heroes was a book on Indian history

C.in the 1880s Indian soldiers were mainly armed with bows and arrows

D.in the 1850s Indian women were not allowed to ride horses

【3】The main purpose of the passage is to __________.

A.show Indians’ lives to readers

B.describe great Indian heroes and heroines

C.show the history of the Indians

D.comment on a history book

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

本文是一篇应用文，介绍了几个印第安英雄的事迹。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二栏中的“Charles Eastman described him in his book Indian Heroes as “a man of deeds and not of words”可知，查尔斯·伊士曼在他的《印第安英雄》一书中将Crazy Horse描述为一个实干家，而不是一个空谈家，因此说他是空谈家的说法是错误的，故C项正确。

【2】推理判断题。根据最后一栏中的“Birth: late 1840s”，“Death: 1890”及“She was described in Peter Aleshire’s Warrior Woman as a heroine good at riding horses and using a bow and arrow to drive attackers away. This skill was considered to be “one of the most honored skills among the Indians”.”可知，Lozen Quanah出生在19世纪40年代，死于1890年，在彼得·阿莱希尔的《女勇士》中，她被描述为一位善于骑马、用弓箭驱赶袭击者的女英雄，这项技能被认为是“印第安人中最受尊敬的技能之一”，由此可知，19世纪80年代，印第安士兵的主要装备是弓箭，故C项正确。

【3】推理判断题。通读全文，特别是根据标题“Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains”可知，本文的目的是向我们介绍几个印第安英雄的事迹，故B项正确。