详细解析一道英语阅读题
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TheHomeofMyPeople
WhenLewisandClarksteppedontotheWeippePrairieinpresent-dayIdahoinSeptember1805,theymettheNezPerceIndians.Inthefollowingyears,thewhiteexplorers(探险者)begantofightwiththeIndiansfortheirland.SomeNezPercechiefssignedagreementswiththeU.S.government,sellingpartoftheirlands.Butthegovernmentalwaysbrokethoseagreementsanddemandedmoreland.
Otherchiefsrefusedtogoalongwiththegovernment’splans.ThemostfamouswasChiefJoseph,whosepeoplelivedintheWallowaValley(present-dayOregon).
“Inordertohaveallpeopleunderstandhowmuchlandweowned,”heonceexplained,“myfatherplantedpolesarounditandsaid:‘Insideisthehomeofmypeople…Itcircledaroundthegraves(坟墓)ofourfathers,andwewillnevergiveupthesegravestoanyman.’”
Butin1874,theU.S.governmentdeclaredthevalleyopenforwhitesettlementandorderedtheNezPerceontoareservation(保留地).Seeingthatresistancewasuseless,ChiefJosephagreedtomove.
Later,fightingbrokeoutbetweentheNezPerceandU.S.soldiers.ChiefJosephtriedtoleadhispeopletoCanada,winningseveralbattlesagainstthesoldiersduringtheirflight.Butfinally,hewasforcedtogivein.
56.Whichhistoricsite(onthemap)liesinthesouthoftoday’sNezPerceReservation?
A.BuffaloEddy.B.DugBar.
C.JosephCanyonViewpoint.D.ChiefLookingGlassCamp.
57.WhatcanwelearnabouttheNezPercelandsfromthemap?
A.TheywereinthestateofOregon.
B.Theyhavebecomeahistoricsite.
C.Theyhavebecomemuchsmaller.
D.TheywerelimitedtotheWallowaValley.
58.FromParagraph3,weknowthattheIndianswantedto______.
A.showofftheirlandB.keeptheirland
C.turntheirplaceintoagraveyardD.buildtheirhomesaroundthepoles