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1、LongbeforethewhitemancametotheAmerica,thelandbelongedtotheAmericanIndiannations.ThenationoftheCherokeeslivedinWhatisnowthesoutheasternpartoftheUnitedStates.Afterthewhitemancame,theCherokeescopiedmanyoftheirways.OneCherokeenamedSequoyahsawhowimportantreadingandwritingwastothewhiteman.Hedecidedtoinven
2、tawaytowritedownthespokenCherokeelanguage.Hebeganbymakingwordpictures.Foreachwordhedrewapicture.Butthatprovedimpossible-therewerejusttoomanywords.Thenhetookthe85soundsthatmadeupthelanguage.UsingthisownimaginationandanEnglishspellingbook,Sequoyahinventedasignforeachsound.Hisalphabetprovedamazinglyeas
3、ytolearn.Beforelong,manyCherokeesknewhowtoreadandwriteintheirownlanguage.By1828,theywereevenprintingtheirownnewspaper.In1830,theU.S.Congresspassedalaw.ItallowedthegovernmenttoremoveIndiansfromtheirlands.TheCherokeesrefusedtogo.Theyhadlivedontheirlandsforcenturies.Itbelongedtothem.Whyshouldtheygotoas
4、trangelandfarbeyondtheMississippiRiver?ThearmywassenttodrivetheCherokeesout.Soldierssurroundedtheirvillagesandmarchedthematgunpointintothewesternterritory.Thesick,theoldandthesmallchildrenwentincarts,alongwiththeirbelongings.Therestofthepeoplemarchedonfootorrodeonhorseback.ItwasNovember,yetmanyofthe
5、mstillworetheirsummerclothes.Coldandhungry,theCherokeeswerequicklyexhaustedbythehardshipsofthejourney.Manydroppeddeadandwereburiedbytheroadside.WhenthelastgrouparrivedintheirnewhomeinMarch1839,morethan4,000haddied.Itwasindeedamarchofdeath.1. TheCherokeeNationusedtoliveA) ontheAmericancontinent.B) In
6、thesoutheasternpartoftheUS.C) BeyondtheMississippiRiver.D) Inthewesternterritory.2. oneofthewaysthatSequoyahcopiedfromthewhitemanisthewayofA) writingdownthespokenlanguage.B) Makingwordpictures.C) Teachinghispeoplereading.D) Printingtheirownnewspaper.3. Alawwaspassedin1830toA) allowtheCherokeestostay
7、wheretheywere.B) SendthearmytohelptheCherokees.C) ForcetheCherokeestomovewestward.D) ForbidtheCherokeestoreadtheirnewspaper.4. WhentheCherokeesbegantoleavetheirlands.A) theywentincarts.B) Theywentonhorseback.C) Theymarchedonfoot.D) Alloftheabove.5. ManyCherokeesdiedontheirwaytotheirnewhomemainlybecauseA) theywerenotwillingtogothere.B) ThegovernmentdidnotprovidetransportationC) Theydidnothaveenoughfoodandclothes.D) Thejourneywaslongandboring.KEY：BACDC
