单选题 Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.

单选题 A. The English. B. The Dutch.
C. American Indians. D. Blacks from Africa.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 26-28
There is a great deal of land in the United States, but there are also a great many people. Where did people come from?
The first Americans were Indians (26). Today there are about 900, 000 American Indians. There is one part of the country with an especially large Indian population. That is the southwest.
Blacks first came to America from Africa as slaves. President Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863. About eleven percent of the present American population are Blacks.
The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands (28). Soon immigrants began to arrive from many other countries, and they are still arriving. In 1790, the new nation had fewer than four million. Today there are more than 210 million (27). These include people from all parts of the world.
26. Who were the first people living in America?

题目问最早在美国定居的是什么人。短文中可以听到“The first Americans were Indians”，由此可见最早在美国定居的是当地的印第安人。

单选题 A. Over 210 million. B. Less than 200 million.
C. Around 40 million. D. About 140 million.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析]
What is the current size of the American population?

题目问美国现在的人口是多少。在短文最后可以听到“In 1790, the new nation had fewer than four million. Today there are more than 210 million”，可见如今美国人口是2亿1千万多。

单选题 A. There are more American Indians than Blacks in the U. S.
B. A large portion of American Blacks now live in the southwest.
C. The first immigrants to America were English and Dutch.
D. African Blacks came earlier than either the English or the Dutch.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析]
According to the passage，which of the following statements is true?

题目问根据短文，哪个表述正确。短文中可以听到“The first immigrants in American history came from England and the Netherlands”，可见美国最早的移民来自英国和荷兰，Netherlands和Dutch都是指荷兰。