单选题 France, England, and Spain were the three European powers in the New World. Each had come for different purposes.
The first Spanish came to the New World searching for wealth, power, and glory. There they explored(探险) and conquered much of North, South, and Central America. The English, on the other hand, generally came to build new land. They built settlements(殖民地) along the coast.
Different from both Spain and England, the French were less interested in conquest(征服) than in trade. Their first settlements were trading posts(贸易区) where they sold cloth, knives, and guns to the Indians for the skin of the beaver(河狸). Like the Spanish, they seldom brought their families. Unlike the English, they didn't fight against the Indians for the possession of the land.
Because there were far fewer French than English in America, they did not threaten the India way of life as the English did.

单选题 "The New World" refers to ______.
A. Europe B. India C. Africa D. America

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】文章中提到西班牙掠夺珍宝，英国开辟殖民地，法国进行贸易，这就是历史上美洲刚被发现时的情况。

单选题 We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. the English always fought against the Indians because of land
B. the French always fought against the Indians for land
C. the English didn't fight against the Indians for land
D. the Indians gave up their land to English

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】由文章第三段最后一句我们可以推知：英国人与印第安人展开斗争，抢夺印第安人的土地。

单选题 What is the main purpose of the French coming to the New World?
A. To search for power. B. To search for glory.
C. To do business with the Indians. D. To make friends with the Indians.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】由文章第三段第一句，法国人对征服印第安人并不感兴趣，他们热衷的是贸易。这与选项C一致。

单选题 Which of the following is NOT mentioned(提及) in the passage?
A. France, England and Spain were powerful in the New World.
B. France, England and Spain all came to build new lives in the new land.
C. The French was different from Spain and England.
D. The French seldom brought their families to the New World.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】由文章第二段可知，法国人、英国人和西班牙人来新大陆的目的各不相同，因此B项是错的。