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阅读理解经典题型、社会文化风俗类 Who were the first people to live m North America? If you said Native Americans, youre right! Native Americans were here long before Christopher Columbus came to the New World. Each Native American tribe can trace its culture and history to the area, or region, where its ancestors first lived. The first Native Americans lived in many different regions. The tribes of the Pacific Northwest were surrounded by ocean and rushing rivers; tribes of the Great Plains lived among grasslands, valleys, streams and hills; cactus-covered desserts stretched over land of the Southwest tribes, while Eastern woodland tribes lived in forests. The way the Native American lived depended on the land round them. Tribes, including the Tlingit, Chinook, and Kwakiutl, lived in the Pacific Northwest. This is now Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Fishing and hunting were important to the survival of these tribes. They hunted deer and bear. In the summer, they fished from the banks of streams. In the winter, fishermen went out into the ocean in wooden canoes. The tall trees of the northwestern forests provided these Native Americans with wood to build their homes. Some homes were more than 1,000 feet long. They were big enough to hold a whole village. Totem poles stood outside some houses. A totem pole is a log from a tall tree with paintings of animals and spirits. There were also carvings lo show people and events in a family’s history. Women would tell the stories of their families history over and over. Children had to remember the stories so that they could pass them down to their own children. 1) “New world” mentioned in the first paragraph refer to A)Pacific Northwest B)North America C)the tribes D)England 2)How did the tribes in the pacific Northwest make life? A) They depended on the land around them B) They hunted animals C) They fished in the streams D) Both B and C 3) How did the people remember thei