限时回答:英语试卷星期六之前NewZealandisanEnglish-speakingcountry,buttheMaori(毛利人的；毛利人)languageisanotherlanguageinthiscountry.TheEnglishsailorsbeganto36NewZealandafter1770.They37someda

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限时回答:英语试卷星期六之前
New Zealand is an English-speaking country, but the Maori (毛利人的；毛利人) language is another language in this country. The English sailors began to __36__ New Zealand after 1770. They 37 some dark-skinned people __38__there. These were the Maoris 39 had come from hot island in the Pacific Ocean 400 years before.
Later more and more English settlers (殖民者) came to New Zealand and lived there. The Maoris were __40 to the first settlers. But soon the new settlers __41__ their land. So in 1844 there was fighting between them. This was the first of several wars between the Maoris and the English setters. The next fifty years were very ___42__for the Maoris. Many were killed in the wars. Many more died from new disease（疾病）that was 43 by the English. In 1840 there were perhaps 200,000 Maoris. By 1859 this number had 44 to 42,000.
However, since last century the Maoris and the English setters have lived in 45 . For many years the “English” New Zealanders looked down upon(歧视) the Maoris. But in recent years, they have had equal rights, and the Maori language is one of the languages of the country with __46__. Today there are about three hundred thousand Maoris, that is, about 9% of the 47 .
36. A. borrow B. defeat C. visit D. punish
37. A. looked B. looked for C. found D. find
38. A. living B. writing C. polluting D. greeting
39. A. which B. what C. who D. where
40. A. rude B. friendly C. dangerous D. angry
41. A. decorated B. improved C. returned D. wanted
42. A. nice B. bad C. good D. lazy
43. A. brought B. taken C. made D. given
44. A. risen B. picked C. fallen D. saved
45. A. war B. danger C. trouble D. peace
46. A. Chinese B. Russian C. English D. German
47. A. area B. land C. language D. population

Answer 1

36 B
37 C
38A
39C
40B
41D
42B
43B
44C
45D
46C
47D