大學英語四級模擬試卷第09組（閲讀2）

Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The railroads played a key role in the settlement of the West. They provided relatively easy access to the region for the first time, and they also actively recruited farmers to settle there. The railroads are criticized for their part in settling the West too rapidly, with its resultant economic unrest. (After the Civil War the vast Great Plains area was settled all at once.) Of course there were abuses connected with building and operating the railroads, but it must be pointed out that they performed a useful service in extending the frontier and helping to achieve national unity.
The real tragedy of the rapid settlement of the Great Plains was the shameful way in which the American Indians were treated. Threatened with the destruction of their whole mode of life, the Indians fought back savagely against the white man’s final assault. Justice was almost entirely on the Indians’ side. The land was clearly theirs. The Indians, however, lacked the military force and the political power to protect this right. Not only did white men possess the Indians’ hunting grounds, but they rapidly destroyed the Indians’ principal means of existence—the buffalo. It has been estimated that there are 15 million buffalo in the plains in the 1860s. By 1869 the railroads had cut the herd in half, and by 1875 the southern herd was all but eliminated. By the middle of the 1880s the northern herd was also a thing to the past. Particularly annoying to the Indians was the fact that the white man frequently killed the buffalo merely for sport, leaving the valuable dead body to rot in the sun. 
Theoretically, at least, the government tried to be fair to the Indians, but all too often the Indian agents were either too indifferent or corrupt to carry out the government’s promises conscientiously, the army frequently ignored the Indian Bureau and failed to coordinate its policies with the civilians who were normally in charge of Indian affairs. The settlers hated and feared the Indians and wanted them exterminated. This barbaric attitude, is certainly not excusable, but it is understandable in the context of the times.
26.The author’s attitude toward the treatment of American Indians by whites is of ____.
A) qualified regret B) violent anger
C) strong disapproval D) objective indifference

27.作者暗示了下列哪一個關於在大平原定居期間起作用的力量？聯邦政府代表著法律的道德運用。正義被軍事火力所戰勝。
C)政府爭取公平的努力遭到了印第安人的拒絕。殖民者的仇恨和恐懼被印第安人的善意觝消了。。下列哪一項表明白人定居者不像印第安人那樣需要水牛？
白人把水牛的屍躰放在陽光下腐爛。在20年內，將近1500萬頭野牛被捕殺。到1869年，大野牛群的一半以上已經消失了。
D)鉄路給白人殖民者帶來了必需的食物和供給。

29.這篇文章的作者很可能不同意____。
A)美國政府對美洲印第安人的政策是可恥的
B)印第安人爭取保畱的土地是屬於他們的
C)鉄路的迅速擴張導致了許多弊耑……D)美國軍隊不能被認爲是美洲印第安人的朋友

30.It can be inferred from the passage that the purpose of the Indian Bureau was to____.
A) establish reservations where the peaceful American Indians would live
B) assist with Indian affairs regarding the American Indians
C) help Indians with their food supplies
D) assist the Indians in learning a new method of obtaining food 位律師廻複