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  3. On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were inv

On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were inv

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问题     On June 17, 1744, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows;
    We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but, when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods...they were totally good for nothing.
    We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them.
The Indians’ chief purpose in writing the letter seems to be to______.
选项 A、politely refuse a friendly offer
B、express their opinions on equal treatment
C、show their pride
D、describe Indian customs
答案A
解析 本题问的是印第安人首领写这封信的主要目的好像是什么。根据文章第二段和第三段的内容：我们知道，你们会觉得自己的大学办得不错。让我们的小伙子们去读书，要花费你们一大笔开销。你们的盛情我们心领了。但是，你们要理解，不同的民族对事情的看法往往会有所不同，因而，如果我们的观点与你们的观点不一样，并不是有意冒犯你们。这种事情我们经历过。我们这里有几个年轻人是北方地区的大学里培养出来的，他们修读了你们那些理科课程。可是回来后跑步也不行了，对林地的生活手段变得一窍不通，他们变得什么都不会了。我们虽然不能领受你们的好意，但对你们的盛情依然十分感谢。如果弗吉尼亚州的先生们愿意把他们的儿子送到我们这里来，我们会把他们调教好，使他们成为真正的男子汉，以表示我们由衷的感谢。尤其是在第二段的第二句和第三句以及第三段的第一句，他们婉言谢绝了美国政府官员请他们选送孩子读大学的好意。所以，正确答案是A项。信中没有提到平等对待印第安人的问题，所以B项不对。而C项和D项的内容都不符合文章的本意。所以B、C和D均为错误的。
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