When European settlers arrived in North America at the end of the fifteenth century, there were approximately 10 million native people __1__ over 300 different languages. The first Europeans believed they had landed in India, __2__ the native people Indians. Indian and European cultures were very different, and the two groups often had problems __3__ Indian communities stretched from one end of North America to __4__, and they all had their own characteristics, Many were nomads who moved across the land to hunt, __5__. Indian communities, they had a deep respect for the natural world and believed __6__ care of the land, they could use it to live on and to hunt, they did not own land in the European way. __7__, the settlers built homes and towns, bought and sold land, and wanted to own land. Relations between Indians and Europeans ranged from cooperation to violent __8__ At first, the European settlers often depended on the Indians for assistance and trade. As __9__ of settlers increased, however, they began to move farther into Indian __10__ and conflicts became more frequent and more violent. There was death and destruction on both sides, but native people were usually __11__ in these struggles for control of the land. Many Indian communities __12__ by the actions of the settlers and __13__ by the policies of the new American government, __14__, the Europeans brought new diseases which killed many Indians. __15__ settlers came and wanted the rich land that the various groups of Indians, or tribes, lived on, battles began between the government and various tribes for this land.
  
  1.
   A) spoke
   B) to speak
   C) they spoke
   D) who spoke
  2.
   A) so they called
   B) so as to call
   C) and they were called
   D) where they were called
  3.
   A) to understand each one
   B) understanding each other
   C) of understanding another one
   D) of each other-s understanding
  4.
   A) the other
   B) other one
   C) others
   D) other
  5.
   A) Like all
   B) Alike the
   C) The similar
   D) Likely as all
  6.
   A) to take
   B) if take
   C) they took
   D) that if they took
  7.
   A) Unlike
   B) If so
   C) Whereas
   D) in contrast
  8.
   A) notion
   B) context
   C) conflict
   D) authority
  9.
   A) a number
   B) the number
   C) numbers
   D) number
  10.
   A) territory
   B) perspective
   C) destination
   D) institution
  11.
   A) loser
   B) who lose
   C) the losers
   D) those that they lose
  12.
   A) destroyed
   B) destroying
   C) who were destroyed
   D) were destroyed
  13.
   A) the same as
   B) later on
   C) as well as
   D) so on
  14.
   A) When they first arrived
   B) At first their arriving
   C) As soon as arrived
   D) To arrive first
  15.
   A)The more
   B) As more
   C) Many more
   D) As many as