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April 13th, 1539Outside Mexico CityDear Mariana,
Today we arrived safe. It was a long and dangerous trip over the ocean. The winter storms were strong. We were always a little sick from high waves.
The journey from the shore to Mexico City is also long and dangerous. There are robbers in the countryside. We will travel together with the other ship passengers, thinking we will be safer as a group. Tomorrow we will travel into the city to find our uncle.
Father says it will take a year for this letter to reach you. The trip from New Spain to Spain is very long.
Your loving brother,
Tomas
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April 20th, 1539Mexico CityDear Mariana,
Father and I finally arrived at Mexico City. Here, old buildings are being pulled down; new ones are being built. Just around the corner from Uncle’s city house, Aztec workers are pulling down a small, beautiful pyramid. Father says it is one of the last Aztec temples.
In the center of the city, I met an Aztec boy named Carlos. He speaks a little Spanish. Carlos learns Spanish at his new school. He told me that the Spanish set up new schools for the Aztecs. There he got his new name, Carlos. He says he likes his new school but misses his old city. I wonder what this city used to be like before Cortes came.
Tomorrow we will go to Uncle’s farmland. He and father are talking about the Aztec workers that father will oversee.
Your brother,
Tomas
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【小题1】What was Tomas’ nationality?
| A．Spanish. | B．New Spanish. | C．Mexico. | D．Aztec. |
【小题2】How was Tomas’ journey to Mexico?
| A．Stormy and cold. | B．Easy and safe. | C．Long but safe. | D．Long and dangerous. |
【小题3】How long did it take Tomas to travel from the shore to Mexico City?
| A．One day. | B．One week. | C．A year. | D．Two years. |
【小题4】Why did Tomas and his father come to Mexico in 1539?
| A．To visit Mexico. | B．To meet Carlos. | C．To see the temples. | D．To look for a better life. |
【小题5】When did Mexico get its name New Spain?
| A．After 1539. | B．After 1519. | C．In the 1300s. | D．In the 1400s. |
【小题6】What did the Spanish do to the people in Mexico in the early 1500s?
| A．They taught children there English. | B．They built new temples for them. |
| C．They destroyed the local culture there. | D．They helped to feed the local people there. |
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