阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Aboriginal is a term used to describe the people and animals that lived in the place from the earliest ___1___(know) times or before Europeans arrived. Examples are the Maori in New Zealand, the aborigines in Australia and the Indians in America. They all share the fact____2____they were pushed off their land by European settlers.
Maori
The Maori were the first people___3___(go) to New Zealand about 1,000 years ago. They came from the islands of Polynesia in the Pacific. They brought dogs, rats and plants with them and settled mainly on the northern Island. In 1769, Captain James Cook from Britain took possession of the island and from that time British people started to settle. The Maori signed an agreement on land rights with these settlers,___4___in later years, there were arguments and battles between them.
Aborigines
The native people of Australia came from somewhere in Asia more than 40,000 years ago. They lived by hunting and gathering. Their contact with British settlers began in 1788. By the 1940s, almost all of ___5___were mixed into Australian society as low-paid workers. Their rights were limited. In 1976 and 1993 the Australian government passed laws ___6___ returned some land to the Aborigines and recognized their property rights.
American Indians
Long before the Europeans came to America in the 16th and 17th century, the American Indians, or Native Americans, lived there. It is believed that they came from Asia. Christopher Columbus mistook the land___7___ India and so-called people there Indians. The white settlers in American Indians lived in peace at the beginning, but conflicts finally____8____(arise) and led to the Indian war(1866-1890). After the wars, the Indians___9___(drive) to the west of the country. Not until 1924 ____10____they gain the right to vote.
【答案】1. known
2. that 3. to go
4. but 5. them
6. which/that
7. for 8. arose
9. were driven
10. did
