(美国及美国人的由来)
The United States covers alarge part of the North American continent.Its neighbors are Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.Although the United Statesis a big
country,it is not the largest in the world.In 2000,its population was over 222million.
When this land first became a nation,after winning its independence from England,ithad thirteen states.Each of the states was represented on the American flag bya star.All
these were in the eastern part of the continent.As the nation grew toward thewest,new states were added and new stars appeared on the flag.For a longtime,there were 48
stars.In 1959,however,two more stars were added to the flag,representing thenew states of Alaska and Hawaii.
Indians were the first people of the land which is now the United States.Thereare still many thousands of Indians now living in all parts of thecountry.Sometimes it is said
that the Indians are“the only real Americans”.Most Americans come from all overthe world.Those who came first in greatest numbers to make their homes on theeastern of
North America were mostly from England.It is for the reason that the languageof the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more likethose of England
than those of any other country in the world.
美国占去北美大陆很大一部分土地。它北邻加拿大，南接墨西哥。虽然美国是一个大国，但它不是世界上最大的。在2000年，它的人口超过2.22亿。
这片土地刚从英国独立出来，第一次成为一个国家的时候，只有十三个州，每个州在美国国旗上由一颗星米代表。这些州都是在东部。当这个国家不断向西扩
大，就增加了新的州，同时它们也出现在国旗上。很长一段时间，美国有48个州，可是到1959年，国旗上有多了2颗星，分别代表阿拉斯加和夏威夷。
印第安人是如今叫做美国的这块土地上的最初的居民。现在在各国各地仍然居住着许多这些原始居民的后裔。有时人们说印第安人才是“真正的美国人”。不
过，大部分美国人是来自世界各地。那些最早大批来到北美东海岸建立家园的人大部分来自英格兰，也是由于这个原因，美国的国语为英语，而它的文化习俗
也与英国的更为相像。

Which of the following is TURE?以下选项哪个是正确的？

A.American is the largest country in the world.

B.The United States lies next to Canada and Mexico.美国邻近加拿大和墨西哥。

C.Americacovers most part of the North American continent.

D.Mexico is to the north of Canada.