Directions: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each statement.
When the early settlers, especially the English, arrived in the New World, the hardships, and dangers awaiting them were totally unexpected. Had it not been for some friendly Indians, the colonists never would have survived the terrible winters. They knew nothing about planting crops, hunting animals, building solid house or making clothing from animal skins. Life in England had been much simpler, and this new life was not what the Spanish explorers had reported.
The settlers did introduce iron tools, muskets(步枪) for hunting , domesticated animals, and political way to the Indians. In exchange, the settlers learned to build canoes(独木舟) for water transportation and snowshoes for winter traveling. The Indians also taught them to penetrate through the forest, to hunt large animals and trap smaller ones, and to catch fish in the lakes and streams. The natives also introduced to the settlers typical local food. Everything possible was done in order to make their new settlement resemble the homes they had left behind.
( )The Indians were very cold to the settlers at the beginning.
A
A. True
B
B. False
C
C. Not Mentioned

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