Question

7．The early 1500s were an exciting time of exploration （探險）and discovery．During this time，a young nobleman named Ferdinand Magellan became excited over the idea of exploring new lands．Magellan told King CharlesIof Spain his plan to look for the Spice Islands （51）C．
On September 21，1519，Magellan and 240 men siled（航行）from Spain in five ships：Concepcion，San Antonio，Santiago，Trinidad，and Victoria （52）E．He sailed along the coast of South America looking for a place to sail through to the other side of the land．He found a passage（通道）near the tip of South America．This passage led from the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）to another ocean．Today this passage is called the Strait of Magellan．Magellan named this other ocean the Pacific Ocean，because the waters were so calm．
（53）B，he had only three ships left．The San Antonio has recently sailed back to Spain．The Santiago had been wrecked in a storm．
Magellan expected to find the Spice Islands soon afterenteringthe Pacific Ocean．But the three ships sailed west day after day．Many sailors died of hunger or disease．Finally，they reached the Philippine Islands．（54）A．
（55）D，he is known as the first person to sail around the world．It was his voyage that first proved （證明） that the Earth is round．

A．It was here that Magellan was killed in 1521 B．By the time Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean C．The king agreed to give Magellan ships and supplies D．Although Magellan did not live to complete the voyage E．Magellan sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to South America

Answer 1

分析 短文講了16世紀初費迪南德•麥哲倫的航海歷程，他是第一個環球航行的人，他的航行首先證明了地球是圓的．

解答 答案：51．C  細節推理題．根據上文Magellan told King CharlesIof Spain his plan to look for the Spice Islands．麥哲倫告訴西班牙國王CharlesIof 他尋找香料群島的計劃．可知說的和國王說了他的計劃，結合選項，應說國王同意給麥哲倫船只和物資．故選C．
52．E  細節推理題．根據下文He sailed along the coast of South America looking for a place to sail through to the other side of the land．他沿著南美洲海岸航行，尋找一個可以航行到陸地另一邊的地方．可知說的是他到了南美洲，結合選項，應說麥哲倫橫渡大西洋到南美洲．故選E．
53．B  細節推理題．根據下文he had only three ships left．The San Antonio has recently sailed back to Spain．他只剩下三艘船了，圣安東尼奧最近航行返回了西班牙．可知結合選項，應說麥哲倫到達太平洋的時候．故選B．
54．A  細節推理題．根據上文Many sailors died of hunger or disease．Finally，they reached the Philippine Islands．許多水手死于饑餓或疾病，最后他們到達了菲律賓群島．可知結合選項，應說正是在這里，1521年麥哲倫被殺．故選A．
55．D  細節推理題．根據下文he is known as the first person to sail around the world．It was his voyage that first proved （證明） that the Earth is round．他被認為是第一個環球航行的人，他的航行首先證明了地球是圓的．可知說的是他的成就，結合選項，應說雖然麥哲倫沒有活到完成航程．故選D．

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