Question

【題目】Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探險者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(艦隊). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men. When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

【1】Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

【2】Captain Cook was born in Canada.

【3】He was an explorer before he worked on ships.

【4】He took new plants to the Pacific islands.

【5】He made three trips to the Pacific.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】T

【2】F

【3】F

【4】T

【5】T

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是英國著名探險家?guī)炜舜�長的故事。他三度奉命出海前往太平洋，為所經(jīng)之地繪制地圖，與各地人們進(jìn)行貿(mào)易。在1779年，庫克和他的船員在第三次探索太平洋期間，與夏威夷島上的島民發(fā)生打斗，他在事件中遇害身亡。

【1】T 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.庫克船長是一位太平洋探險家。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，英國國王三次派他出海到太平洋，故本句正確。

【2】F細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：Captain Cook was born in Canada.庫克船長生于加拿大。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，庫克船長是英國人，他生于英國。故本句錯誤。

【3】F細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：He was an explorer before he worked on ships.他在輪船上工作前是一位探險家。根據(jù)短文第二段，他18歲到船上工作，27歲進(jìn)入艦隊，后來再受命去探險。故本句錯誤。

【4】T細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：He took new plants to the Pacific islands.他帶了新的植物到太洋島。由最后一段的：He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. 可知，本句正確。

【5】T細(xì)節(jié)理解題。句意：He made three trips to the Pacific. 他三次航海到太平洋。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容他于1768、1772和1776三年到太平洋。故正確。